Rozhen Observatory
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| Organization | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | ||||||||
| Location | Near Chepelare, Bulgaria | ||||||||
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| Altitude | 1759 m | ||||||||
| Website | NAO-Rozhen | ||||||||
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Rozhen Observatory (Bulgarian: Национална астрономическа обсерватория - Рожен, НАО-Рожен; English: National Astronomical Observatory - Rozhen, NAO-Rozhen), also known as the Bulgarian National Astronomical Observatory, is an astronomical observatory, located in the Smolyan Province, 90 kilometers south of the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The nearest town, Chepelare, is 15 kilometers away. The observatory is owned and operated by the Institute of Astronomy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS). It was officially opened on 13 March 1981, almost 20 years after Bogomil Kovachev – a professor of astronomy at BAS, known as its founder – had started working towards that goal.[1][2] The Observatory is one of 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] The minor planet 6267 Rozhen, was discovered at, and named after the observatory.[3]
With its total cost of over $10 million at the time, it still remains to day the largest one-time investment in scientific infrastructure that Bulgaria ever made.[4]
- Telescopes
- 200 cm Ritchey-Chretien telescope (supplied with Coude focus)[5]
- 150 cm Ritchey-Chrétien-Nasmyth telescope
- 60 cm Cassegrain telescope
- 50/70 cm Schmidt camera
- 15 cm Solar telescope
WASP-3c & TTV
[edit | edit source]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.[6]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ http://www.vidin-online.com/grazhdani/prof-d-r-bogomil-kovachev : accessed 14 September 2015 (in Bulgarian)
- ^ http://wop.fpni.eu/digital_pdf/wop/3_2012.pdf image 53 of 66 : accessed 14 September 2015 (in Bulgarian)
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ http://nao-rozhen.org/history/fr_en.html : accessed 24 July 2020
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- ^ http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-DS-Planet-Hunting-Finding-Earth-like-Planets-071910.aspx Archived 28 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine "Planet Hunting: Finding Earth-like Planets"
External links
[edit | edit source]- Official site
- Bulgarian National Astronomical Observatory
- 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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