Mosaic telescopes Technology and Science: from tiny reflecting tiles to big astronomical mirrors. A workshop in honor of Guido Horn d’Arturo
from
Monday 26 January 2026 (14:00)
to
Tuesday 27 January 2026 (22:30)
Monday 26 January 2026
14:00
Welcome
Welcome
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
14:30
Guido Horn d’Arturo: the inventor of segmented mirrors
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Fabrizio Bonoli
Elisabetta Rossi
(
Università di Bologna
)
Guido Horn d’Arturo: the inventor of segmented mirrors
Fabrizio Bonoli
Elisabetta Rossi
(
Università di Bologna
)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
15:00
An excursus of large telescopes with segmented mirrors
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Tom Herbst
(
Max Plank Institute
)
An excursus of large telescopes with segmented mirrors
Tom Herbst
(
Max Plank Institute
)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
15:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
16:00
From Keck to GTC
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Romano Corradi
(
ESO
)
From Keck to GTC
Romano Corradi
(
ESO
)
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
16:30
Monololitic versus segmented mirror: pro and contra from an ESO perspective
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Roberto Tamai
Monololitic versus segmented mirror: pro and contra from an ESO perspective
Roberto Tamai
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
17:00
Technologies and fabbrication tecniques of segmented mirrors
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Giorgia Sironi
(
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
)
Technologies and fabbrication tecniques of segmented mirrors
Giorgia Sironi
(
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
)
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
17:30
Welcome Cocktail
Welcome Cocktail
17:30 - 19:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
Tuesday 27 January 2026
09:30
Astronomical Advancements at ESO Enabled by Segmented Mirror Technology
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Massimo Tarenghi
Astronomical Advancements at ESO Enabled by Segmented Mirror Technology
Massimo Tarenghi
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
10:00
ESA’s flagship X-ray multi-mirrors for flagship science
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Marcos Bavdaz
ESA’s flagship X-ray multi-mirrors for flagship science
Marcos Bavdaz
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
10:30
Segmented Mirror Technology as a Key Enabler of JWST's Breakthrough Discoveries
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Antonella Nota
Segmented Mirror Technology as a Key Enabler of JWST's Breakthrough Discoveries
Antonella Nota
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
11:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
11:30
Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes: A New Window into the Universe Made Possible by Segmented Mirror
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Werner Hofmann
(
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg
)
Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes: A New Window into the Universe Made Possible by Segmented Mirror
Werner Hofmann
(
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg
)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
12:00
Conclusion remarks
Conclusion remarks
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi
14:00
Tours to La Specola
Tours to La Specola
14:00 - 17:30
Room: Aula Giorgio Prodi