Rozhen Observatory
 Large Telescope Dome of the Rozhen Observatory | |||||||||
| Organization | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | ||||||||
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| Observatory code | 071  | ||||||||
| Location | Near Chepelare, Bulgaria | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°41′33″N 24°44′17″E / 41.69250°N 24.73806°E | ||||||||
| Altitude | 1759 m | ||||||||
| Website | NAO-Rozhen | ||||||||
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Rozhen Observatory (Template:Lang-bg, 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. The observatory is owned and operated by the Institute of Astronomy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. It was officially opened on 13 March 1981, almost 20 years after Bogomil Zhivkov Kovachev (a Professor of Astronomy at BAS) had started working towards that goal.[1] The Observatory is the largest in Southeastern Europe and has an active team of about 50 astronomers. It is the principal center for astronomical research in Bulgaria.[citation needed]
- Telescopes
- 200 cm Ritchey-Chretien telescope (supplied with Coude focus)[2]
- 60 cm Cassegrain telescope
- 50/70 cm Schmidt camera
- 15 cm Solar telescope
WASP-3c & TTV
Transit Timing Variation (TTV), a variation on the transit method, was used to discover an exoplanet WASP-3c by Rozhen Observatory, Jena Observatory, and Toruń Centre for Astronomy. [3]
External links
- Official site
- Home Institute site
- (4486) Mithra (NEA) discovery in Rozhen Observatory 20 September 1987 by V. Shkodrov and E. Elst (IAUC 4464)
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References
- ^ http://www.vidin-online.com/grazhdani/prof-d-r-bogomil-kovachev : accessed 14 September 2015
- ^ http://www.nao-rozhen.org/telescopes/fr_en.htm
- ^ http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-DS-Planet-Hunting-Finding-Earth-like-Planets-071910.aspx "Planet Hunting: Finding Earth-like Planets"
