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/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
Image of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), obtained from La Palma on 2024 Oct. 14 (19h26UT) with Canon R6 and 100-400 mm telephoto lens. Copyright © 2024 by J. Skvarc, La Palma, Canary Island.

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
Image of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), obtained on 2024 Oct. 14 (17h25UT) at University of Ljubljana Astronomical Observatory with 200 mm, f/3.2 lens and Canon 6D. Image is stack of 30 1-second exposures taken from fixed tripod at ISO 1600. Faint comet-like object near the head of A3 is actually periodic comet 13P/Olbers. Copyright © 2024 by H. Mikuz.

Periodic Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Unfiltered image of periodic comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, obtained on 2024 Sep. 30.775 UT with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CMOS camera. Exposure time was 4 minutes (4 x 60 seconds). Copyright © 2024 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Comet C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
Unfiltered image of periodic comet C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS), obtained on 2024 Sep. 29.905 UT with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CMOS camera. Exposure time was 5 minutes (5 x 60 seconds). Copyright © 2024 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Periodic Comet 13P/Olbers
Unfiltered image of periodic comet 13P/Olbers, obtained on 2024 Sep. 21 (18h32-18h44UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CMO. Exposure time was 440 secons (11x40s). Image scale is 1.17 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2024 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

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