Hvezdáreň 19.155° 48.718° 568 m
post box 86
Lazovná 9
975 90 Banská Bystrica sk (88) 41 56 144
PhC: (905) 924 670 Vartovka Obs.
E-m: hvezdar@isternet.sk
S/C: 9 employees
Loc: the office is in the town centre;
the observatory is within 30 min walk from
there, on the top of the mountain Vartovka
Act: meteors, occultations, Sun
Equ: N 17, Coudé 15 f 225, 11 f 75, H 12, B 25x100, M 18 f 100
Open by agreement
Pub: (4) Správy hvezdárne v Banskej Bystrici [Reports of the B.B. Obs.]
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Updated 00 Founded 1961 AROW'91
Lidová hvězdárna 14.836° 50.290° 210 m
c/o Radovan Kováč
Platanová 647
294 71 Benátky nad Jizerou cz (326) 91 66 36 (wd 7-14 h)
PhC: to the Trade Unions Club; (326) 76 26 64 Radovan Kováč
S/C: (15)
Loc: on the hill behind Obodře, west from the town center
Act: teaching, public observation
Equ: MC 15 f 225
Open clear Fridays; excursions to the room of Tycho Brahe in the castle
Tra: Public Observatory
Cha: po cl Updated S6 Founded 1980 AROW'91
Hvězdárna při Sdruž. klubu 16.67° 49.48°
680 01 Boskovice cz (501) 22 50
PhC: parent organization
S/C: (10)
Loc: on the building of the Municipal School of Arts
Equ: N 24
Open Friday (spring and autumn)
Tra: Observatory Boskovice
Cha: po cl
Astronomicko - geodet. observatórium 17.12° 48.15° 170 m
Stavebná fakulta SVŠT
Radlinského 11
813 68 Bratislava sk (7) 480 47
Act: Earth rotation, astrometry, geodynamics, global positioning system
Tra: Astronomical-geodetic observatory of the Slovak Technical Univers.
Cha: ra re Updated A1 Founded 1956 AROW'91
Astronomický úsek PKO 17.08° 48.15°
nábr. Ludvíka Svobodu 3
815 15 Bratislava sk (7) 531 18 48
PhC: telex (7) 315 348
E-m: aupko@computel.sk
S/C: 1 to 3 employees
Loc: no observatory
Equ: yes
Tra: Astronomical Division of the Park of Culture and Recreation
Cha: ? cl Founded 1958
Astronomický ústav SAV 17.05° 48.17°
Oddelenie medziplanetárnej hmoty
Dúbravská cesta 9
842 28 Bratislava sk (7) 37 51 57
E-m: astropit@savba.savba.sk
Act: comets, minor planets, meteor streams
Tra: Interplanetary Matter Department of the Slovak Astronomical Inst.
Cha: ra AROW'91
Astronomická pozorovatelňa ZK BEZ 17.18° 48.22°
c/o ing. Eva Chmeliarová
Rezedova 16
821 02 Bratislava sk (7) 28 20 00 / 539
S/C: (ten?)
Loc: observatory is on the large building of the BEZ factory
in the district Rača (NE suburb of Bratislava)
Equ: C 20 f 306, 10 f 110
Tra: Astronomical Observatory
Cha: po
Katedra Astronómie a astrofyziky MFF UK 17.05° 48.17°
Mlynská dolina
842 15 Bratislava sk (7) 72 00 03
fax: (7) 72 58 82
E-m: kaa@fmph.uniba.sk
S/C: 10
Loc: as regards the observatory - see the item regarding the town Modra
Act: solar activity, interplanetary matter
Pub: (1) Acta Facultatis Rerum Naturalium
Tra: Astronomy and Astrophysics Department of the Comenius University
Cha: ra ud Updated S5 Founded 1989 AROW'91
Redakcia časopisu Kozmos 17.12° 48.15°
Konventná 19
811 03 Bratislava sk (7) 511 41 33
fax: (same as phone)
E-m: kozmos@nextra.sk
Web: www.ta3.sk/kozmos
S/C: popular astronomy magazine Kozmos, the best one in Slovak and
Czech languages.
Pub: (6) Kozmos - publ. by the Slovak Central Obsevatory in Hurbanovo. ISSN 0323-049X.
Tra: Kozmos, editor's office
Cha: jo Updated 97
B.R.N.O. 16.58° 49.20°
c/o Miloslav Zejda
Hvězdárna a planetárium
616 00 Brno cz (5) 41 32 12 87
fax: (same as phone)
PhC: N. Copernicus Obs. and Planetarium in Brno
E-m: zejda@hvezdarna.cz
S/C: (50) the official name is: Variable Star Section
of the Czech Astronomical Society
Act: eclipsing binaries, other variable stars
Pub: (4) Perseus (hundred)
Tra: Brno Regional Network of Observers (of variable stars)
Cha: as dc Updated 97 Founded 1973
Expresní astronomické informace (EAI) 16.58° 49.20°
c/o D. Hanžl
Úvoz 118
602 00 Brno cz (5) 4112 9294, 4132 1287
PhC: (5) 755 405, (507) 216 68 or 225 58
E-m: hanzl@sci.muni.cz
Web: astro.sci.muni.cz
S/C: (45) led by Dalibor Hanžl, assisted by Petr Hájek
Act: Collecting and disseminating urgent astronomical information:
from the whole world to the Czech speaking members, and new data
from them to Center for Astronomical Telegrams and elsewhere.
Pub: (some 60) Expresní astronomické informace (in Czech)
Tra: Express Astronomical Information (EAI)
Cha: dc inform.exch. Updated 97 Founded 1992
Hvězdárna a planetárium 16.584° 49.204° 305 m
Mikuláše Koperníka
Kraví hora 2
616 00 Brno cz (5) 41 32 12 87
fax: (5) 41 23 33 89
E-m: e-mail@hvezdarna.cz
Web: www.hvezdarna.cz
S/C: 23 employees (two jobs for research, six for teaching astronomy);
Loc: the highest point of the park above the terminal of tram No. 4
at the district Masarykova čtvrť;
another observatory is in Vyškov (see the separate entry)
Act: CCD photometry; education of amateur astronomers;
leading of a research programme based
on amateur visual observations of eclipsing binaries
Equ: N 40 f175 with ST7 CCD cam., 20 f 300, 15 f 225, C 25, N 15 f 150, 8 B25x100, 12 B10x80
\dots, Sun proj.; Zeiss plan. Spacemaster (200 seats), ZKP-1 (70 s)
Open daily except Sunday
Pub: (some 0.5) Contributions of the N.Copernicus Observatory and Plan. (ISSN 0862-173x, circ.:400), (4) Perseus (circ.:150)
Tra: Nicholas Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium in Brno
Cha: pl po ra Updated 00 Founded 1953 AROW'91 Assoc.Member EAI
Katedra teor. fyziky a astrofyziky 16.584° 49.204° 310 m
Masarykovy university
Kotlářská 2
611 37 Brno cz (5) 4112 9451, 4112 9481
fax: (5) 41 21 12 14
PhC: e-mail is to the director of the Institute of Astronomy
E-m: hanusova@physics.muni.cz
Web: astro.sci.muni.cz
S/C: (15), 5 astronomers
Loc: observatory is on the hill Kraví hora
Act: spetroscopy and photometry; teaching;
Equ: N 60 ( photoelectric photometry)
Pub: ``Contributions'', ``Publications''
Tra: Department of Theor. Physics and Astrophysics, Masaryk University
Cha: ra ud Updated S5 Founded 1945 AROW'91 EAI
Společnost pro meziplanetární hmotu 16.58° 49.20°
c/o Vladimír Znojil, chairman
Elplova 22
628 00 Brno -- Líšeň cz (5) 42 12 64 57
fax: (5) 42 12 62 00
PhC: Dr Znojil's office
E-m: znojil@med.muni.cz
S/C: (70)
Act: meteors, comets; promoting such observation, processing data,
developing software
Pub: (some 20) Zpravodaj Spol. pro Mez... [Bull of the Assoc for Int...]
