Cat's Eye observatory

Cat's Eye Observatory is an amateur astronomy facility in Manciano, in the Tuscany region of Italy, built around a focus on celestial photography.

About Cat's Eye Observatory

The observatory is dedicated to deep-sky astrophotography and maintains its own webcam and weather monitoring equipment to track conditions for observing sessions. It forms part of a broader amateur astronomy community active across Tuscany.

Location & getting there

Manciano lies in southern Tuscany, Italy, in a rural area known for relatively dark skies away from major cities. Use the map above for exact coordinates and directions.

Visiting Cat's Eye Observatory

As an amateur-run facility, there's no widely published visitor schedule. Check the observatory's own channels or contact local astronomy groups in the area before planning a visit.

See your named star from here

Tuscany's countryside offers good conditions for tracking down a star by its coordinates. Name a star and get its right ascension and declination, then look it up in the catalogue to see it from a spot like this.