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The Črni Vrh Observatory (Slovene: Observatorij Črni Vrh, IAU code: 106) is an astronomical observatory located in western Slovenia, close to the settlement of Črni Vrh, near the town of Idrija. The current observatory was built in 1985 and stands at an elevation of 730 metres (2,400 ft). Much of the construction was done by volunteers.
Regular astronomical observations started in 1975, at a small observatory that was equipped with home-made instruments and was set up 4 km from the present site. At that time, the first images of Comet West were taken. The site is well above the inversion border much of winter, which allows undisturbed observations on many successive clear nights.
The observatory runs a comet and asteroid search program named PIKA after its Slovene acronym. Since March 2003, the program has been operated on a new 60-cm, f/3.3 Cichocki telescope equipped with a Finger Lake 1k × 1k CCD detector. Telescope project funding has been covered in part by the Planetary Society Shoemaker Grant 2000 and 2010. The recent grant was for the purchase of a deep-cooling Apogee Alta U9000 CCD camera that will increase sensitivity of the imaging system, enabling discoveries of even fainter objects. The new camera has been in operation since October 2011.
Members of the Department of Physics, Astronomical Observatory, of the University of Ljubljana, used the site for observations with their 36 cm (14 in) S-C telescope from 1994 to 2009.
On 18 August 2008, the amateur astronomer Stanislav Matičič discovered the comet C/2008 Q1 (Matičič), the first comet discovered in this observatory and in Slovenia. On 16 April 2010, the student Jan Vales discovered the periodic comet designated P/2010 H2 (Vales) in a strong outburst. The Catalina Sky Survey researchers scanned the same region of the sky only 15 hours earlier and missed it. [2][3]
Telescopes
- 19-cm Automatic Comet Imaging Telescope
- 36-cm AIT Imaging System (no longer in use)
- 60-cm Cichocki Sky Survey Telescope
- All-Sky Camera
- Most Recent List of Discoveries
Observing team
Discoveries
The Minor Planet Center credits a large number of minor planet discoveries directly to the observatory (Crni Vrh).[1]
List of discovered minor planets
9674 Slovenija | 23 August 1998 | list |
15071 Hallerstein | 24 January 1999 | list |
(16084) 1999 TY18 | 12 October 1999 | list |
(16141) 1999 XT127 | 7 December 1999 | list |
(18154) 2000 PA | 1 August 2000 | list |
(19016) 2000 RY78 | 11 September 2000 | list |
19612 Noordung | 17 July 1999 | list |
19633 Rusjan | 13 September 1999 | list |
(19781) 2000 QK68 | 26 August 2000 | list |
(21693) 1999 RT44 | 14 September 1999 | list |
(22030) 1999 XU127 | 7 December 1999 | list |
(22108) 2000 PD | 1 August 2000 | list |
(24197) 1999 XP37 | 7 December 1999 | list |
(24322) 2000 AM43 | 4 January 2000 | list |
(25317) 1999 BL12 | 24 January 1999 | list |
(27174) 1999 BB2 | 19 January 1999 | list |
(27561) 2000 KJ1 | 24 May 2000 | list |
(29740) 1999 BS9 | 19 January 1999 | list |
(29742) 1999 BQ12 | 24 January 1999 | list |
(30382) 2000 JB81 | 15 May 2000 | list |
(30383) 2000 KZ1 | 26 May 2000 | list |
(30420) 2000 LD1 | 1 June 2000 | list |
(32083) 2000 KO | 24 May 2000 | list |
(32199) 2000 ON2 | 27 July 2000 | list |
(32291) 2000 QP8 | 24 August 2000 | list |
(32292) 2000 QR8 | 24 August 2000 | list |
(32293) 2000 QT8 | 24 August 2000 | list |
(33752) 1999 RM36 | 12 September 1999 | list |
(33753) 1999 RW42 | 13 September 1999 | list |
(33915) 2000 LA15 | 5 June 2000 | list |
(34006) 2000 OQ9 | 31 July 2000 | list |
(34078) 2000 PF | 1 August 2000 | list |
(34087) 2000 PA7 | 1 August 2000 | list |
(34437) 2000 SF43 | 26 September 2000 | list |
(34607) 2000 UD3 | 24 October 2000 | list |
(36357) 2000 OQ2 | 28 July 2000 | list |
(36459) 2000 QU8 | 24 August 2000 | list |
(36460) 2000 QA9 | 25 August 2000 | list |
(36461) 2000 QC9 | 25 August 2000 | list |
(36798) 2000 SA43 | 25 September 2000 | list |
(36799) 2000 SG43 | 26 September 2000 | list |
(38841) 2000 SH43 | 26 September 2000 | list |
(40446) 1999 RN36 | 12 September 1999 | list |
(40466) 1999 RU44 | 14 September 1999 | list |
(40761) 1999 TT13 | 11 October 1999 | list |
(40770) 1999 TV18 | 11 October 1999 | list |
(42186) 2001 CH32 | 11 February 2001 | list |
(43191) 1999 YM5 | 29 December 1999 | list |
(44724) 1999 TU13 | 11 October 1999 | list |
