General Information

Physical Address


Piszkéstető Mountain Station is located at Mátra Mountains (see GoogleMaps).
Please follow this link for the exact geographical coordinates.

Phone Numbers


Two types of phones installed at Piszkéstető Mountain Station: white conventional phones, and gray CISCO VOIP network phones. Extensions at the main buildnig and domes can be called via the following direct numbers:

DomeExtension:Conv./VOIPMain BuldingExtension:Conv./VOIP


RCC (telescope)12Support Astronomer- / 150
RCC (control room)13 / 155Caretaker19 / 151
RCC (labor)14Library16 / 152
Schmidt (telescope)Lounge21 / 153
Schmidt (control room)18 / 156 Loft22 / 154
Cassegrain 50cm (telescope)
Cassegrain 50cm (control room)15 / 157

Emergency calls - Currently the 3 digit emergency numbers such as Fire, Police and Ambulance can not be called from VOIP (CISCO) network phones!

Outgoing, charged calls - In case of outgoing calls, you will be asked for your own 4 digit password ("Please enter Your password followed by the pound key.") for billing informations. Curently the password of registered users is the same as the eneter code to Libary code at Svábhegy. After typing Your password, wait till 5 second or press pound (#) key to estabilish the call.

Calling Piszkéstető - Calling Svábhegy - All institutional extensions at Konkoly Observatory, Svábhegy can be called via the VOIP network, free of charge. Just type the two digit number. Phone Book - Complete list of extension can be downloaded by clicking this link: Phone Extensions (HU).

Computer system


Printers - Printer HP LaserJet 4050N installed on 193.225.174.136 (please use double page settings!)

Wireless network - SSID: PKTM_WIRELESS_1, PWD: +47deg55+19deg53


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