Tra: Association for InterPlanetary Matter
Cha: as Updated 97 Founded 1991 EAI
Hvězdárna a planetárium České Budějovice 14.472° 48.973° 394 m
s pobočkou na Kleti
Zátkovo nábřeží 4
370 01 České Budějovice cz (38) 635 20 44
fax: (38) 635 22 39
PhC: (337) 71 12 42 to the Kleť observatory
E-m: hap@ipex.cz
Web: www.hvezcb.cz
S/C: 12 (3 of them at the Kleť observatory: see separate entry on this
detached site)
Loc: in the centre of the town on the confluence of rivers Vltava and
Malše (Obs. and planetarium in the town České Budějovice)
Act: popularization, educational activities aimed at pupils from
nursery to high school, archives of negatives from Kleť
Equ: C 31 f 400, 11 f 131, 15 f 187, Zeiss planetarium ZKP-1 (80 seats)
Open Monday to Friday 8-15, groups any time by agreement
Tra: Observatory and planetarium České Budějovice with Kleť Observatory
Cha: pl po dc Updated 98 Founded 1937 Assoc.Member
Hvězdárna při MěKS 18.60° 49.73°
poštovní přihrádka 99
737 11 Český Těšín cz (659) 561 11
Loc: on the roof of the theatre, on the left side of the street
Ostravská (going to Ostrava)
Equ: N 27.6 (incomplete), ...; SEA receiver
Open Thursday from 16 h
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po
Astronomický kroužek 18.10° 49.93°
Hlučínská 61
Kulturní dům
747 22 Dolní Benešov cz (653) 54 13 26, 54 13 71
S/C: (8)
Loc: on the building of the House of Culture, on the S side
of the main street
Equ: N 20 f 200, N 15.5 f 120, portable 10 f 125 and 80 f 600
Open Friday or by agreement; SumCam
Tra: Astronomical club
Cha: cl Updated S6 Founded 1985
Okresný astronomický kabinet 17.63° 48.00°
Zsigmund Bödök
929 01 Dunajská Streda sk (709) 227 62
PhC: 226 13
S/C: one employee
Act: long period variables, eclipses, comets, meteors
Equ: C 20, 11
Open by agreement
Pub: (6) Trifid
Tra: District Astronomical Cabinet
Cha: as Updated A1 Founded 1981 AROW'91
Astronomický kabinet 17.75° 48.18°
sídlisko Jas 934
924 01 Galanta sk (707) 22 01 (wd 8-16 h)
PhC: 37 26 to the flat of its head,
S/C: a professional astronomy teacher Ivan Molnár
Loc: at the building of Okresné osvetové stredisko
Act: organizing of observation of occultations in Slovakia
Equ: N 12, private N 20
Open by agreement
Tra: Astronomical Cabinet
Hvězdárna Havířov. 18.45° 49.80°
Gymnázium
Studentská ul.
736 01 Havířov -- Bludovice cz (6994) 334 25
PhC: (6994) 326 25 - both numbers concern members of the club
Act: planets, Moon
Equ: 6, 2 N 11, C 25
Open Thursday 18 h
Tra: Observatory Havířov
Cha: po cl Updated 93 Founded 1992
Hvezdáreň a planetárium 17.814° 48.430° 160 m
920 01 Hlohovec sk (804) 742 46 23
fax: (804) 742 85 55
E-m: astrohlo@hl.isk.sk
Web: www.ta3.sk/hvezdarne/hlohovec
S/C: 17 employees; Zeiss Jena planetarium
Loc: an old observatory in the street Železničná ulica
on the building of the Club of Slovakofarma; the new observatory
and the planetarium on the slope above the town
Act: eclipsing binaries
Equ: C 60 f 240/750, S 18/24.3 f 40, 18 f 260, Cor 11,
Heliostat 10 f 300, 17 f 252, B 25x100, ...
Open Tuesday, Friday; groups may get another term
Tra: Observatory and Planetarium
Cha: pl po EAI
Hvězdárna a planetárium 15.844° 50.177° 287 m
Zámeček 456
500 08 Hradec Králové 8 cz (49) 526 40 87
fax: (49) 526 79 52
E-m: astroHK@astrohk.cz
Web: www.astrohk.cz
S/C: some ten employees
Loc: SE border of the town; from the town centre toward Brno,
on the slope before the church turn to the right and go
some 1 km; a large building of the observatory is at left
Equ: 20 f 354,... ; Zeiss Jena Planetarium ZKP-1 (60 seats)
Open W,Fr,Sa 19 and 20:30 (20, 21:30 Apr-Aug), children Sat 15 h; SumCam
Tra: Observatory and Planetarium
Cha: pl po Updated 01 Assoc.Member EAI
Hvezdáreň 21.93° 48.93°
066 80 Humenné sk (933) 21 79
S/C: some three employees; external observatory site at Kolonické sedlo,
38 km E from Humenné toward Ubla, behind vill.Kolonica to the right
Loc: office in the castle (at the end of the main square); observatory
on the building of ``Okresná poľnohospodárská správa'' some 0.5 km S
from the castle on the left side; external observatory -- see above
Act: sunspot counts, summer camps for observing eclipsing binaries
Equ: C 25, C 15, ...