(45028) 1999 WD9 | 28 November 1999 | list |
(45590) 2000 CU101 | 14 February 2000 | list |
(45602) 2000 DX17 | 28 February 2000 | list |
(46016) 2001 CP41 | 15 February 2001 | list |
(46018) 2001 DX6 | 16 February 2001 | list |
(46021) 2001 DZ14 | 17 February 2001 | list |
(47101) 1999 BP12 | 24 January 1999 | list |
(48018) 2001 CB36 | 15 February 2001 | list |
(48020) 2001 DC | 16 February 2001 | list |
(49475) 1999 BH3 | 19 January 1999 | list |
(49679) 1999 TZ7 | 6 October 1999 | list |
(51625) 2001 HX37 | 29 April 2001 | list |
(54321) 2000 JA81 | 15 May 2000 | list |
(54468) 2000 OA7 | 29 July 2000 | list |
(54469) 2000 OM8 | 30 July 2000 | list |
(54687) 2001 DC15 | 17 February 2001 | list |
(56297) 1999 RT42 | 12 September 1999 | list |
(56677) 2000 LG1 | 1 June 2000 | list |
(56690) 2000 LZ14 | 5 June 2000 | list |
(56746) 2000 OO2 | 27 July 2000 | list |
(61060) 2000 LH1 | 2 June 2000 | list |
(62028) 2000 RE53 | 1 September 2000 | list |
(62072) 2000 RD78 | 9 September 2000 | list |
(62073) 2000 RX78 | 10 September 2000 | list |
(62747) 2000 UB3 | 24 October 2000 | list |
(63375) 2001 HY37 | 29 April 2001 | list |
(63376) 2001 HA38 | 29 April 2001 | list |
66667 Kambič | 8 October 1999 | list |
(67547) 2000 SE43 | 26 September 2000 | list |
(68726) 2002 EZ5 | 12 March 2002 | list |
(70218) 1999 RY42 | 13 September 1999 | list |
(70443) 1999 TV9 | 7 October 1999 | list |
(70445) 1999 TR13 | 11 October 1999 | list |
(71002) 1999 XO37 | 7 December 1999 | list |
(72420) 2001 CY35 | 14 February 2001 | list |
(72429) 2001 CN41 | 15 February 2001 | list |
(72445) 2001 DD | 16 February 2001 | list |
(74432) 1999 BM12 | 24 January 1999 | list |
(74628) 1999 RV42 | 12 September 1999 | list |
(74821) 1999 TP13 | 10 October 1999 | list |
(76770) 2000 KZ43 | 26 May 2000 | list |
(77043) 2001 CQ41 | 15 February 2001 | list |
(77050) 2001 DB | 16 February 2001 | list |
(78901) 2003 ST66 | 19 September 2003 | list |
(80597) 2000 AD147 | 6 January 2000 | list |
(81870) 2000 LB1 | 1 June 2000 | list |
(81907) 2000 NR2 | 5 July 2000 | list |
(84356) 2002 TG82 | 1 October 2002 | list |
(84357) 2002 TH82 | 1 October 2002 | list |
(84962) 2003 YM9 | 17 December 2003 | list |
(84987) 2003 YK83 | 18 December 2003 | list |
(85000) 2003 YA125 | 27 December 2003 | list |
(86051) 1999 QB2 | 22 August 1999 | list |
(86208) 1999 TD16 | 11 October 1999 | list |
(87089) 2000 LF1 | 1 June 2000 | list |
(87169) 2000 OP2 | 27 July 2000 | list |
(87178) 2000 OZ6 | 28 July 2000 | list |
(87318) 2000 QS8 | 24 August 2000 | list |
(87319) 2000 QD9 | 25 August 2000 | list |
(87646) 2000 RB78 | 8 September 2000 | list |
(87718) 2000 SY42 | 25 September 2000 | list |
(91599) 1999 TQ13 | 10 October 1999 | list |
(92441) 2000 KY1 | 26 May 2000 | list |
(92996) 2000 RE78 | 9 September 2000 | list |
(96878) 1999 TE16 | 11 October 1999 | list |
(97854) 2000 QZ8 | 25 August 2000 | list |
(97941) 2000 QW117 | 29 August 2000 | list |
(98138) 2000 SW42 | 25 September 2000 | list |
(98397) 2000 UC3 | 24 October 2000 | list |
(98954) 2001 CJ32 | 12 February 2001 | list |
(98973) 2001 DB15 | 17 February 2001 | list |
(99151) 2001 FP128 | 23 March 2001 | list |
(99192) 2001 GD4 | 14 April 2001 | list |
(102222) 1999 TA12 | 8 October 1999 | list |
(102232) 1999 TX18 | 12 October 1999 | list |
(103290) 2000 AN43 | 5 January 2000 | list |
(105092) 2000 LC1 | 1 June 2000 | list |
(105093) 2000 LE1 | 1 June 2000 | list |
(106544) 2000 WJ68 | 27 November 2000 | list |
(106874) 2000 YD33 | 23 December 2000 | list |
(107290) 2001 CA | 1 February 2001 | list |
(107385) 2001 CL41 | 15 February 2001 | list |
(107408) 2001 DZ6 | 16 February 2001 | list |
(107409) 2001 DS7 | 16 February 2001 | list |
(107410) 2001 DV7 | 17 February 2001 | list |
(107433) 2001 DW14 | 16 February 2001 | list |
(107434) 2001 DA15 | 17 February 2001 | list |
(107514) 2001 DW53 | 20 February 2001 | list |
(108229) 2001 HW37 | 29 April 2001 | list |
(108250) 2001 HH46 | 17 April 2001 | list |
(109564) 2001 QP264 | 26 August 2001 | list |
(111565) 2002 AP4 | 8 January 2002 | list |
(111829) 2002 EA6 | 12 March 2002 | list |
(115055) 2003 RU6 | 3 September 2003 | list |
(115350) 2003 SW234 | 25 September 2003 | list |
(115450) 2003 TK10 | 15 October 2003 | list |
(115517) 2003 UL37 | 16 October 2003 | list |
(115518) 2003 UM37 | 16 October 2003 | list |
(115519) 2003 UN37 | 16 October 2003 | list |
(115520) 2003 UO37 | 17 October 2003 | list |