An astronomical observatory about 35 kilometers southeast of Prague in the Czech Republic, founded in 1898 as a private facility by amateur astronomer Josef Jan Fric and donated to the Czechoslovak state in 1928 to mark the country's tenth anniversary of independence. Now run by the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, it houses the largest telescope in the country, a 2-meter instrument added in 1967 that ranked seventh-largest in the world at the time, and it has discovered more than 700 minor planets.
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Observatory Typeastronomical observatory 1 LocationOndrejov, 35 km southeast of Prague, Czech Republic 1 Measuresasteroids and meteor trajectories, plus solar observations 1 Classification
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How did Ondrejov Observatory pass from a private owner to the Czech Academy of Sciences?
A private observatory built in 1898, donated in 1928, and now part of the Czech Academy of Sciences institute.
Ondrejov began in 1898 as a private observatory built by J. J. Fric in a village about 35 kilometers southeast of Prague. In 1928 it was donated to the Czechoslovak state, more specifically to Charles University in Prague. In 1953 that establishment merged with the state astronomical observatory to form the Astronomical Institute, which now belongs to the Czech Academy of Sciences.
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Introduction
the principal observatory of the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Location description
located in the municipality of Ondrejov, 35 kilometres (22 miles) southeast of Prague, Czech Republic
Founding section
The facility was constructed in 1898, by Czech amateur astronomer and entrepreneur Josef Jan Fric
Research achievements section
responsible, among other scientific achievements, for the discovery of numerous asteroids; more recent works of astronomers from Ondrejov include examination of the trajectory and origin of the Chelyabinsk meteor
2-meter telescope description
The Perek's 2-metre telescope in Ondrejov is the largest optical instrument for stellar and exoplanetary research in the Czech Republic.
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The Ondřejov Observatory (pronounced [ˈondr̝ɛjof]; Czech: Observatoř Ondřejov) is the principal observatory of the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
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The Ondřejov Observatory (pronounced [ˈondr̝ɛjof]; Czech: Observatoř Ondřejov) is the principal observatory of the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
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