Status of the New Research Facilty in Andrate - TO - and prospective for research

Abstract

We report briefly on the status of the new research facility in Andrate (TO) at 839 m above sea level. The structure will be built under the project ROAD073P2T, and will enable the development of major research project. Due to the high altitude, the transparency of the sky, cold, dry and windy at certain times of the year, exceptionally, the location of Andrate (TO) is indeed among the best places in the district of Ivrea (TO), to conduct observation of the sky, in the band U, B, V, R, I, Ir, Rc.