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. See also our 2 minute video presentation and recent updates of the PIKA project.

2000 and 2010 Shoemaker Grant Recipient

Last Images

	Comet C/2010 U3 (Boattini) False color unfiltered image of comet C/2010 U3 (Boattini), obtained on 2019 Jun. 2 (21h32-21h40UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CCD. Exposure time was 6x60 seconds. Image scale is 1.25 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Črni Vrh Observatory.

	Periodic comet 123P/West-Hartley False color unfiltered image of periodic comet 123P/West-Hartley, obtained on 2019 June 2 (21h45-21h58UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CCD. Exposure time was 10x60 seconds. Image scale is 1.25 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

	Periodic Comet 68P/Klemola False color unfiltered image of periodic comet 68P/Klemola, obtained on 2019 May 7 (1h37-1h50UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CCD. Exposure time was 10x70 seconds. Image scale is 1.25 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Črni Vrh Observatory.

	Periodic Comet 123P/West-Hartley False color unfiltered image of periodic comet 123P/West-Hartley, obtained on 2019 April 2 (0h33-0h45UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CCD. Exposure time was 3x60 seconds. Image scale is 2.50 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

	Comet C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) Image of comet C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto), passing the open clusters M38 and NGC 1907 in Auriga. Obtained on 2019 Feb. 28 (21h40-22h47UT) with 15-cm, f/6 Maksutov-Cassegrain astrograph and Canon EOS 6D DSLR. Exposure time was 66 minues at ISO 3200. FOV is 2.29^o x 1.52^o. Image scale is 6.0 arc sec/pixel. There is a ghost reflection between the comet and clusters due to optics design and relative proximity of bright star Capella. The comet left a fuzzy trail because telescope guiding was on stars. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Crni 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
	Astronomski observatorij Prežganje
	Astronomski observatorij Voglarji
	Astronomski observatorij Malo Lipje

Libraries

Univ. of Ljubljana Astronomical Library

Asteroids

	IAU Minor Planet Center
	Sky Coverage
	The NEO Confirmation Page
	NEO Rating Page
	106 NEOs Follow-Up
	Comets in Need for Recovery
	NeoDys Site
	MPC Ephemeris Service
	New Object Ephemeris
	NEO and Comet Checker
	MPC Database Search
	NEA Observation Planning Aid
	Identification of satellites from astrometric positions
	MPC Animations Page
	Asteroid/Comet Connection
	Impact Effects Calculator
	On-line Find_Orb

	Sun and Moon Data 2019 (for Ljubljana)

Supernovae

	CBAT "Transient Objects Confirmation Page"
	List of Recent Supernovae
	Latest Supernovae
	NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive

News

	Fireball of March 31 (March 31, 2019)


	Fireball (about magnitude -12) was recorded at Črni Vrh Observatory on 2019 Mar. 31 morning. More ...

	Discovery of supernova SN 2018kzc (December 27, 2018)


	Supernova SN 2018kzc was discovered by S. Matičič on 2018 Dec. 27.961 UT on four images taken with 60-cm, f/3.3 Cichocki telescope. More ...

Crni Vrh Observatory Online

Last Polar Sequence Image

Extinction and Sky Brightness

Panoramic camera

Comet Observation Database

Fireball from All-Sky Camera

Recorded 2018 Apr. 8, (18:47:47UT)
2018 Events Archive

Bright Comets Collection

C/1995 01 (Hale-Bopp)

C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)