Kleť Observatory

Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý in the observatory

The Kleť Observatory ( Hvězdárna Kleť ) is an observatory in the Czech Republic .

location

The observatory is located in South Bohemia on the Kleť near the town of Český Krumlov at an altitude of 1070 m , making it the highest observatory in Bohemia. It was built by Sternfreunde in-house from 1958 to 1961 and has the largest lens telescope in the Czech Republic.

particularities

The astronomer Antonín Mrkos worked there from 1966 to 1991.

On September 29, 1986, Zdeňka Vávrová discovered the asteroid (4124) Herriot there . Also Ladislav Brožek discovered there some asteroids.

Astronomers Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý are currently working at the observatory.

The asteroid (2199) Klet was named after both the observatory and the mountain.

Web links

Kleť Observatory

Individual evidence

^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 178 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 27, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named for the observatory at which this minor planet was discovered and for the mountain in southern Bohemia on which the observatory is located. "

48.863611111111 14.284444444444Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 49 ″ N , 14 ° 17 ′ 4 ″ E

[1] Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 178 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 27, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named for the observatory at which this minor planet was discovered and for the mountain in southern Bohemia on which the observatory is located. "