Astronomy:Vidojevica
| Vidojevica | |
|---|---|
  Vidojevica Location in Serbia | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,155 m (3,789 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 43°08′29″N 21°33′21″E / 43.14139°N 21.55583°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Southern Serbia |
Vidojevica[1] (Serbian: Видојевица) is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Prokuplje. Its highest peak, Bandera, has an elevation of 1,155 m (3,789 ft) above sea level.
Astronomical station
On the top of the mountain, there is an astronomical observatory operated by the Belgrade Observatory.[2] The facility is at an altitude of 1,150 m (3,770 ft) and has minimal light pollution.[3]
A 60 cm (24 in) Cassegrain telescope was installed in spring of 2011.[4] The new telescope is named “Nedeljković”, after Milan Nedeljković (1857-1950), the first director and founder of Belgrade Observatory in 1887. In the next phase, in spring 2016, a 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) fully robotic telescope was installed at the station.[5][6] It has been named “Milanković”, after geophysicist, civil engineer and astronomer Milutin Milanković, who was the director of the Observatory from 1948 to 1951.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jovan Đokić. "Katalog planina Srbije". PSD Kopaonik Beograd. http://www.psd-kopaonik.org.rs/03KatalogplaninaSrbije.html.
- ↑ "Seli se glavno oko Srbije" (in Serbian). Večernje Novosti. 2010-06-12. http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/aktuelno.69.html:288352-Seli-se-glavno-oko-Srbije.
- ↑ "Nebeske oči Zvezdare gledaju sa Vidovice" (in Serbian). Politika. 2017-04-07. http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/377858/Nebeske-oci-Zvezdare-gledaju-sa-Vidojevice.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Future Robotic observatory on Mountain Vidojevica:site and equipment specification
- ↑ “Future science with metre-class telescopes” Dr. Milan Bogosavljević
- ↑ http://firstlight.aob.rs/rationale.html "First light of the Milanković telescope"
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