Astronomical station - VIDOJEVICA
This is the link to the official Internet site of the AS Vidojevica
Position:
ASV is the main observational facility of AOB (Astronomical observatory Belgrade), located in the southern Serbia (longitude: 21° 33' 20.4", latitude: 43° 08' 24.6", altitude: 1150m)
Telescope:
ASV has three operational telescopes: 1.4m Milankovic telescope, 60 cm Nedeljkovic telescope, and 40cm Meade telescope. The Milankovic telescope, which will be used in our in-kind contribution, has been in full operation since 2016.
Support equipment:
CCD cameras:
Currently, the telescope is equipped with 2 CCD cameras: (1) Andor iKon-L, resolution 2048x2048px, pixel size 13.5x13.5 microns, pixel scale 0.39arcsec/px,
field of view 13.3x13.3arcmin; (2) ultra sensitive Andor iXon EMCCD, resolution 512x512px, pixel size 16 microns, pixel scale 0.29 arcsec/px, field of view 2.5x2.5arcmin, with fast readout speed.
The iKonL camera is mostly in use, and for fast readout projects (e.g. lucky imaging or speckle imaging), the fast and ultrasensitive iXon EMCCD camera can be used.
Filters:
The iKonL CCD has standard BVRI Johnson-Cousin filters, a broadband L filter, and narrow-band filters (Halpha, Hred-continuum, [SII]). We emphasize that 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 Time allocation committee, through the official AS Vidojevica page.