Open Tuesday and Friday
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Founded 1952 AROW'91
Slovenská ústredná hvezdáreň 18.189° 47.874° 115 m
Komárňanská 134
947 01 Hurbanovo sk (818) 760 24 84
fax: (818) 760 24 87
PhC: spectroheliograph 760 24 86;
E-m: suh@suh.sk
Web: www.suh.sk
S/C: 26
Loc: in the centre, on the W side of the main street
Act: eclipsing binaries, occultations, Sun, history of astronomy;
production of N 13
Equ: Coudé 15 f 225, portable SC 35, C 15, 8, B 25x100, 2 B 12x60,
B 10x80, ...; heliostat 60, PN 40
Open Thursday, Friday
Pub: (6) Kozmos (a most widespread astron. magaz. in Slovak/Czech lang.)
Tra: Slovak Central Observatory
Cha: pl po pu ra Updated 92 Founded 1871 EAI
Školní hvězdárna při OSMP 17.20° 50.23° 450 m
Poštovní 115
790 01 Jeseník cz (645) 24 77
Loc: on a school building in the street Poštovská (by the Post Office)
Equ: N 25, N 17, N 10
Open by agreement
Tra: School Observatory
Cha: po cl Updated A1 Founded 1965 AROW'91
Astronomický kroužek lidové hvězdárny 15.35° 50.42°
Jaroslav Heršálek
Fučíkova 872
508 01 Jičín cz
Loc: at the district Vrcha; in the street Ruská, by the bridge, turn
away from the town and then to the right
Equ: C 12 f 120, P 10 f 50, 5 f 60, B 12x60, (C 31 f 385 being built
Tra: Jičín Astronomical Club of the Public Observatory
Cha: cl po
Hvězdárna a klub astronomů amatérů 15.001° 49.130° 496 m
při Gymnáziu V. Nováka
Husova 333/II
377 01 Jindřichův Hradec cz (331) 225 64
fax: (331) 36 22 48
PhC: fax: home of the head, Ms. Jana Jirků; summer phone also 39 92 00
Web: sirrah.troja.mff.cuni.cz/~hradec
Loc: on the border of the town, by the road to České Budějovice,
near the petrol station
Act: occultations
Equ: C 25 f 360, N 16 f 120, B 25x100, several B 10x80
Open Tue, Fri
Tra: Observatory and Club of amateur astronomers
Cha: po cl Updated 98 Founded 1961 AROW'91
Hvězdárna 12.907° 50.216° 615 m
K letišti 144 (Hůrky)
360 01 Karlovy Vary cz (17) 322 57 72
E-m: hvezdarna.kv@email.cz
Web: astropatrola.kvary.cz
S/C: one employee, (tens)
Loc: at the suburb called Hůrky (SE border of the town);
from the Prague road about 1 km toward airport
Act: occultations, fireball photography
Equ: N 25 f 150, N 15 f 60 (portable), B 25x100, 10 f 120, M 12 f 100..
Open Sat (also Fri or even other days outside holidays) evening
Pub: Astropatrola [(Bull. of the Obs.)]
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po cl Updated 01 Founded 1963 AROW'91 Assoc.Member
Hvězdárna Kleť 14.288° 48.863° 1070 m
Zátkovo nábřeží 4
370 01 České Budějovice cz (337) 71 12 42
fax: (38) 635 22 39
PhC: (38) 635 20 44 planetarium;
E-m: Klet@klet.cz
Web: www.klet.cz
S/C: 3 at this site of Observatory and Planetarium České Budějovice
Loc: on the top of mountain Kleť, some 6 km NNW from Český Krumlov
Act: search for minor planets, astrometry of minor planets and comets
Equ: C 102 f 395 and M40/50 f 103 not used at the moment;
M 63/85 f 187, C 57 f 295, 30 f 450, 25 f 310, 17 f 310, ...
Open Tue. to Sun. 10:30 to 15:30 each hour, groups by agreement
Tra: Observatory and planetarium České Budějovice - Kleť Observatory
Cha: ra Updated 98 Founded 1957
Centrum volného času Domino 21.27° 48.72°
Popradská 86
040 11 Košice cz (95) 42 37 40 41
Equ: Jenoptik ZKP 2 planetarium, 78 seats
Tra: Center of the free time Domino
Cha: pl Updated 98
Slovenské Technické Múzeum, planetárium 21.27° 48.72°
Hlavná 88
040 00 Košice cz (95) 622 40 35
S/C: museum with small planetarium (three employees in the department
of physics and astronomy); its old observatory does not work
Loc: in the main street
Tra: Slovak Museum of Technology, Planetarium
Cha: mu pl
ing. Antonín Stuhl 16.07° 48.85°
Mramotice 27
671 51 Kravsko cz (624) 25 54 59
Loc: no observatory
Act: occultations
Equ: N 17 (portable), B 25x100
Open on agreement
Tra: (leader of the former Astronomy Club)
Cha: cl Founded 1985 AROW'91
Astronomický kroužek 17.421° 49.297°
Albertova 3983/6
767 01 Kroměříž cz (634) 245 47
PhC: member Jakub Koukal
E-m: hvezdarna.kromeriz@post.cz
Loc: W part of the town; from the main road to the right some 1 km
along the left bank of the river; a small tower with the dome
is at vacant place near Dolnozahradská street
Equ: N 24 f 120, 11 f 160
Open Friday
Tra: Astronomical club
Cha: cl po
Hvězdárna 15.18° 49.12°
c/o Pavel Spurný
Palackého 179
378 62 Kunžak cz (331) 39 91 34 (weekends)
PhC: flat of the leader of the observatory, P. Spurný
Loc: some 2 km SE from the village, toward a hamlet Jitra
Act: observation of meteors and the Sun
Equ: M 20
Open by agreement
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po
Hvezdáreň 18.77° 49.30°
Dolinský potok 1278
024 01 Kysucké Nové Mesto sk (826) 21 29 46
S/C: two employees
Loc: on the slope at the NW border of the town
Equ: 20 f 300, 3 N 12, 3 6.3 f 84
Open session of the amateur astronomers club in Monday;
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po EAI
Hvezdáreň 18.62° 48.22°
Vojenská 2
934 01 Levice sk (813) 31 21 66
S/C: some three employees
Loc: no observatory; the office is 50 m from the main square
Equ: portable 20 f 260, 15 f 225, 10 f 110, N 17, B 25x100,...
Open by agreement
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Founded 1956 AROW'91
Astronomický kabinet 20.60° 49.03°
Mierové nám. 28
054 01 Levoča sk (966) 25 30 (wd 8-16 h)
S/C: one employee
Loc: no observatory
Equ: 15 f 225, ...
