Astronomical Observatories in the Czech Republic - Astronomical Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences, Ondejov Observatory, Kle Observatory (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Astronomical Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences, Ondejov Observatory, Kle Observatory, tefnik's Observatory, Observatory Vsetn, Hradec Krlov Observatory. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences was founded in 1954. Currently, it has its headquarters in Ondejov observatory, roughly 35 km south-east from Prague and its director is Petr Heinzel. The institute is focused on stellar, solar and galactic astronomy, research of meteors and motion of cosmic bodies. It has about 157 permanent employees (status on 31.12.2005) of which roughly 80 percent works in Ondejov. It is divided into the following departments: Regions of solar eruptions are studied mainly in this department. For the observations are used optical telescopes and radiotelescopes. The head of the department is Frantiek Frnk. Meteors, comets and asteroids are the main research targets of this department. The meteors are observed by optical telescopes and a meteoric radar. For the photometric observations of asteroids, the department uses 65 cm optical telescope. The head of the department is Pavel Spurn. This department is focused on research of stars. It focuses mainly on studies of hot stars (class Be), models of stellar atmospheres, dynamics of stellar winds and relativistic astrophysics. For this purpose uses the department the biggest telescope in Czech Republic - reflector with a 2m wide mirror. The head of the department is Ji Kubt. This department is located in Prague. It deals mainly with a research of effects of solar system on the Earth. The head of the department is Jan Palou. Historical dome of the Ondejov observatoryThe astronomical institute is a direct descendant of an observatory founded at the beginning ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24467464