Telesopes

Geographical Coordinates The Konkoly Observatory has three telescopes at the Piszkéstetö Mountain Station, located about 150 km North-East from Budapest, in the Mátra Mountains (coordinates: +19 53.7 E, +47 55.1, 958m). The coordinates apply to the points of intersection of the right ascension and declination axes. The relative uncertainties (compared to a reference point that has been destroyed yet ) are 1 cm in case of the Cassegrain telescope and Schmidt telescope, and 10 cm in case of the RCC telescope. Source: Pál Lévai and Sándor Nagy: "Piszkéstetõ koordinátái", 1989, FÖMI Satellite Geodetic Observatory , Penc, March 8, 1989.

Observatory Data

Telescopes at Piszkéstető Mountain Station

• RCC - 1m RCC Telescope.
• Schmidt - 60cm Schmidt Telescope.
• Cassegrain - 50cm Cassegrain Telescope.
• Automatic - 40cm Automatic Telescope.