Crni Vrh Observatory

MPC observatory code 106
Longitude: 14^o 04' 16" East; Latitude: 45^o 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

	Periodic Comet 103P/Hartley False color image of periodic comet 103P/Hartley, obtained on 2010 Aug. 19 (22h25-22h26UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope R filter and CCD. Exposure time was 60 sec. Image scale is 1.86 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2010 by J. Vales and H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

	Perseids 2010 One day before maximum activity, three bright Perseids were recorded with Črni Vrh Observatory All-Sky Camera. The animation cover the time span of half hour (2h10-2h40UT) on 2010 Aug. 12, just before dawn. Copyright © 2010 by H. Mikuz, Črni Vrh Observatory.

	Periodic Comet 103P/Hartley False color image of periodic comet 103P/Hartley, obtained on 2010 Jul. 11 (23h50-23h57UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope R filter and CCD. Exposure time was 3x120 sec. Image scale is 1.86 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2010 by B. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

	Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught) False color image of comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught), obtained on 2010 Jun. 15 (1h18-1h23UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope R filter and CCD. Exposure time was 10x20 sec. Image scale is 2.4 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2010 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

	Periodic Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) Filtered false color image of comet P/2010 H2 (Vales), obtained on 2010 June 11 (20h42-20h54UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope R filter and CCD. Image is composition of 10x60 second exposures. Image scale is 1.86 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2010 by J. Zakrajsek, Črni Vrh Observatory.

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Observer's Support

Comets

	Recent Comet Discoveries
	Ephemeris of Observable Comets
	HORIZONS Ephemeris Generator
	Comet Brightness Estimates - (ICQ)
	CARA Comet Data Archive
	Catalogue of Comet Discoveries

Comet Observers Database (COBS)

Observatories/Observing Programs

	Astronomy Astrophysics at Univ. of Ljubljana
	Astronomical Observatory Golovec
	Rezman Observatory
	MBK Team
	Teja Fabjan
	Kobdilj Observatory
	Venus Transit 2004

Asteroids

	IAU-Minor Planet Center
	Sky Coverage
	The NEO Confirmation Page
	NEO Rating Page
	NeoDys Site
	MPC Ephemeris Service
	New Object Ephemeris
	MPChecker
	NEO and Comet Checker
	NEO Observation Planning Aid
	Identification of satellites from astrometric positions
	MPC Animations Page
	Asteroid/Comet Connection
	Impact Effects Calculator

	Sun and Moon Data 2010 (for Ljubljana)

Supernovae

	CBAT Unconfirmed Observations Page
	List of Recent Supernovae

Libraries

Univ. of Ljubljana, Astronomical Library

News

	Discovery of Supernova 2010ga at Črni Vrh Observatory (Jul. 9, 2010)


	On images taken by Jan Vales in the course of the Črni Vrh Asteroid and Comet Search program PIKA, an apparent supernova (mag 17.3) was detected. More ...

	Discovery of Supernova 2010dw at Črni Vrh Observatory (Jun. 8, 2010)


	On images taken by Jure Skvarč in the course of the Črni Vrh Asteroid and Comet Search program PIKA around 2010 Jun. 5.96 UT, an apparent supernova (mag 17.3) was detected. More ...