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

	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.

Astronomy Picture of the Day	Light Pollution in Slovenia	DSLR and Webcam Imaging

Prevod v slovenščino	Svetlobno onesnaženje	DSLR and Webcam Imaging

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

Slovenian Comet Observers Database (SICOBS)

	Submit Observation in ICQ Format
	Comet Observation Report

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

	Observatorij Črni Vrh na razstavi Od Zemlje do vesolja


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	Stanislav Matičič prejel prestižno nagrado Edgarja Wilsona (25. avgust 2009)


	Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics je objavil seznam dobitnikov nagrad Edgarja Wilsona, ki jih vsako leto podeljujejo odkriteljem kometov. More ...