Štefánik's Observatory

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Štefánik's Observatory

Štefánik's Observatory
Named after	Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Observatory code	541
Location	Prague 1, Hradčany, Czech Republic
Coordinates	50°04′52″N 14°23′54″E / 50.08119°N 14.39822°E / 50.08119; 14.39822Coordinates: 50°04′52″N 14°23′54″E / 50.08119°N 14.39822°E / 50.08119; 14.39822
Altitude	321 m (1,053 ft)
Location of Štefánik's Observatory
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Štefánik's Observatory (Czech: Štefánikova hvězdárna, obs. code: 541) is an astronomical observatory on Petřín 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.

Gallery[]

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  The observatory's main instrument: double refractor made by Zeiss in 1908

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  Statue of Milan Rastislav Štefánik in front of sundial

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  Štefánik's Observatory from the South

See also[]

• List of astronomical observatories
• Statue of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Prague

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stefaniks Observatory.

• Observatory and Planetarium of Prague Official Site