Piazzi’s transit telescope. › Forums › Asteroids › Piazzi’s transit telescope. This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 2 years ago by Matt Dawson. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts 10 November 2022 at 4:00 pm #613538 Matt DawsonParticipant On a trip to Sicily I got to look through the actual transit telescope at Palermo National Observatory that Piazzi used to discover dwarf planet Ceres on 1st Jan 1801. An experience I wont forget! Attachments:Telescope-used-to-discover-1st-asteroid-1-Ceres.-Palermo-Sicily.jpg Author Posts Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Connect with :Login with Sheep CRM Log In