Catania Astrophysical Observatory operates a number of facilities to support research and teaching in astronomy and astrophysics.  Instrumentation development in the observatory utilizes laboratories for mechanical, electronic, and optical design and construction.

Research Facilities and Archives

• Solar Observations
• "M.G. Fracastoro" Station on Mt. Etna
• Automatic Photometric Telescope Archive
• Computer center
• Local Meteo

Laboratories

• Catania Observatory Laboratory for Detectors
• Laboratory for Experimental Astrophysics

Library

• Library search
• Publications list

Educational Facilities

• Lectures on CCD detectors

HPC and Grid Computing

• Trigrid
• Visualizzazione Scientifica (VisIVO)
• Theoretical Data Archive (ITVO)