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/2020 A1 (Iwamoto) Image of comet C/2020 A1 (Iwamoto), obtained on 2020 Jan. 30 (4h29-5h00UT) with 19-cm, f/4 Flat Field Camera and Canon EOS 700D DSLR. Exposure time was 30x60 seconds at ISO 3200. Total exposure time 30 minutes. FOV is 1.68^o x 1.12^o. Image scale is 4.7 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2020 by H. Mikuz, Črni Vrh Observatory.

	Comet C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS) Image of comet C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS), obtained on 2020 Jan. 29 (20h50-21h21UT) with 19-cm, f/4 Flat Field Camera and Canon EOS 700D DSLR. Exposure time was 15x120 seconds at ISO 3200. Total exposure time 30 minutes. FOV is 1.68^o x 1.12^o. Image scale is 4.7 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Črni Vrh Observatory.

	Comet C/2020 A1 (Iwamoto) Image of comet C/2020 A1 (Iwamoto), obtained in moonlight conditions on 2020 Jan. 16 (4h50-5h12UT) with 19-cm, f/4 Flat Field Camera and Canon EOS 700D DSLR. Exposure time was 20x60 seconds at ISO 1600. Total exposure time 20 minutes. Very diffuse object with no obvious condensation. FOV is 1.6^o x 1.1^o. Image scale is 4.7 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2020 by H. Mikuz, Črni Vrh Observatory.

	Comet C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS) Image of comet C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS), obtained on 2019 Dec. 30 (22h12-22h45UT) with 19-cm, f/4 Flat Field Camera and Canon EOS 700D DSLR. Exposure time was 30x60 seconds at ISO 3200. Total exposure time 30 minutes. FOV is 1.68^o x 1.12^o. Image scale is 4.7 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Črni Vrh Observatory.

	Comet C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) False color unfiltered image of comet C/2018 N2 (ASASSN), obtained on 2019 Oct. 27 (20h18-20h30UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope. Exposure time was 10x60 seconds. Image scale is 1.25 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2019 by H. Mikuz, Črni Vrh Observatory.

Light Pollution	Night Sky Phenomena	DSLR Gallery

Društvo temno nebo Slovenije

Astronomska revija Spika	Portal v vesolje	Astronomy Picture of the Day

Astronomska revija Spika		Prevod v slovenščino

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 2020 (for Ljubljana)

Supernovae

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

News

	Mercury Transit (November 11, 2019)


	Composite image of Mercury Transit on 2019 Nov. 11, obtained by J. Skvarč from La Palma, Canary Islans More ...

	Partial Lunar Eclipse on 2019 July 16 (July 30, 2019)


	Sequence of images with 2.5-minute intervals, obtained from the peak of Sinji Vrh above Ajdovščina, Slovenia More ...

Crni Vrh Observatory Online

Last Polar Sequence Image

Extinction and Sky Brightness

Panoramic camera

Comet Observation Database

Fireball from All-Sky Camera

Recorded 2019 Oct. 27, (02:44:58UT)
2019 Events Archive

Bright Comets Collection

C/1995 01 (Hale-Bopp)

C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)