Hungary's national astronomical observatory, founded in 1871 by the astronomer Miklos Konkoly-Thege on his private estate before being donated to the Hungarian state, and now headquartered in Budapest with mountain observing stations elsewhere in the country. It has long specialized in the study of variable stars.
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Observatory TypeNational astronomical observatory in Budapest, part of the HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences 2 LocationBudapest, Hungary, with a mountain station at Piszkesteto in the Matra mountains about 80 km away 2 MeasuresVariable stars, stellar photometry, space based photometry and exoplanets 2 Operating PrinciplePublishes the Information Bulletin on Variable Stars on behalf of the International Astronomical Union, coordinating international variable star monitoring 2 Classification
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Lead section, first sentence
Konkoly Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Budapest, Hungary is part of the Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences and belongs to the HUN-REN Magyar Kutatasi Halozat.
History section, Piszkesteto station
After settling for Piszkesteto peak in the Matra mountains, about 80 km away from the capital, a residence building was constructed in 1960, and the new Schmidt telescope was installed in 1962.
History section, founding sentence
Konkoly Observatory was founded in 1871 by Hungarian astronomer Miklos Konkoly-Thege (1842-1916) as a private observatory.
Research section
variable stars, stellar photometry, space-based photometry, exoplanets
Publications section
published the Information Bulletin on Variable Stars on behalf of the International Astronomical Union
Konkoly Observatory, Wikipedia - lead section, observing band (radio)
The main research areas include stellar structure and evolution, stellar and solar activity, variable stars, star and planetary formation, interstellar material, exoplanets, cosmology, large sky survey, Solar System studies, nuclear and extragalactic astrophysics, high energy astrophysics including supernovae, gamma-ray bursts and other transient events, radio astronomy, galactic archeology, designing and manufacturing astronomical instrumentation and cubesats, as well as history of astronomy.
In Group: Optical Observatories of Europe, Lead sentence
code: 053) is an astronomical observatory located in Budapest, Hungary is part of the Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences (Hungarian: Csillagászati és Földtudományi Kutatóközpont) and belongs to the HUN-REN Magyar Kutatási Hálózat.
Operated By: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Infobox: organization
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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