Open by agreement
Tra: Astronomical cabinet
Astr. klub Parku kultury a oddechu 15.05° 50.77°
post box 24
462 12 Liberec 25 cz (48) 245 53, 295 57
PhC: its parent organization;
S/C: (15)
Loc: private observatories:
15°03'50" 50°50'51" 425 m \\
15°04'10" 50°42'00" 568 m
Act: occultations
Equ: 11 f 1650 (private)
Tra: Astronomy Club of the Culture and Recreation Park
Cha: cl Updated S5 Founded 1963 AROW'91
Astronomický kroužek SZK 13.80° 50.35°
Poděbradova 661
440 01 Louny cz (395) 23 24
PhC: building of the secondary school (Gymnázium)
Loc: at the roof of this school, in the street Poděbradova
Act: eclipsing binaries
Open after agreement made at a club session (Wednesday 18 h)
Tra: Astronomical Club Louny
Cha: cl Updated A1 Founded 1986 AROW'91
Hvezdáreň 20.88° 48.70°
Sad padlých hrdinov 16
044 25 Medzev sk (943) 936 75
S/C: two employees
Loc: no observatory
Open by agreement
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po
Hvezdáreň Michalovce 21.893° 48.766° 115 m
Hrádok - Baňa č.1
071 01 Michalovce sk (946) 44 32 60
fax: (946) 44 32 59
Web: www.ta3.sk/hvezdarne/michalovce
S/C: 5
Loc: in the park on the hill on the NW border of the town
Act: plots of the Sun, SEA, occultations, symbiotic stars - photographic
photometry
Equ: Coudé 15 f 225, C 20 f 176, 13 f 150, ...
Open by agreement
Tra: Observatory Michalovce
Cha: po Updated S5 Founded 1981 AROW'91 EAI
Astronomické observatórium Univ. Komen. 17.276° 48.374° 532 m
Modra sk
E-m: ago@fmph.uniba.sk
S/C: observatory of the Komenský University;
mail through the Department of Astronomy in Bratislava
Loc: from Modra to Zochova cottage and then 1 km to the south
up the mountain Veľká Homola
Equ: N 60
Tra: Astronomical observatory of the Comenius University
Cha: ra
Dům dětí a mládeže 16.706° 49.687° 546 m
astronomický klub
Jevíčská 55
571 01 Moravská Třebová cz (462) 31 67 86
S/C: (462) 31 68 94, Miroslav Opletal, leader of the club
Loc: dome is by the road, on the slope S from the town
Act: education
Equ: C 30 f 300, N 30 f 160, 10 f 120, 9 f 40, 7 f 80
Open Sat. 14 and 20 h
Tra: Astronomy club of the House of children and youth
Cha: po Updated 00 Founded 1970
Hvězdárna Antonína Bečváře 13.62° 50.52°
v Mostě
pošt. přihr. 19
415 02 Teplice cz (35) 217 69
PhC: leader of the observatory Zdeněk Tarant 611 93 44
E-m: tarant@rra.cz
Web: www.mumost.cz/hvezdar.html
Loc: this observatory belongs to the Teplice Observatory,
but it is situated in the town of Most, on the hill Hněvín
Equ: 10 f 150, 8 f 120, B 25x100
Open Wednesday and odd-date Saturday
Tra: Observatory of Antonín Bečvář in Most
Updated 98
Planetárium 13.62° 50.52°
nám. VMS č. 4
434 01 Most cz (35) 610 07 27 / 215
Web: www.mumost.cz/planet.htm
S/C: one employee (Josef Mates)
Loc: from the railway station towards Žatec, at the left side
by the RIO department store, on the House of Culture
Equ: Zeiss Jena planetarium ZKP2, 6 f 84 (two pieces)
Open Tuesday and Thursday 16:30, children Sat. 10, groups by agreement
Tra: Planetarium
Cha: pl Founded 1984 AROW'91 Assoc.Member
Okresné osvetové stredisko 18.08° 48.32° 190 m
odd. astronómie
Fatranská 3
949 01 Nitra sk (87) 315 44
S/C: 1?
Equ: 13.5 f 176
Open Thursday from March to June, in September and October
Tra: District educational centre, department of astronomy
Founded 1973 AROW'91
Hvězdárna 17.217° 49.569° 261 m
c/o Eva Kobzová
Dělnická 42
779 00 Olomouc cz (68) 542 03 76
E-m: hvezdarna.ol@meopta.cz
Web: www.meopta.com/hvezdarna.ol
Loc: The main observatory has been destroyed for sake of a highway.
Efforts to build a new one are running. Another (small)
observatory is in Olomouc-Lošov (see the separate entry)
Equ: (Coudé 15 f 225, 11 f 166, Cor 10, ... stored temporarily)
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Updated 01 Founded 1954 AROW'91 Assoc.Member
Hvězdárna Lošov 17.373° 49.460° 384 m
783 51 Olomouc -- Lošov cz (68) 522 24 51
PhC: to the Faculty of Science
S/C: this small observatory belongs to the parent institution in Olomouc
Loc: above the village Lošov (the extreme NE district of Olomouc),
away from the town
Equ: 12.5 f 180
Open Tuesday and Friday 17 h, if the sky is clear
Tra: Observatory Lošov
Cha: po Updated 92
Astronomický ústav 14.78° 49.911° 528 m
Akademie věd České republiky
Fričova 1
251 65 Ondřejov cz (204) 64 92 01
fax: (204) 62 01 10
E-m: asu@asu.cas.cz
Web: www.asu.cas.cz
S/C: 126
Loc: northwards above Ondřejov
Act: stellar, solar and meteor astronomy, satellite dynamics,
celestial mechanics
Equ: the largest Czech observatory (Coudé 200 etc.)
Open from May to Septemer, Saturday and Sunday
Pub: Time and Latitude (ISSN 1210-0463), Solar Radio Data
Tra: Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
Cha: ra Updated 92 Founded 1953 AROW'91
Amatérská prohlídka oblohy 18.25° 49.82°
c/o Marek Kolasa
Dr. Martínka 1
700 30 Ostrava-Hrabůvka cz
E-m: apo@seznam.cz
Web: www.ian.cz/apo
S/C: (50)
Act: Deep sky, some variable stars, interesting astronomical phenomena
- observing, collecting reports, publishing
Pub: (6) Bílý trpaslík (50) [White dwarf]
Tra: Amateur Sky Survey
Cha: as dc Updated 01 Founded 1987
Hvězdárna 18.25° 49.82° 250 m
objekt SOU
Hasičská ul.
