Piszkésteto Station
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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 telescope
s, a 1 m RCC Telescope since 1974, a 60/90/180 cm Schmidt telescope since 1962 and an 50 cm Cassegrain telescope since 1966.
Mátra
Mátra is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető , belongs to this mountain range....
Mountains, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, first built in 1958. The station is a station of Konkoly Observatory, Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
. It has IAU codes 461 (Szeged University) and 561 (Konkoly Obszervatórium). The observatory features three telescope
Telescope
A telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation . The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 1600s , using glass lenses...
s, a 1 m RCC Telescope since 1974, a 60/90/180 cm Schmidt telescope since 1962 and an 50 cm Cassegrain telescope since 1966.