Bassano Bresciano

Bassano Bresciano (Brescian: Basà) is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. As of 2011 Bassano Bresciano had a population of 2,237.^[2]

Bassano Bresciano
Comune
Comune di Bassano Bresciano
Location of Bassano Bresciano
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Coordinates: 45°19′50″N 10°7′40″E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Brescia
Frazioni	Manerbio, Pontevico, San Gervasio Bresciano, Verolanuova
Area [1]
• Total	9 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	2,237
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	25020
Dialing code	030
ISTAT code	017013
Website	Official website

History

During the Roman era, Bassano Bresciano (lat. Bassianum) was crossed by the Via Brixiana, a Roman consular road which connected Cremona (lat. Cremona) to Brescia (lat. Brixia), from which Roman roads passed and then branched out towards the entire Cisalpine Gaul.^[3]

Observatory

The private Bassano Bresciano Observatory or Astronomical Observatory of Bassano Bresciano (Italian: Osservatorio Bassano Bresciano, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bassano Bresciano) is an astronomical observatory located at an altitude of 58 metres above sea level within the territory of Bassano Bresciano. It has the IAU code "565". The Florian main-belt asteroid 6460 Bassano, discovered by Ulisse Quadri at Bassano Bresciano in 1992, was named for the village and its observatory.^[4] Naming citation was published on 9 September 1995 (M.P.C. 25655).^[5]

First astrometric measurements were published in the Minor Planet Circulars in 1983, then obtained with a 15-cm reflecting telescope. On 29 April 1989, the observatory was officially inaugurated, when a 42-cm Schmidt telescope was installed, which has since been the observatory's principal instrument. The telescope is installed on an equatorial fork mount, uses a Starlight HX516 CCD camera, and is housed on the first floor of a 5-meter dome building. Today the observatory is fully automated and remote controlled. Discoveries at the observatory include the minor planets 6460 Bassano, 6793 Palazzolo, 6981 Chirman and 22370 Italocalvino. The focus of the observatory's main research activity has now shifted from astrometry of minor planets and comets, to photometric observations of planets and variable stars. In 2011, it also joined the international gamma-ray burst coordinates network. The observatory is open to the public on the occasion of important astronomical events.^[6]

Minor planets discovered: 4 ^[7]

6460 Bassano	26 October 1992	list
6793 Palazzolo	30 December 1991	list
6981 Chirman	15 October 1993	list
22370 Italocalvino	15 October 1993	list
Discoveries of numbered minor planets credited to "Bassano Bresciano" by the Minor Planet Center

See also

• List of astronomical observatories

Sources

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. ISTAT Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
3. "VIA BRIXIANA".
4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(6460) Bassano". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6460) Bassano. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 534. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5883. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
5. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
6. "Bassano Bresciano Astronomical Observatory". Bassano Bresciano Observatory. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
7. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.