| Rozhen Observatory | |||||||||||
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Large Telescope Dome of the Rozhen Observatory |
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| Organization | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | ||||||||||
| Location | Near Chepelare, Bulgaria | ||||||||||
| Altitude | 1759 m | ||||||||||
| Website NAO-Rozhen |
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Rozhen Observatory (Bulgarian: Национална астрономическа обсерватория "Рожен", НАО-Рожен - NAO-Rozhen) is a Bulgarian astronomical observatory, located 90 km south of the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The nearest town, Chepelare, is 15 km away. It is owned and operated by the Institute of Astronomy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The Observatory is one of the largest in Europe and has an active team of about 50 astronomers. It is the principal center for astronomical research in Bulgaria.
Transit Timing Variation (TTV), a variation on the transit method, was used to discover a exoplanet WASP-3c by Rozhen Observatory, Jena Observatory, and Toruń Centre for Astronomy. [2]
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