Skalnaté Pleso
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Skalnaté Pleso refers to:
- a mountain in SlovakiaSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
- Skalnaté Pleso ObservatorySkalnaté Pleso ObservatoryObservatórium Skalnaté pleso is an astronomical observatory in Slovakia. There is also a meteorological observatory. It is near Tatranská Lomnica and has IAU observatory code 056. The name means "Rocky Lake" .The observatory produced the popular sky atlas Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens by A...
on the mountain. - a shorthand for the Atlas Coeli Skalnate Pleso 1950.0Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the HeavensThe Skalnaté Pleso Atlas of the Heavens is a set of 16 celestial charts covering the entire sky. It is named after the Skalnaté Pleso Observatory in Slovakia where it was produced...
, a popular sky atlas for amateur astronomers that was compiled at the observatory. It was reissued by Sky Publishing Corporation as the Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens.