VATICAN OBSERVATORY WEISSMAN, P., CHESLEY, S., CHOI, Y.-J., BAUER, J., TEGLER, S., ROMANISHIN, R., CON- SOLMAGNO, G., and STANSBERRY, J. 20<strong>06</strong>, Motion of the activity source associated with active centaur 174P/Echeclus (60558), BAAS 38, 551 ZDANAVICIUS, J., STRAIZYS, V., CHEN, C. W., CHEN, W. P., ZDANAVICIUS, K., KAZLAUSKAS, A., CERNIS, K., PHILIP, A. G. DAVIS, BOYLE, R. P., and TAUTVAISIENE, G. 2005, Seven-color Photometry of the Open Cluster NGC 1647Area, Baltic Astronomy, 14, 179 V. <strong>Observatory</strong> Visitors During 20<strong>06</strong> the <strong>Vatican</strong> <strong>Observatory</strong> was honored to receive visits by His Excellency Monsignor Giovanni Lajolo and His Excellency Monsignor Renato Boccardo, President and Secretary, respectively, of the Pontificia Commissione per il Governatorato, <strong>Vatican</strong> City State. The <strong>Vatican</strong> <strong>Observatory</strong> at Castel Gandolfo and the <strong>Vatican</strong> <strong>Observatory</strong> Research Group in Tucson, Arizona, hosted a number of visitors during the year. Noteworthy were the number of school groups and cultural groups received by FUNES, MAFFEO, and KOCH at Castel Gandolfo. In particular, FUNES hosted a group led by Jerry Colapinto and two groups of Swiss Guards in service during the Holy Father’s stay in Castel Gandolfo. The following groups were hosted by MAFFEO: Superiors and students of the Università Europea dei Legionari di Cristo; Rotary Club of Latina; Students of the Liceo Galilei di Macerata; priests of the Collegio Pio Brasiliano; students of the Liceo Einstein di Cerignola (Foggia); students of the Liceo James Joyce, Ariccia (Italy) with students from its twin high school in Denmark; students of the University of California in Rome; amateur astronomers of Grosseto (Italy); participants attending the meeting “I Padri e la Scienza” at the Istituto Patristico “Augustinianum” in Rome; students of the Liceo Spallanzani di Roma; students of the Master Scienza e Fede, Ateneo Regina Apostolorum; the Rotary Clubs of Lindau (Germany), Avignon (France), and Asti (Italy); Associazioni di ambientalisti; Associazione Terza Età; the Rector and students of the Collegio Germanico; members of the Swiss Guard and Italian Police in service during the Holy Father’s stay in Castel Gandolfo; members of the Catholic Academy of Hamburg; His Excellency Fredrik Vahlquist, Swedish Ambassador to the Holy See,; and students of the Liceo Cavour di Roma. The following paid working visits to the <strong>Observatory</strong>: ELIZABETH CONDIE-PUGH, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA RICHARD GRAY, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA ELIZABETH GRIFFIN, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ARENDT LATUSSECK, Hildeshaim, Germany 42
JONATHAN LUNINE, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA PETER MARTIN, U. S. Embassy to the Holy See A. G. DAVIS PHILIP, Union College and Institute for Space Observations, Schenectady, New York, USA RODNEY THEBE MEDUPE, Astronomy Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa PIERO SICOLI FILIPPO SMRIGLIO, Department of Physics, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy JULIUS SPERAUSKAS, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania 43 A NNUAL REPORT 20<strong>06</strong>
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