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The Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory Library holds modern publications consisting of more than 12.000 books and a wide collection of periodicals, over 800 serials of which 108 have online access. The holdings cover the international astronomical and astrophysical research starting from about 1950.
The collection includes theoretical and observational studies of the solar system, stellar physics, external galaxies, interstellar medium, high energy astrophysics and modern optics.
The Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory Library is a part of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) Library and Historical Archives Services.

For further information and suggestion, please contact:
Library  Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory
Largo Enrico Fermi, 5
50125 Florence, Italy
tel:055/2752237
fax: 055/220039
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The Library is open 24 hours a day for the INAF personnel
For other users, the Library is open from Monday to Friday from 9.00 a.m. until 17.00 p.m.
The access to the library is open to the INAF personnel, to the fellows of the Department of Physics and Astronomy - Astronomy section of the University of Florence
For other library users, please contact the Library in advance for an appointment (phone: 055/2752237) (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

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Attention: Due to the exhibition Starlight. The origins of Astrophysics in Florence wich is currently taking place in the library until 21 june 2016, there will be only one table available for library users.
We apologize for this inconvenience.