Vidojevica
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| Vidojevica | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,155 m (3,789 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 43°08′29″N 21°33′21″E / 43.14139°N 21.55583°E |
| Geography | |
  Vidojevica Location in Serbia | |
| Location | Southern Serbia |
Vidojevica[1] (Serbian: Видојевица) is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Prokuplje. Its highest peak, Bandera, has an elevation of 1,155 m (3,789 ft) above sea level.
Astronomical station
[edit]On the top of the mountain, there is an astronomical observatory operated by the Belgrade Observatory.[2] The facility is at an altitude of 1,150 m (3,770 ft) and has minimal light pollution.[3]
A 60 cm (24 in) Cassegrain telescope was installed in spring of 2011.[4] It was named "Nedeljković", after Milan Nedeljković (1857–1950), the first director and founder of Belgrade Observatory in 1887. In the next phase, in spring 2016, a 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) fully robotic telescope was installed at the station.[5][6] It has been named "Milanković", after geophysicist, civil engineer and astronomer Milutin Milanković, who was the director of the Observatory from 1948 to 1951.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jovan Đokić. "Katalog planina Srbije". PSD Kopaonik Beograd. Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ^ "Seli se glavno oko Srbije" (in Serbian). Večernje Novosti. 2010-06-12.
- ^ "Nebeske oči Zvezdare gledaju sa Vidojevice" (in Serbian). Politika. 2017-04-07.
- ^ a b Future Robotic observatory on Mountain Vidojevica:site and equipment specification
- ^ Bogosavljević, Milan. "Future science with metre-class telescopes" (PDF).
- ^ "First light of the Milanković telescope".