Belgrade Observatory

The Belgrade Observatory is located about four kilometers east of the center of Belgrade on a wooded hill ( Zvezdarska šuma ) between the Danube and the course of the E75 motorway. The ridge is a continuation of the acropolis with the ancient fort on the Belgrade Sava flows into the Danube. The observatory site is part of the eastern district of Palilula the Serbian capital. The international observatory code is 057

Main building and instruments

The building dates from the late 19th century (opening 1887). It has a similar architecture as the Vienna University Observatory, but is somewhat smaller. The park-like area is surrounded by a wall. The upper floor offers views down to the Danube and the otherworldly city. Under the nearly 15 -meters- main dome is a large telescope with 65 cm aperture width and 10 m focal length. It is only slightly smaller than the similar, 15 years earlier, was put into operation Viennese giant telescope. The telescope has additional instruments, such as a registration microns and a spectroscope.

The other instruments used (t ) s, especially the astrometry and spectroscopy: two large meridian circle, a Askania passages instrument, two astrographs with 13 cm and 16 cm aperture width, a zenith telescope and a Sonnenspektrograf after Littrow.

Future observatory in the south

Because of the air and light pollution no longer correspond -urban observatories today's demands for astrophysics ( for astrometry they remain eligible ). Therefore, an astronomer Congress decided some years ago to build a new observatory in the south near the border with Kosovo.

Literature and sources

• Germany radio June 18, 2010 The sky over Serbia, with pictures
• Serbian Astronomical Journal, Volume 15, Belgrade 2006.
• Information on the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade side ( aob )

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• Observatory in Europe
• Building in Belgrade