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/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Image of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), obtained on 2023 Feb. 20 (18h54-19h14UT), with 19-cm, f/4 Flat field telescope and ASI 2400 MC camera. Exposure time was 20 minutes (20x60 seconds). Image scale is 6.44 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2023 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Image of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) near planet Mars and NGC 1647 open cluster, obtained on 2023 Feb. 14 (22h12-22h34UT) from Island Cres (Croatia), with 300mm, f/4.7 lens and Canon 6D. Exposure time was 21 minutes (21x60 seconds) at ISO 6400. Image scale is 15.4 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2023 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Image of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) close to planet Mars, obtained on 2023 Feb. 10 (19h44-20h07UT), with 200mm, f/4 APO and Canon 650D camera. Exposure time was 22 minutes (44x30 seconds) at ISO 1600. Image scale is 13.3 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2023 by J. Vales, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Image of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), obtained on 2023 Feb. 9 (19h22-20h06UT), with 19-cm, f/4 Flat field telescope and ASI 2400 MC camera. Exposure time was 40 minutes (80x30 seconds). Image scale is 12.9 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2023 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Image of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), obtained in moonlight conditions on 2023 Feb. 7 (17h44-18h18UT), with 19-cm, f/4 Flat field telescope and ASI 2400 MC camera. Exposure time was 30 minutes (60x30 seconds). Image scale is 12.9 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2023 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

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