The university observational facility named Kolonica observatory (http://astronomy.science.upjs.sk/observatory/) is situated at the Astronomical Observatory on Kolonica Saddle operated by the Vihorlat Observatory in Humenné. It is located in the north eastern part of Slovakia, in area of the Dark-Sky Park Poloniny, a place with the best conditions for astronomical observations in Slovakia.

Equipment:

• telescope “Žiga“ (Planewave CDK20, 508mm, f/6,8) on robotic mounting Paramount ME,
• telescope Celestron C9 (230mm, f/10) on robotic mounting CG-5,
• telephoto lens Sigma 2,8/300 on robotic mounting Celestron-CGEM,
• CCD Moravian Instruments G4-16000 and G2-8300 as well as Atik 383L+ (UBVRI and Sloan filter of the second generarion u'g'r'i'z‘),
• echelle spectrograph eShel (Shelyak Instruments) with optical fibre feeding and R=12000.

Linked ChETEC institution

• Pavol Jozef Šafárik University (UPJS)

Web page

• http://astronomy.science.upjs.sk/observatory/

ChETEC contact person

• Rudolf Gális (rudolf.galisupjs.sk)