Črni Vrh Observatory

Minor planets discovered: 171
9674 Slovenija	August 23, 1998
15071 Hallerstein	January 24, 1999
(16084) 1999 TY18	October 12, 1999
(16141) 1999 XT127	December 7, 1999
(18154) 2000 PA	August 1, 2000
(19016) 2000 RY78	September 11, 2000
(19612) 1999 OO	July 17, 1999
(19633) 1999 RX42	September 13, 1999
(19781) 2000 QK68	August 26, 2000
(21693) 1999 RT44	September 14, 1999
(22030) 1999 XU127	December 7, 1999
(22108) 2000 PD	August 1, 2000
(24197) 1999 XP37	December 7, 1999
(24322) 2000 AM43	January 4, 2000
(25317) 1999 BL12	January 24, 1999
(27174) 1999 BB2	January 19, 1999
(27561) 2000 KJ1	May 24, 2000
(29740) 1999 BS9	January 19, 1999
(29742) 1999 BQ12	January 24, 1999
(30382) 2000 JB81	May 15, 2000
(30383) 2000 KZ1	May 26, 2000
(30420) 2000 LD1	June 1, 2000
(32083) 2000 KO	May 24, 2000
(32199) 2000 ON2	July 27, 2000
(32291) 2000 QP8	August 24, 2000
(32292) 2000 QR8	August 24, 2000
(32293) 2000 QT8	August 24, 2000
(33752) 1999 RM36	September 12, 1999
(33753) 1999 RW42	September 13, 1999
(33915) 2000 LA15	June 5, 2000
(34006) 2000 OQ9	July 31, 2000
(34078) 2000 PF	August 1, 2000
(34087) 2000 PA7	August 1, 2000
(34437) 2000 SF43	September 26, 2000
(34607) 2000 UD3	October 24, 2000
(36357) 2000 OQ2	July 28, 2000
(36459) 2000 QU8	August 24, 2000
(36460) 2000 QA9	August 25, 2000
(36461) 2000 QC9	August 25, 2000
(36798) 2000 SA43	September 25, 2000
(36799) 2000 SG43	September 26, 2000
(38841) 2000 SH43	September 26, 2000
(40446) 1999 RN36	September 12, 1999
(40466) 1999 RU44	September 14, 1999
(40761) 1999 TT13	October 11, 1999
(40770) 1999 TV18	October 11, 1999
(42186) 2001 CH32	February 11, 2001
(43191) 1999 YM5	December 29, 1999
(44724) 1999 TU13	October 11, 1999
(45028) 1999 WD9	November 28, 1999
(45590) 2000 CU101	February 14, 2000
(45602) 2000 DX17	February 28, 2000
(46016) 2001 CP41	February 15, 2001
(46018) 2001 DX6	February 16, 2001
(46021) 2001 DZ14	February 17, 2001
(47101) 1999 BP12	January 24, 1999
(48018) 2001 CB36	February 15, 2001
(48020) 2001 DC	February 16, 2001
(49475) 1999 BH3	January 19, 1999
(49679) 1999 TZ7	October 6, 1999
(51625) 2001 HX37	April 29, 2001
(54321) 2000 JA81	May 15, 2000
(54468) 2000 OA7	July 29, 2000
(54469) 2000 OM8	July 30, 2000
(54687) 2001 DC15	February 17, 2001
(56297) 1999 RT42	September 12, 1999
(56677) 2000 LG1	June 1, 2000
(56690) 2000 LZ14	June 5, 2000
(56746) 2000 OO2	July 27, 2000
(61060) 2000 LH1	June 2, 2000
(62028) 2000 RE53	September 1, 2000
(62072) 2000 RD78	September 9, 2000
(62073) 2000 RX78	September 10, 2000
(62747) 2000 UB3	October 24, 2000
(63375) 2001 HY37	April 29, 2001
(63376) 2001 HA38	April 29, 2001
66667 Kambič	October 8, 1999
(67547) 2000 SE43	September 26, 2000
(68726) 2002 EZ5	March 12, 2002
(70218) 1999 RY42	September 13, 1999
(70443) 1999 TV9	October 7, 1999
(70445) 1999 TR13	October 11, 1999
(71002) 1999 XO37	December 7, 1999
(72420) 2001 CY35	February 14, 2001
(72429) 2001 CN41	February 15, 2001
(72445) 2001 DD	February 16, 2001
(74432) 1999 BM12	January 24, 1999
(74628) 1999 RV42	September 12, 1999
(74821) 1999 TP13	October 10, 1999
(76770) 2000 KZ43	May 26, 2000
(77043) 2001 CQ41	February 15, 2001
(77050) 2001 DB	February 16, 2001
(78901) 2003 ST66	September 19, 2003
(80597) 2000 AD147	January 6, 2000
(81870) 2000 LB1	June 1, 2000
(81907) 2000 NR2	July 5, 2000
(84356) 2002 TG82	October 1, 2002
(84357) 2002 TH82	October 1, 2002
(84962) 2003 YM9	December 17, 2003
(84987) 2003 YK83	December 18, 2003
(85000) 2003 YA125	December 27, 2003
(86051) 1999 QB2	August 22, 1999
(86208) 1999 TD16	October 11, 1999
(87089) 2000 LF1	June 1, 2000
(87169) 2000 OP2	July 27, 2000
(87178) 2000 OZ6	July 28, 2000
(87318) 2000 QS8	August 24, 2000
(87319) 2000 QD9	August 25, 2000
(87646) 2000 RB78	September 8, 2000
(87718) 2000 SY42	September 25, 2000
(91599) 1999 TQ13	October 10, 1999
(92441) 2000 KY1	May 26, 2000
(92996) 2000 RE78	September 9, 2000
(96878) 1999 TE16	October 11, 1999
(97854) 2000 QZ8	August 25, 2000
(97941) 2000 QW117	August 29, 2000
(98138) 2000 SW42	September 25, 2000
(98397) 2000 UC3	October 24, 2000
(98954) 2001 CJ32	February 12, 2001
(98973) 2001 DB15	February 17, 2001
(99151) 2001 FP128	March 23, 2001
(99192) 2001 GD4	April 14, 2001
(102222) 1999 TA12	October 8, 1999
(102232) 1999 TX18	October 12, 1999
(103290) 2000 AN43	January 5, 2000
(105092) 2000 LC1	June 1, 2000
(105093) 2000 LE1	June 1, 2000
(106544) 2000 WJ68	November 27, 2000
(106874) 2000 YD33	December 23, 2000
(107290) 2001 CA	February 1, 2001
(107385) 2001 CL41	February 15, 2001
(107408) 2001 DZ6	February 16, 2001
(107409) 2001 DS7	February 16, 2001
(107410) 2001 DV7	February 17, 2001
(107433) 2001 DW14	February 16, 2001
(107434) 2001 DA15	February 17, 2001
(107514) 2001 DW53	February 20, 2001
(108229) 2001 HW37	April 29, 2001
(108250) 2001 HH46	April 17, 2001
(109564) 2001 QP264	August 26, 2001
(111565) 2002 AP4	January 8, 2002
(111829) 2002 EA6	March 12, 2002
(115055) 2003 RU6	September 3, 2003
(115350) 2003 SW234	September 25, 2003
(115450) 2003 TK10	October 15, 2003
(115517) 2003 UL37	October 16, 2003
(115518) 2003 UM37	October 16, 2003
(115519) 2003 UN37	October 16, 2003
(115520) 2003 UO37	October 17, 2003
(115554) 2003 UL74	October 16, 2003
(116256) 2003 YF27	December 16, 2003
(117407) 2005 AD11	January 1, 2005
(122163) 2000 KA2	May 27, 2000
(122193) 2000 LJ1	June 2, 2000
(122210) 2000 NL3	July 7, 2000
(122274) 2000 PH3	August 1, 2000
(122309) 2000 QV8	August 24, 2000
(122726) 2000 SB43	September 26, 2000
(122727) 2000 SD43	September 26, 2000
(122728) 2000 SJ43	September 26, 2000
(123086) 2000 SH321	September 28, 2000
(123864) 2001 DV6	February 16, 2001
(126439) 2002 CP12	February 4, 2002
(126781) 2002 EA11	March 13, 2002
(130491) 2000 QT117	August 29, 2000
(130624) 2000 SC43	September 26, 2000
(131180) 2001 CR41	February 15, 2001
(133354) 2003 SX124	September 18, 2003
(133360) 2003 SH129	September 20, 2003
(133570) 2003 UK37	October 16, 2003
(133838) 2003 YH27	December 16, 2003

