Kleť Observatory


Kleť Observatory is an astronomical observatory in the Czech Republic. It is situated in South Bohemia, south of the summit of Mount Kleť, near the town of České Budějovice. Constructed in 1957, the observatory is at an altitude of and has around 150 clear nights per year.

Astronomers

Astronomer Antonín Mrkos became director of Kleť Observatory in 1965.
Two main astronomers who currently work at Kleť Observatory are Jana Tichá and her husband Miloš Tichý.

Instruments

The observatory has two primary telescopes:
  • 1.06-m KLENOT telescope
  • 0.57-m f/5.2 reflector

    Discoveries

As of 2015 over a thousand asteroids were discovered at Kleť Observatory, as well as comet 196P/Tichý.
Asteroid 5583 Braunerova was discovered by A. Mrkos at Kleť Observatory in 1989.
The asteroid 7796 Járacimrman was discovered at Kleť Observatory on 16 January 1996 by Zdeněk Moravec and was designated 1996 BG. It was observed until April 1996 and then in June and July 1997. It was discovered to be a lost asteroid which had previously been observed twice: at the Brera-Merate Observatory in northern Italy on 12 December 1973 and at Siding Spring Observatory, on 8 and 9 July 1990. Asteroid 4250 Perun, provisional designation "1984 UG", was discovered by Zdeňka Vávrová on 20 October 1984.

Discoveries credited to Kleť Observatory

7390 Kundera31 August 1983
7672 Hawking24 October 1995
7799 Martinšolc24 February 1996
8137 Kvíz19 September 1979
8719 Vesmír11 November 1995
8990 Compassion19 February 1980
9087 Neff29 September 1995
1 May 1997
9665 Inastronoviny5 June 1996
1 July 1997
18 October 1996
12409 Bukovanská28 September 1995
12790 Cernan24 October 1995
12799 von Suttner26 November 1995
12835 Stropek7 February 1997
14056 Kainar13 January 1996
20 September 1997
17 December 1998
18 December 1998
4 July 1999
1 March 1995
17611 Jožkakubík24 October 1995
9 December 1996
19 February 1998
8 September 1999

24 November 1998
25 March 1999
29 August 2001
24 October 1995
19 August 1996
6 March 1997
29 October 1997
18 February 1998
20 April 1998
26 August 2000
21 January 1999
21 April 1999
26 November 1995
7 February 1997
24 March 1998
24 September 1998
29 October 1997
27 January 1998
25 March 1998
18 October 1999
7 April 1998
1 November 1999
30 November 1999
13 January 2000
30 April 2001

10 December 1998
20 January 1999
7 August 1999
28 August 2001
21 November 1995
15 November 1999
2 January 2000
4 October 1996
6 December 1996
20 February 1998
9 December 1998
29 November 1999
24 October 1995
14 January 1997
26 September 1997
21 October 1998
15 December 1998
16 December 1998
20 August 1999
2 October 1999
12 January 2000
15 February 2001
9 September 1994
4 December 1996
6 February 1998

22 January 1999
20 April 1999
15 January 2001
15 January 2002
11 November 1997
19 February 1998
7 September 2000
23 December 2000
26 December 2000
24 October 1995
22 July 1996
15 October 1996
13 January 1997
16 January 1997
6 February 1997
22 October 1997
31 August 1998
20 January 1999
15 February 1999
6 August 1999
15 September 1999
15 November 1999
28 November 1999
28 November 1999
30 November 1999

22 February 2003
4 January 2002
6 April 2002
20 February 1998
25 November 1998
22 December 1998
24 December 1998
28 February 2003
21 October 1995
155438 Velásquez18 February 1998
4 May 2000
27 February 2003
13 October 1998
20 September 1997
12 October 1999
13 December 2002
13 January 1997
8 April 1997
6 April 1998
14 September 1999
8 July 2002
15 January 1997
24 September 1998
23 October 1995
20 August 1996

7 September 2002
28 February 2003
15 September 1999
26 September 2003
24 September 1998
15 August 2004
23 October 2000
9 September 2004
15 September 1999
15 February 2001
4 March 2005
12 October 1996
31 January 1998
2 September 2008
20 September 2003
15 October 2007
1 April 2005
31 July 2001
19 October 1997
18 February 1998
22 February 2003
24 October 1995
2 September 2004
5 September 2004
8 September 2004

4 December 2004
6 February 2005
8 October 1999
15 August 2004
6 January 2000
24 October 2003
12 March 2007
30 September 1996
16 October 2007
4 April 2002
23 August 2003
2 September 2004
6 March 2008
12 March 2007
18 October 1997