Observatory Vsetín

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The Observatory Vsetín was found in 1950 by the local branch of Czechoslovak Astronomical Society.

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[edit] Scientific equipments

  • Main telescope (refractore, focal distance 3 000 mm, diameter 200 mm)
  • Guiding telescope (refractore, focal distance 2 800 mm, diameter 120 mm)
  • View finder (refractore, diameter 90 mm)
  • BlackPearl (Newton, focal distance 1 200 mm, diameter 150 mm)
  • CCD camera SBIG-ST7

[edit] Scientific activities

  • Lightning detection
  • Research of severe storms
  • Bulletin ATHENA

[edit] Directors

  • Oldřich Křenek from July 1950 to January 1955
  • Tomáš Skandera from January 1955 to May 1971
  • Josef Blažek from May 1971 to January 1973
  • Jiří Haas from January 1973 to present

[edit] Official web