Piszkéstető Station


The Piszkéstető Station or Piszkéstető Mountain Station is an astronomical observatory in Mátraszentimre in Mátra Mountains, about northeast of Hungary's capital Budapest. It is a station of Konkoly Observatory, first built in 1958. It has the observatory code 461 and 561 for being used by the Szeged University and Konkoly Observatory, respectively.

Instruments

The observatory features four telescopes:
The minor planet 37432 Piszkéstető was named after the station, where it was discovered by astronomers Krisztián Sárneczky and Zsuzsanna Heiner in January 2002.

List of discovered minor planets

A total of 19 minor planet discoveries are credited directly to the Piszkéstető Station by the Minor Planet Center.
181136 Losonczrita25 August 2005
1 February 2005
20 September 2003
31 August 2005
4 September 2003
1 October 2006
24 October 2008
24 January 2010
20 September 2003
20 September 2003

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