705 00 Ostrava -- Hrabůvka cz (69) 35 34 23 / 56
PhC: to Mr. A. Halata
Act: deep-sky
Equ: N 29.4 f 210, N 6.5 f 80
Open Thursday evening, or any time after a phone agreement
Tra: Observatory
Updated 93 Founded 1993
Hvězdárna a planetárium 18.158° 49.845° 300 m
VŠB-Technická univerzita Ostrava
708 33 Ostrava -- Poruba cz (69) 69 110 05 -- 07
fax: (69) 69 110 09
E-m: Tomas.Graf@vsb.cz
Web: www.vsb.cz/PLANET
S/C: some four employees
Loc: between western districts Poruba and Krásné Pole,
at the wood margin left from the road from Poruba
Act: occultations, deep-sky, Moon, variable stars
Equ: N 30, Coudé 15 f 225, portable MC 15 f 225, 10 f 100,
2 P 6 f 27; Zeiss Jena planetarium Spacemaster
Open Planetarium Mon.--Thu., public progr. Wed. 16, 18 and Sat. 14, 16, 18 h; evening observ. Wed. and Sat.; closed in August
Tra: Observatory and Planetarium VSB-Technical University Ostrava
Cha: pl po Updated 00 Founded 1980 AROW'91 Assoc.Member
Soukromá hvězdárna 18.22° 49.85° 250 m
Nová čtvrť 240
747 28 Ostrava--Lhotka cz (69) 662 88 18
PhC: (new 59 662 88 18)
E-m: martin@ready.cz
S/C: (one amateur)
Loc: N border of the town, on the road to Hlučín
Act: var. stars, deep-sky, Moon, planets, popularization
Equ: N 36 f 180, N 10 f 100, L 8 f 120
Open daily after twilight, when sky is clear (call before your visit)
Tra: Private Observatory Ostrava--Lhotka
Updated 02 Founded 2001
Hvězdárna barona Krause 15.78° 50.03°
c/o ing. Václav Knoll
Gorkého 2658
530 02 Pardubice cz (40) 377 01
Web: members.tripod.com/~supik/hvezdarna/hvezdarna.htm
Equ: C 42 f 560, 15 f 220
Open Thu. 18 (19 summertime) h, and for observing interesting phenomena
Tra: Observatory of Baron Arthur Kraus
Cha: po Founded 1992 Assoc.Member
Hornonitrianska hvezdáreň 18.340° 48.628° 325 m
post box 59
Dolinky, Malé Bielice
958 01 Partizánske sk (815) 74 97 108
fax: (same)
E-m: hvezdap@nextra.sk
Web: www.hvezdaren.sk
S/C: four employees
Loc: at Malé Bielice, now W suburb of Partizánske,
to the right from the road to Topoľčany
Equ: Coudé 15 f 225, MC 15 f 225, 3 N 15, 4 N 12, B 25x100,
10.5 f 120, some ten small binoculars and refractors
Open Wednesday and Friday, or by agreement
Tra: Observatory at Horna Nitra region
Cha: po Updated 98 Founded 1988
Hvězdárna a Planetárium Plzeň 13.37° 49.75°
U dráhy 11
318 03 Plzeň cz (19) 28 84 00
fax: (19) 28 84 14
E-m: hvezdarna@mmp.plzen-city.cz
Web: info.plzen-city.cz/hvezdarna
Loc: just an office, presently
Act: occultations
Equ: SC 30
Open on schedule, in the outskirts of Plzeň
Pub: (12) Zpravodaj [Newsletter], (acc.) Zákrytový [Occultation] Expres[s]
Tra: Observatory and Planetarium Plzeň
Cha: po pl Updated 98 Founded 1958 Assoc.Member
Česká astronomická společnost 14.42° 50.10°
Královská obora 233
170 00 Praha cz (2) 37 08 40
PhC: astronomical news + recorder
E-m: borovic@asu.cas.cz
Web: www.astro.cz
S/C: (700)
Act: over ten sections and commissions; some of them are not just formal
and their separate inclusion in the database might be useful - now,
(93-06)just two of them are, whose activity is very apparent.
Pub: (4) Kosmické rozhledy plus (membership newsletter)
Tra: Czech Astronomical Society
Cha: so Founded 1917
Asociace odborových kulturních zařízení 14.47° 50.08°
c/o PhDr. Magdalena Karlická
nám. W. Churchila 2
113 59 Praha 3 cz
Act: this association pays for the Most planetarium and Vlašim
Observatory their membership fees
in the Association of Observatories and Planetaria
Tra: Association of Trade Unions Culture Institutions
Cha: as fi Updated 93 Assoc.Member
Astropis 14.399° 50.082° 327 m
Štefánikova hvězdárna
Petřín 205
118 46 Praha 1 cz (2) 561 34 18
E-m: Astropis@mail.natur.cuni.cz
Web: www.natur.cuni.cz/ASTROPIS
Act: a popular astronomy magazine, in Czech
Pub: (4) Astropis. ISSN 1211-0485.
Tra: Astropis
Cha: jo Updated 98 Founded 1994
Hvězdárna a planetárium hl. města Prahy 14.399° 50.082° 327 m
Štefánikova hvězdárna
Petřín
118 46 Praha 1 cz (2) 57 32 05 40--42
fax: (2) 53 82 80
E-m: observat@ms.anet.cz
Web: observat.infoserver.cz
S/C: around 20 employees; the largest Czech public observatory
Loc: on the hill Petřín; from the tram stop Újezd by the cable
railway and then 100 m to the left
Act: (together with the Rokycany Observatory) a summer course of
mirror and telescope making; eclipsing binaries, occultations;
education, publishing, interstellar matter, maps, atlases
Equ: MC 37/40 f 330, C 30 f 560, 20 f 1420, 2 P 18 f 343, 15 f 225...
Open daily except Monday
Tra: Observatory and Planetarium Prague - Štefánik Observatory
Cha: po Updated 93 Founded 1928 AROW'91 Assoc.Member EAI
Říše hvězd 14.40° 50.08°
Na Kocínce 1740/8
160 00 Praha 6 -- Dejvice cz (602) 32 29 90
E-m: redakce@risehvezd.cz
Web: www.risehvezd.cz
S/C: 1 (Tomáš Stařecký, editor in chief)
Act: a popular astronomy magazine, in Czech
Pub: (12) Říše hvězd (some thousands). ISSN 0035-5550.
Tra: Realm of Stars
Cha: jo Updated 98 Founded 1920
Observatoř astronomie a geofyz. FSv ČVUT 14.388° 50.106°
Thákurova 7
166 29 Praha 6 cz (2) 311 12 79
E-m: pesek@fsv.cvut.cz
S/C: 2, geodesic observatory of the Czech Technical University
Act: astrometry, celestial mechanics
Tra: Observatory of Astronomy and Geophysics of the Czech Techn. Uni.
