Skalnaté Pleso observatory

Skalnaté Pleso observatory, on the left in the background the “ Lomnitzerspitze ” peak

The observatory Skalnaté Pleso ( Slovak Observatórium Skalnaté pleso ) is an observatory in Slovakia . It was founded in 1943 and was also used for astrometric tasks in higher geodesy . The building also houses a meteorological observation station. It lies above the village of Tatranská Lomnica at an altitude of 1786 m and is surrounded by a ski area.

There is a 61 cm Newtonian telescope and a 60 cm Cassegrain telescope each in a dome of the observatory. The asteroid of the main outer belt (2619) Skalnaté Pleso is named after the observatory.

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^ 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. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on August 28, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1979 MZ ₃ . Discovered 1979 June 25 by EF Helin and SJ Bus at Siding Spring. "

49.189380555556 20.233819444444Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′ 21.8 ″ N , 20 ° 14 ′ 1.7 ″ 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. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on August 28, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1979 MZ ₃ . Discovered 1979 June 25 by EF Helin and SJ Bus at Siding Spring. "