Astronomical Station - Vidojevica

Position

ASV is the main observational facility of AOB (Astronomical Observatory Belgrade), located in southern Serbia:

Longitude: 21° 33' 20.4"
Latitude: 43° 08' 24.6"
Altitude: 1150m

Telescopes

ASV has three operational telescopes:

• 1.4m Milankovic telescope - The main telescope for our in-kind contribution, in full operation since 2016
• 60cm Nedeljkovic telescope
• 40cm Meade telescope

Support Equipment

CCD Cameras

• Andor iKon-L
  Resolution: 2048x2048px • Pixel size: 13.5x13.5 microns
  Pixel scale: 0.39arcsec/px • Field of view: 13.3x13.3arcmin
• Andor iXon EMCCD
  Resolution: 512x512px • Pixel size: 16 microns
  Pixel scale: 0.29 arcsec/px • Field of view: 2.5x2.5arcmin
  Ultra sensitive with fast readout speed for lucky imaging or speckle imaging

Filters

The iKonL CCD has standard BVRI Johnson-Cousin filters, a broadband L filter, and narrow-band filters (Halpha, Hred-continuum, [SII]). The Milankovic telescope moving speed is 4-6 degree/sec and the filter change can happen in only a few seconds, making it adequate for fast responses.

Additional Instruments

The observing conditions at ASV are relatively good with average seeing of 1.5 (median is 1.2) arcsec and ~180 clear nights per year. They can be monitored with All Sky Camera, Weather station and Cloud watcher instruments.

Observational Proposal

Time allocation for the telescopes at the Astronomical station Vidojevica is possible by contacting the Time allocation committee, through the official AS Vidojevica page.