What is Pietro Baracchi?
'''Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto Baracchi''' (1851–1926) was an Italian [[astronomer]].<ref name=jlp>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Perdrix |first= J. L. |authorlink= |year= 1979 |id= baracchi-pietro-paolo-giovanni-ernesto-5121 |title= Baracchi, Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto (1851–1926) |accessdate= 8 October 2011 }}</ref> He moved to Australia in the 1870s and worked at the [[Melbourne Observatory]]. In 1910 the Australian government asked him to find a suitable place for an [[observatory]] in the new [[Australian Capital Territory]].<ref name=jlp/> Barrachi set up a small observatory on [[Mount Stromlo]] in May 1911. This was the first government building in [[Canberra]] and was the beginning of the [[Mount Stromlo Observatory]]. The observatory had a 9-inch (23&nbsp;cm) [[telescope]], donated by [[Ballarat, Victoria|Ballarat]] gold miner, [[James Oddie]].<ref name=jlp/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrachi, Pietro}} [[Category:1851 births]] [[Category:1926 deaths]] [[Category:Italian astronomers]] {{bio-stub}}