Skalnaté Pleso Observatory
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Astronomy
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observatory in Slovakia
Slovakia
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. There is also a meteorological
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observatory. It is near Tatranská Lomnica
Tatranská Lomnica
Tatranská Lomnica is a town in the Slovakian part of the High Tatras mountains. It is a skiing and hiking resort best known for the cable car to Lomnický štít, one of the steepest in Europe and remarkable for its lack of support pylons between the two stations...
and has IAU
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observatory code 056. The name means "Rocky Lake" (or better: "Rocky Tarn") .
The observatory produced the popular sky atlas Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens
Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens
The 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...
by A. Becvar
Antonín Bečvář
Antonín Bečvář was a Czech astronomer who was active in Slovakia. He was born in Stará Boleslav. Among his chief achievements is the foundation of the Skalnaté Pleso Observatory and the discovery of the comet C/1947 F2 .Bečvář is particularly important for his star charts: he led the compilation...
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