MPC observatory code 106
Longitude: 14o 04' 16" East; Latitude: 45o 56' 45" North; Altitude: 726 m
First Published November 10, 1995
Crni Vrh Observatory is operated by a group of dedicated observers. We run a Comet and Asteroid Search Program named PIKA after a Slovene acronym. For that purpose, we designed and built a 0.6-m, f/3.3 Cichocki telescope (named after B. Cichocki). It is custom made, advanced technology, wide-field imaging system, designed for sky survey applications. Since 2004, it operates as a remote robotic telescope. It nightly scans the sky and returns new discoveries of small Solar System bodies, which sometimes threaten our home planet Earth. Recent software upgrade enable us also discovery of distant cosmic explosions such as supernovae, Gamma Ray Bursts and variable stars. Telescope project funding has been covered in part by the Planetary Society Shoemaker Grant 2000. See also our 2 minute video presentation and recent updates of the PIKA project.
Last Images
Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)
Unfiltered false color image of comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring), obtained on 2010 Jan. 19 (4h55-5h26UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CCD. Exposure time was 4x40 seconds. Image scale is 1.86 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2010 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)
True color image of comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring), obtained on 2009 Nov. 1 (4h11-4h20UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope, BVR photometric filters and CCD. Exposure time was 2x90 seconds in each filter. Image scale is 2.2 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2009 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
Periodic Comet 217P/LINEAR
False color image of periodic comet 217P/LINEAR, obtained on 2009 Oct. 31 (3h06-3h15UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope R filter and CCD. Image is a composition of 3x120 sec co-added exposures. Image scale is 1.86 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2009 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Periodic Comet 217P/LINEAR
False color image of periodic comet 217P/LINEAR, obtained on 2009 Oct. 31 (3h04-3h13UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope V filter and CCD. Image is a composition of 3x120 sec co-added exposures. Image scale is 1.86 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2009 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Periodic Comet 81P/Wild
False color image of periodic comet 81P/Wild, obtained on 2009 Oct. 31 (4h11-4h16UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope R filter and CCD. Exposure time was 3x60 seconds. Image scale is 1.86 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2009 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

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