Cha: ra re Updated S5 Founded 1926
Hvězdárna a planetárium hl. města Prahy 14.42° 50.10°
Planetárium
Královská obora 233
170 21 Praha 7 cz (2) 33 37 64 52
fax: (2) 33 37 64 34
PhC: department of astronomy (2) 33 37 64 33
E-m: planetarium@planetarium.cz
Web: www.planetarium.cz
S/C: equipped with the large Zeiss Jena planetarium COSMORAMA;
tens of employees
Loc: on the east side of the Stromovka Park
Equ: MC 15 f 225; coelostat 20 f 1100
Open projections, lectures, exhibitions - daily except Friday
Tra: Observatory and Planetarium Prague - Planetarium
Cha: pl Updated 92 AROW'91
Astronomický ústav University Karlovy 14.43° 50.12°
Matematicko-fyzikální fakulta UK
v Holešovičkách 2
180 00 Praha 8 cz (2) 21 91 25 72
fax: (2) 21 19 12 92
E-m: mfau@mbox.troja.mff.cuni.cz
Web: otokar.troja.mff.cuni.cz/user/karas/au_www
Act: spectrometry, photometry, cosmology, relativistic astrophysics,
stellar astronomy, comets, minor planets, interstellar matter
Tra: Charles University, Astronomical Institute
Cha: ra ud Updated 97 Founded 1889 AROW'91
Hvězdárna a planetárium hl. města Prahy 14.43° 50.13°
Hvězdárna Ďáblice
Pod hvězdárnou 768
182 00 Praha 8 -- Ládví cz (2) 83 91 06 44
fax: (2) 53 82 80
PhC: (2) 22 27 64 52 (Mo--Fr from 7 to 15:30)
E-m: dabliceobs@planetarium.cz
Web: www.planetarium.cz/DABLICEOBS
Loc: on the hill Ládví, 10 min walk from the tram terminal Ďáblice
Act: occultations
Equ: N 40 f 250 (coudé f 750), PN 30 f 150, 19 f 300, 15 f 240,
Cor 10; portable N 16 f 70, 14 f 70, B 25x100, 2 B 10x80
Open Thursday evenings from September to June
Tra: Observatory and Planetarium Prague - Ďáblice Observatory
Cha: po Founded 1956 AROW'91
Astronomický kroužek v Brodku 17.33° 49.48°
c/o RNDr. Roman Grebeň
Pod Skalkou 10
751 24 Přerov cz (642) 941 82
PhC: to the building at Brodek, where the observatory is
Loc: W border of Brodek u Přerova
Act: plots of the Sun
Equ: 8 f 130
Tra: Astronomy Club in Brodek
Cha: cl
Hvězdárna při MKSS 17.455° 49.453° 250 m
nám. Přerovského povstání
750 00 Přerov cz (641) 20 37 19
PhC: or 542 324 (director), 543 367 (English + German-speaking member)
S/C: (21)
Loc: some 1 km W from the town border; low building without
dome, visible to the right from the road to Bystřice
Equ: several reflectors up to 30 cm, large binoculars
Pub: (1) [Annual Report]
Tra: Observatory of the House of Culture
Cha: po cl Updated A1 Founded 1961 AROW'91
Hvezdáreň a planetárium 21.27° 49.00°
Dilongova 17
080 01 Prešov sk (91) 772 20 65, 773 32 18
fax: (same)
E-m: hvezdapl@vadium.sk
Web: hap.vadium.sk
S/C: 13
Loc: the old observatory is on the water tower E from
the town center; the new building is below the tower
Act: plots of the Sun; summer camps for meteors and eclipsing
binaries
Equ: Coudé 15 f 225, 13.5 f 185, 13 f 180, C 15, 2 B 25x100, B 10x80,
Cor 10, PN 30 f 150, S 24; Zeiss Jena planetarium ZKP-2
Open no public observation
Tra: Observatory and Planetarium
Cha: pl po Updated 98 Founded 1948 AROW'91 EAI
Lidová hvězdárna 17.099° 49.469° 225 m
Kolářovy sady 3348
796 01 Prostějov cz (508) 241 30
E-m: hvezdarna.pv@mbox.vol.cz
Web: www.oku-pv.cz/hvezdarna
S/C: 3 (tens)
Loc: W part of the town, in the park Kolářovy sady
Act: eclipsing binaries, photography of planets, sunspots;
projections, lectures, exhibitions
Equ: C 63, N 44, N 33, B 25x100, ...
Open Monday and Thursday evenings; groups any time requested
Tra: Popular Observatory Prostějov
Cha: po cl Updated 92 Founded 1962 AROW'91 Assoc.Member EAI
Sdružení hvězdáren a planetárií 17.121° 49.466° 220 m
c/o Jiřá Prudký, chairman
Hvězdárna, Kolářovy sady
796 01 Prostějov cz (508) 241 30
PhC: the chairman (and possibly address) will change again in future
S/C: (19) observatories and planetaria, mainly from the Czech Republic
Act: advocating common interests, promoting astronomical activities
Tra: Association of Observatories and Planetaria
Cha: as Updated 95 Founded 1991
Hvezdáreň 20.007° 48.375° 228 m
Tomašovská 63
979 80 Rimavská Sobota sk (866) 56 247 09
fax: (same as phone)
E-m: astrors@stonline.sk
S/C: five employees
Loc: SW border of the town
Act: plots of the Sun, SEA, occultations, grazing occultations, meteors,
comets, variables
Equ: C 35 f 420, 16 f 245, Coudé 15 f 225, N 15 f 60, 8 f 840, 2 B 25x100, B 10x80,
Cor 11, B 12x60, B 7x50, ...
Open Monday, or by agreement; Monday -- Friday in working hours
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Updated 98 Founded 1975 AROW'91 Assoc.Member EAI
Slovenský zväz astronómov amatérov 20.007° 48.375° 228 m
c/o Hvezdáreň
Tomašovská 63
979 01 Rimavská Sobota sk (866) 56 247 09
fax: (same as phone)
E-m: astrors@stonline.sk
S/C: 350
Loc: SW border of the town
Act: Sun, meteors, variable stars, eclipsing binaries, comets,
history of astronomy
Pub: Správy SZAA [Reports of the Union]
Tra: Slovak Union of Amateur Astronomers
Cha: as Updated 98 Founded 1970 AROW'91
Hvězdárna 13.604° 49.752° 400 m
Voldušská 721
337 11 Rokycany cz (181) 72 26 22
E-m: halir@oku-ro.cz
S/C: 3 jobs; (4)
Loc: north from the town border, 250 m from the hospital,
left from the road to Volduchy
Act: occultations, summer course of mirror grinding and ``ATM''
solar photosphere plots
Equ: Coudé 15 f 225, 8 f 120
Open Thursday, groups any time requested, SumCam
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Updated 93 Founded 1947 Assoc.Member
Hvezdáreň 20.52° 48.65° 377 m
Lesná 1
048 01 Rožňava sk (942) 32 36 50
PhC: also 237 10, 242 58
E-m: hvezd@award.sk
S/C: five employees
Loc: on the slope of the hill Kalvária; from the road to Dobšiná
by the last house (which is on the left side
of the road) turn to the right and go some 0.4 km
Act: plots of the Sun
Equ: N 28 f 225, 11 f 150, P 16 f 80, 2 B 25x100, 2 N 13, ...
