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

2000 and 2010 Shoemaker Grant Recipient

Last Images
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)
Unfiltered false color image of comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), obtained on 2025 Aug. 26 (2h35-2h50UT) UT with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CMO. Exposure time was 12 minutes (12x60 seconds). Image scale is 1.56 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2025 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Unfiltered image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, obtained on 2025 Aug. 19.823 UT with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CMO. Exposure time was 10 minutes (10x60 seconds). Image scale is 1.17 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2025 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)
Image of comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), obtained on 2025 Aug. 15.874 UT with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CMO. Exposure time was 6.7 minutes (20x20 seconds). Image scale is 1.17 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2025 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
Unfiltered image of comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos), obtained on 2025 July 31.892 UT with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CMO. Exposure time was 10 minutes (10x60 seconds). Image scale is 1.17 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2025 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Unfiltered image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, obtained on 2025 Jul. 18.929 UT with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CMO. Exposure time was 30 minutes (30x60 seconds). Image scale is 1.17 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2025 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

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