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@publicvoit@graz.social
2025-06-07 06:55:42

This is the original middle finger of the right hand of #GalileoGalilei as it can be seen in the #MuseoGalileo, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza in #Florence:

Description by the museum:
Middle finger
of Galileo's right hand
ca. 1737 (case and inscription)
The finger in a glass egg, its top is removed, allowing a perfect look at the relic
the finger relic with its vessel or whatever you call that thing
Portrait of Galileo Galilei 
Santi di Tito
first decade 17th century
@arXiv_astrophIM_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-06-03 07:39:56

Galileo Project Observatory Class System Architecture
Phillip Bridgham, Alex Delacroix, Laura Domine, Andriy Fedorenko, Ezra Kelderman, Sarah Little, Abraham Loeb, Robert Lundstrom, Eric Masson, Andrew Mead, Michael W Prior, Matthew Szenher, Foteini Vervelidou, Wesley Andres Watters
arxiv.org/abs/2506.00125