Open by agreement
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Founded 1969 AROW'91
Hvezdáreň 21.50° 49.38°
pošta Vyšný Orlík
090 11 Roztoky sk (937) 59 23 20
fax: (same as phone)
Web: www.ta3.sk/hvezdarne/roztoky
S/C: 2; the observatory has accomodation for some 15 people
Loc: 200 m from the far end of the village Roztoky, a large wooden house
of the former ``financial guard'', a protected piece of architecture
Act: Observation camps for beginners and experienced visual observers
Equ: C 40
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po
Hvězdárna 16.05° 50.50°
542 33 Rtyně v Podkrkonoší cz
Loc: place called Zada; from the square 1.5 km toward Hronov,
then to the left
Equ: private C 82 f 420/2000, C 50 f 260/1000, 25 f 384, B 25x100
Open Monday evening
Tra: Observatory
Hvězdárna 14.413° 49.656° 481 m
Josefa Sadila
264 01 Sedlčany cz (304) 222 52 (wd 6-14:30)
PhC: leader, František Lomoz
Loc: on the hill Cihelný vrch, some 1 km west from the town center
Act: occultations
Equ: Coudé 20 f 300, P 7 f 28
Open Thursday after twilight
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Founded 1962 AROW'91
Hvězdárna Františka Pešty 14.706° 49.386° 420 m
P.O.Box 48
391 02 Sezimovo Ústí cz (361) 27 57 91
fax: (361) 26 10 37
PhC: (361) 26 29 72 and (606) 57 86 48 P.Bartoš, leader
E-m: petrkrtek@quick.cz
Web: hvezdarna.yo.cz
Loc: NE end of the town
Act: plots and images of the Sun, meteors, variable stars
Equ: C 15 f 225, N 15 f 110, 11 f 50, N 11 f 50, 8 f 137, 8 f 100, B 25x100
Open Friday and Saturday, or on agreement
Pub: (6) Hvězdný prach (200) [Star Dust]
Tra: Observatory of Frantisek Pesta
Cha: po Updated 01 Founded 1965 AROW'91
Městská hvězdárna 14.092° 50.237° 320 m
Nosečická 1713
274 01 Slaný cz (314) 52 57 30
PhC: also (314) 52 13 88
S/C: 1 (Jaroslav Trnka)
Loc: on the hill north from the center of the town,
Equ: 11 f 210, P 15 f 48
Open Thursday after 16 h
Tra: Public Observatory
Cha: po
Astronomická pozorovatelňa 17.410° 48.733° 240 m
906 05 Sobotište sk (903) 10 57 35
PhC: mob. of director, Svetozár Štefeček; home (802) 651 61 91
E-m: sveste@miesto.sk
Web: www.senline.sk/hvezdaren
Loc: the dome stands by the elemetary school in Sobotište,
some 7 km N from Senica
Equ: C 15 f 225
Tra: Astronomical observatory
Updated A1 Founded 1987 AROW'91
Hvězdárna MěKS 14.67° 49.48°
Jiráskova 1775
390 01 Tábor cz (361) 25 44 69
S/C: one employee, no signs of activity
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Founded 1938 AROW'91
Astronomický ústav SAV 20.291° 49.155° 805 m
059 60 Tatranská Lomnica sk (969) 46 78 66-8
fax: (969) 46 76 56
E-m: AstrInst@auriga.ta3.sk
Web: www.ta3.sk
S/C: 24
Loc: Skalnaté pleso Observatory 20°14'42", 49°11'20", 1783 m, est. 1943 \\
Lomnický štít Observatory 20°13'12", 49°11'48", 2632 m, est. 1962
Act: solar physics, solar activity, STP, comets, minor planets,
meteorites, stellar photometry, eclipsing variables, symbiotic
stars, interacting binaries, peculiar stars, stellar spectroscopy
Equ: 2 C 60, P 30, heliostat 60, ...
Open experts only (incl. students of physics), by agreement
Pub: (1) Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso
Tra: Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Cha: ra Updated A1 Founded 1953 AROW'91 EAI
Slovenská astronomická spoľočnosť 20.28° 49.15°
059 60 Tatranská Lomnica sk (969)
E-m: SAS@ta3.sk
S/C: (hundreds)
Act: observing (Sun, meteors, variable stars); education; lectures;
amateur-professional collaboration
Tra: Slovak Astronomical Society
Cha: so Updated 98 Founded 1959 AROW'91
Hvězdárna a planetárium 13.848° 50.639° 273 m
Koperníkova 3062
415 01 Teplice cz (417) 57 65 71
PhC: (417) 285 07 to the observatory
E-m: hap@hapteplice.cz
Web: www.teplice-city.cz/hap
S/C: roughly ten employees
Loc: the observatory in Teplice is at Písečný vrch 2517,
another observatory is in Most (see separate entry). Planetarium
coordinates are 13:51:16, 50:38:44, 267 m.
Act: occultations by video
Equ: N 30 f 150, 15 f 225, 2 MC 15 f 225, 5 B 25x100
Open Saturday afternoon (13 h) and evening; planetarium Wed. and Sun. 19 h
Tra: Observatory and Planetarium
Cha: po pl Updated 00
Hvězdárna 15.88° 49.22°
Švabinského 5
674 01 Třebíč cz (618) 84 56 83
PhC: evening
E-m: mahrj@telecom.cz
Loc: S border of the town; from the road to Jaroměřice near the top of
the hill turn to the right and go till the water tower
Act: eclipsing binaries, occultations
Equ: MC 15 f 225, 13 f 200, N 30 in construction
Open Tuesday after twilight
Tra: Observatory of the Cult.Educ.Centre
Cha: po Updated 00 Assoc.Member
Hvezdáreň 21.75° 48.63°
075 01 Trebišov sk (948) 72 56 16
S/C: 4 employees
Loc: no observatory
Equ: N 11, 8 f 20, B 20x60
Open by agreement
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Updated 92 Founded 1988 AROW'91
Astronomický kroužek DK 18.67° 49.68°
Nám. Svobody 526
739 61 Třinec cz (659) 226 11
PhC: the parent institution
Loc: near to the railway and bus stations
Act: plots of the Sun
Equ: N 30, 12 f 110, 10 f 110, B 10x80
Open by agreement
Tra: Astronomical Club of the Culture House
Cha: po cl Founded 1955 AROW'91
Astronomický kroužek 17.47° 49.07°
Bohumil Krist
Malinovského 808
686 01 Uherské Hradiště cz (632) 55 67 09
PhC: flat of the leader, Bohumil Krist
Loc: just his private cottage (contact him)
Open after agreement
Tra: Astronomy club
Cha: cl Updated 98
Hvězdárna Domu kultury 17.648° 49.038° 310 m
688 11 Uherský Brod cz (633) 63 46 90
S/C: one employee (astronomy teacher), (30)
Loc: 1 km from the N border of the town, 0.5 km left
from the road to Prakšice
Equ: Coudé 15 f 225, 11 f 150, 3 B 25x100
Open Friday evening; any time by agreement
Tra: Observatory of the House of Culture
Cha: po cl Updated A1 Founded 1961 AROW'91
Hvězdárna 16.012° 50.507° 416 m
p.o. box 8
542 32 Úpice cz (439) 93 22 89
fax: (439) 88 12 89
E-m: ObsUpice@mbox.vol.cz
Web: www.trutnov.vol.cz/obsupice
S/C: some twelve employees
Loc: above the town; from the square up the hill past the cemetery
Act: solar activity (professionally); summer observing camps;
popularization; ecology
Equ: 16 f 180, 13 f 200, some cameras (up the M 35/42 f 84), ...
