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The '''Vatican Observatory''' ({{lang-la|Specola Vaticana}}) is an astronomical research and educational institution supported by the [[Holy See]]. Originally based in the [[Roman College]] of [[Rome]], the Observatory is now headquartered in [[Castel Gandolfo]], [[Italy]] and operates a telescope at the [[Mount Graham International Observatory]] in the [[United States]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/science/23Vatican.html?hpw|title=Vatican’s Celestial Eye, Seeking Not Angels but Data|last=Johnson|first=George|date=2009-06-22|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=2009-06-24}}</ref>
The Director of the Observatory is Brother [[Guy Consolmagno]], an American [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]]. In 2008, the [[Templeton Prize]] was awarded to [[cosmology|cosmologist]] Fr. [[Michał Heller]], a Vatican Observatory Adjunct Scholar. In 2010, the [[George Van Biesbroeck Prize]] was awarded to former observatory director, the American Jesuit, Fr. [[George Coyne]].<ref name="Catholic News">{{cite news
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