Piszkéstető Station
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47°55′05″N 019°53′39″E / 47.91806°N 19.89417°E
Named after | Piszkés-tető | ||||||||
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Organization | Hungarian Academy of Sciences | ||||||||
Observatory code | 461 | ||||||||
Location | Piszkéstető, Mátra Mountains, Hungary | ||||||||
Coordinates | 47°55′05″N 019°53′39″E / 47.91806°N 19.89417°E | ||||||||
Established | 1958 | ||||||||
Website | Hungarian Academy of Scienses Konkoly Observatory | ||||||||
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The Piszkéstető Station or Piszkéstető Mountain Station is an observatory in Mátra Mountains, Hungary, first built in 1958. The station is a station of Konkoly Observatory, Budapest. It has IAU codes 461 (Szeged University) and 561 (Konkoly Obszervatórium). The observatory features three telescopes, a 1 m RCC Telescope since 1974, a 60/90/180 cm Schmidt telescope since 1962 and an 50 cm Cassegrain telescope since 1966 and a 40 cm RCC Telescope since 2010.[1]