Štefánik's Observatory - Prague, Czech Republic
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N 50° 04.876 E 014° 23.853
33U E 456897 N 5547840
This observatory was founded in 1928.
Waymark Code: WMYXP8
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 08/07/2018
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Wikipedia (
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"Štefánik's Observatory (Czech: Štefánikova hvezdárna, obs. code: 541) is an astronomical observatory on Petrín hill in the center of Prague founded 1928 and named after Slovak astronomer Milan Rastislav Štefánik. Nowadays the observatory specializes above all in popularization of astronomy and related natural sciences.
Technology
The main telescopes of the observatory are a double refractor by Zeiss after the Viennese selenographer König placed in the main dome (bought in 1928) and a Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope installed in the western dome in 1976. The eastern dome of the observatory is only being used for scientific observations and since 1999 equipped with a 40 cm mirror telescope by Meade.