Open by agreement
Pub: (10) Spektrum; proceedings
Tra: Observatory Úpice
Cha: po pu ra Updated 92 Founded 1959 AROW'91 Assoc.Member EAI
Hvězdárna 17.975° 49.464° 333 m
Vsetínská 78
757 01 Valašské Meziříčí cz (651) 61 19 28
E-m: HvezdHVM@vm.inext.cz
Web: www.inext.cz/hvezdarna
S/C: 10 employees
Loc: on the hill S from the town, on the right side of the road
to Vsetín
Act: organization of visual observation of occultations, teaching,
photometry of symbiotic stars, solar photography
(photosphere, details, prominences), Prominences Limb Patrol
Equ: Cor 15 f 195 (H-alpha, 0.25nm), 15 f 225, C 15 f 225, C 24 f 400,
P 6 f 26, 20 f 300, 13 f 195, P 12 f 56, heliostat with spectr.,...
Open Monday, Thursday, Friday. Lectures on Wednesdays
Pub: (12) programme booklet
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po, ra Updated 93 Founded 1955 AROW'91 Assoc.Member
Hvězdárna 17.370° 48.954° 176 m
698 01 Veselí nad Moravou cz (631) 32 26 14
PhC: observatory (clear evenings)
E-m: post1@hvezdarna-veseli.cz
Web: www.hvezdarna-veseli.cz
S/C: (over ten)
Loc: W border of the town, behind the canal to the left
some 0.2 km along the narrow path on its bank
Act: meteors (every night with fish-eye camera), occultations, sunspots
Equ: MC 15 f 225, 11.5 f 115, B 25x100, over ten B 12x60
Open Friday
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po cl Updated 00 Founded 1960 AROW'91 Assoc.Member
Hvězdárna 14.896° 49.694° 423 m
c/o Jan B. Urban
B. Martinů 1341
258 01 Vlašim cz (303) 84 23 90
fax: (303) 84 51 69
E-m: observatory.vlasim@vas.cz
Web: www.vas.cz
S/C: (tens)
Loc: S from the town, 2 km from its centre, by the road to Tábor
Act: plots of the Sun, SEA 27 and 38 kHz, solar radiointerferom. 741 MHz
Equ: N 30 f 158, C 25, 15 f 225, Cor 8 f 120, 8 f 120, B 25x100
Open by agreement
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po cl Updated A1 Founded 1961 AROW'91 Assoc.Member
Hvězdárna 17.998° 49.344° 389 m
Jabloňová 231
755 11 Vsetín cz (657) 61 18 19
fax: (same)
E-m: hvezdarna@vs.inext.cz
Web: www.inext.cz/hvezdarna.vsetin
S/C: four employees
Loc: 0.5 km N from the castle through the street Jabloňová
Act: SEA
Equ: 20 f 300, 15 f 280, B 25x100
Open Tuesday, Friday
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Updated 98 Founded 1950 Assoc.Member EAI
Hvězdárna 17.026° 49.285° 254 m
poštovní přihr. 43
682 00 Vyškov -- Marchanice cz (507) 348 668
E-m: hajek.hvezdarna@worldonline.cz
Web: www.hvezdarna.cz
S/C: another observatory of the N. Copernicus Obs. and Plan. in Brno;
one teacher of astronomy
Loc: 1 km E from the town, behind the bridge crossing the highway, left
from the road to Kroměříž, above the former swimming pool and summer cinema
Act: eclipsing binaries, summer observation camps
Equ: N 32 f 249, N 17 + ST7 CCD cam., 2 B 25x100, M 25x100, ...
Open Friday after twilight (except holidays)
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Updated 00
Hvězdárna 17.031° 49.071° 300 m
696 32 Ždánice cz (629) 63 35 56
PhC: also 63 31 91
Loc: E border of the village, by the road to Lovčice
Act: eclipsing binaries
Equ: 20, 16, C 25
Open Tuesday
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Founded 1965
Astronomický kroužek DK Žďas 15.93° 49.57°
Dolní ulice
591 26 Žďár nad Sázavou cz (616) 22 45 87
PhC: parent organization
Loc: W border of the town, by the railway bridge, between the river
and the road to Havlíčkův Brod
Equ: C 25
Open Friday
Tra: Astronomy Club of the House of Culture
Cha: cl
Hvězdárna 13.899° 49.874°
267 54 Žebrák cz (316) 74 38 (wd 7.5-16 h)
Loc: from the square through Pivovarská street
Equ: N 31 f 230, N 10 f 100
Open June-August, Friday and Sunday 21 h
Tra: Observatory
Cha: po Updated 92 Founded 1951
Hvezdáreň a planetárium M. Hella 18.862° 48.585° 292 m
post box 12
965 01 Žiar nad Hronom sk (857) 72 37 21
S/C: some three employees
Loc: dome on the water tower; the address of office see above
Tra: Observatory and Planetarium of Maxmilian Hell
Cha: po
Hvezdáreň Žilina 18.754° 49.206° 403 m
Horný val 20
012 42 Žilina sk (89) 76 34 371
fax: (89) 62 19 42
PhC: 56 43 200 to the office in the city, at Horný val street
E-m: rksza@za.sanet.sk
S/C: 4
Loc: on the hill Bôrik by the cemetery of Soviet soldiers,
at the S border of the city
Act: plots of the Sun, occultations, SEA, meteors, comets
Equ: 11 f 130, Cor 10, B 25x100, B 10x80, 50 f 540
Open Wednesday and Friday evening; groups any time by agreement
Tra: Observatory Žilina
Cha: po Updated 92 Founded 1961 AROW'91 EAI
Hvězdárna Zlín 17.698° 49.219° 333 m
760 01 Zlín cz (67) 74 36 45 (evening)
E-m: zas@zas.cz
Web: www.zas.cz
S/C: (25)
Loc: on the slope at the S border of the town, at the district
Lesní čtvrť, on the territory of the secondary
school (Gymnázium)
Act: occultations, eclipsing binaries; summer camps
Equ: N 27 f 215, 12,5 f 195, 3 B 25x100, 3 25x100
Open Monday, Friday
Pub: ZORNÉ POLE [Field of View] (some 300)
Tra: Observatory Zlín
Cha: po as Updated 98 Founded 1953 AROW'91
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