Kiss György Observatory
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Organization | Mira Astonomical Club | ||||||||||||
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Location | HU 5931 Nagyszénás, Gádorosi út 24.![]() | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°40′22″N 20°40′07″E / 46.672667°N 20.668718°E | ||||||||||||
Observing time | Every friday, 6pm | ||||||||||||
Established | ~1983. | ||||||||||||
Website | kgycsillagda | ||||||||||||
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The Kiss György Observatory is an observatory in Nagyszénás, Hungary.
History
[edit]It was grounded ca. 1980 by György Kiss, who was an amateur astronomer. When he died in 2000 István Zahorecz became the new director. Nowadays it has six telescopes: five reflecting and a refracting.
Directors
[edit]- György Kiss (~1980–2000)
- István Zahorecz (2000–2015)
- Andrásné Fődi (2015–2016)
- Tamás Sárkány (2016–2018)
- Andrásné Fődi (2018–)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- History of the observatory (Hungarian)
- Official website (Hungarian) Archived 7 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine