Črni Vrh Observatory

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.

Minor planets discovered: 421 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

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 during the period 1994–2009.

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

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 Slovenija23 August 1998list
15071 Hallerstein24 January 1999list
(16084) 1999 TY1812 October 1999list
(16141) 1999 XT1277 December 1999list
(18154) 2000 PA1 August 2000list
(19016) 2000 RY7811 September 2000list
19612 Noordung17 July 1999list
19633 Rusjan13 September 1999list
(19781) 2000 QK6826 August 2000list
(21693) 1999 RT4414 September 1999list
(22030) 1999 XU1277 December 1999list
(22108) 2000 PD1 August 2000list
(24197) 1999 XP377 December 1999list
(24322) 2000 AM434 January 2000list
(25317) 1999 BL1224 January 1999list
(27174) 1999 BB219 January 1999list
(27561) 2000 KJ124 May 2000list
(29740) 1999 BS919 January 1999list
(29742) 1999 BQ1224 January 1999list
(30382) 2000 JB8115 May 2000list
(30383) 2000 KZ126 May 2000list
(30420) 2000 LD11 June 2000list
(32083) 2000 KO24 May 2000list
(32199) 2000 ON227 July 2000list
(32291) 2000 QP824 August 2000list
(32292) 2000 QR824 August 2000list
(32293) 2000 QT824 August 2000list
(33752) 1999 RM3612 September 1999list
(33753) 1999 RW4213 September 1999list
(33915) 2000 LA155 June 2000list
(34006) 2000 OQ931 July 2000list
(34078) 2000 PF1 August 2000list
(34087) 2000 PA71 August 2000list
(34437) 2000 SF4326 September 2000list
(34607) 2000 UD324 October 2000list
(36357) 2000 OQ228 July 2000list
(36459) 2000 QU824 August 2000list
(36460) 2000 QA925 August 2000list
(36461) 2000 QC925 August 2000list
(36798) 2000 SA4325 September 2000list
(36799) 2000 SG4326 September 2000list
(38841) 2000 SH4326 September 2000list
(40446) 1999 RN3612 September 1999list
(40466) 1999 RU4414 September 1999list
(40761) 1999 TT1311 October 1999list
(40770) 1999 TV1811 October 1999list
(42186) 2001 CH3211 February 2001list
(43191) 1999 YM529 December 1999list
(44724) 1999 TU1311 October 1999list
(45028) 1999 WD928 November 1999list
(45590) 2000 CU10114 February 2000list
(45602) 2000 DX1728 February 2000list
(46016) 2001 CP4115 February 2001list
(46018) 2001 DX616 February 2001list
(46021) 2001 DZ1417 February 2001list
(47101) 1999 BP1224 January 1999list
(48018) 2001 CB3615 February 2001list
(48020) 2001 DC16 February 2001list
(49475) 1999 BH319 January 1999list
(49679) 1999 TZ76 October 1999list
(51625) 2001 HX3729 April 2001list
(54321) 2000 JA8115 May 2000list
(54468) 2000 OA729 July 2000list
(54469) 2000 OM830 July 2000list
(54687) 2001 DC1517 February 2001list
(56297) 1999 RT4212 September 1999list
(56677) 2000 LG11 June 2000list
(56690) 2000 LZ145 June 2000list
(56746) 2000 OO227 July 2000list
(61060) 2000 LH12 June 2000list
(62028) 2000 RE531 September 2000list
(62072) 2000 RD789 September 2000list
(62073) 2000 RX7810 September 2000list
(62747) 2000 UB324 October 2000list
(63375) 2001 HY3729 April 2001list
(63376) 2001 HA3829 April 2001list
66667 Kambič8 October 1999list
(67547) 2000 SE4326 September 2000list
(68726) 2002 EZ512 March 2002list
(70218) 1999 RY4213 September 1999list
(70443) 1999 TV97 October 1999list
(70445) 1999 TR1311 October 1999list
(71002) 1999 XO377 December 1999list
(72420) 2001 CY3514 February 2001list
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(74432) 1999 BM1224 January 1999list
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(74821) 1999 TP1310 October 1999list
(76770) 2000 KZ4326 May 2000list
(77043) 2001 CQ4115 February 2001list
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(80597) 2000 AD1476 January 2000list
(81870) 2000 LB11 June 2000list
(81907) 2000 NR25 July 2000list
(84356) 2002 TG821 October 2002list
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(85000) 2003 YA12527 December 2003list
(86051) 1999 QB222 August 1999list
(86208) 1999 TD1611 October 1999list
(87089) 2000 LF11 June 2000list
(87169) 2000 OP227 July 2000list
(87178) 2000 OZ628 July 2000list
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(87319) 2000 QD925 August 2000list
(87646) 2000 RB788 September 2000list
(87718) 2000 SY4225 September 2000list
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(92441) 2000 KY126 May 2000list
(92996) 2000 RE789 September 2000list
(96878) 1999 TE1611 October 1999list
(97854) 2000 QZ825 August 2000list
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(164281) 2004 XF7111 December 2004list
(168268) 2007 PQ15 August 2007list
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(170209) 2003 PN83 August 2003list
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(189470) 1999 TB87 October 1999list
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(213250) 2001 CX3514 February 2001list
(213468) 2002 EU812 March 2002list
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(215777) 2004 HR3721 April 2004list
(216442) 2009 FG418 March 2009list
(217756) 2000 QW825 August 2000list
(218986) 2008 GN1125 April 2008list
(221935) 2009 QF217 August 2009list
(223481) 2003 YM2717 December 2003list
(225012) 2007 EP18412 March 2007list
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(246089) 2007 AA1214 January 2007list
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(249616) 1999 TS1311 October 1999list
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(352210) 2007 SB1222 September 2007list
(352632) 2008 FJ12230 March 2008list
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See also

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. "Observatorij Črni Vrh opazil še neodkrit komet" [Črni Vrh Observatory Spotting an Undiscovered Comet] (in Slovenian). 24ur.com. 19 April 2010.
  3. MPEC 2010-H12: COMET P/2010 H2

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