The Črni Vrh Observatory (Slovene: Observatorij Črni Vrh, IAU code 106) is located in Western Slovenia, close to the settlement of Črni Vrh, near the town of Idrija. The current observatory was built in 1985 and stands at an elevation of 730 metres. Much of the construction was done by volunteers.

Regular astronomical observations started in 1975, at a small observatory that was equipped with home-made instruments and was set up 4 km from the present site. At that time, the first images of Comet West were taken. The site is well above the inversion border much of winter, which allows undisturbed observations on many successive clear nights.

The observatory runs a comet and asteroid search program named PIKA after its Slovene acronym. Since March 2003, the program has been operated on a new 60-cm, f/3.3 Cichocki telescope equipped with a Finger Lake 1k × 1k CCD detector. Telescope project funding has been covered in part by the Planetary Society Shoemaker Grant 2000 and 2010. The recent grant was for the purchase of a deep-cooling Apogee Alta U9000 CCD camera that will increase sensitivity of the imaging system, enabling discoveries of even fainter objects. The new camera has been in operation since October 2011. Members of the Department of Physics, Astronomical Observatory, of the University of Ljubljana, used the site for observations with their 36-cm S-C telescope during the period 1994-2009.

On 18 August 2008, the amateur astronomer Stanislav Matičič discovered the comet C/2008 Q1 (Matičič), the first comet discovered in this observatory and in Slovenia. On 16 April 2010, the student Jan Vales discovered the periodic comet designated P/2010 H2 (Vales) in a strong outburst. The Catalina Sky Survey researchers scanned the same region of the sky only 15 hours earlier and missed it.

Telescopes

• 19-cm Automatic Comet Imaging Telescope
• 36-cm AIT Imaging System (no longer in use)
• 60-cm Cichocki Sky Survey Telescope
• All-Sky Camera
• Most Recent List of Discoveries

Observing team

• Observers

Discoveries

Selected asteroids

Name	Provisional designation	Date of discovery	Discoverer	Origin of name	Date of designation MPC circular
9674 Slovenija	1998 QU15	August 23, 1998		Slovenija	February 2, 1999 33796
14966 Jurijvega	1997 OU2	July 30, 1997	Herman Mikuž	Jurij Vega	May 9, 2001 42674
15071 Hallerstein	1999 BN12	January 24, 1999		Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein	August 6, 2003 49280
19618 Maša	1997 PN3	August 11, 1999	Jure Skvarč		July 5, 2001 43047
18845 Cichocki	1999 RY27	September 7, 1999	Herman Mikuž	Bruno Chichocki	September 18, 2005 54827
66667 Kambič	1999 TZ11	October 8, 1999		Bojan Kambič	September 18, 2005 54828

External links

• official site