Skalnaté pleso Observatory
Skalnaté Pleso Observatory
Observatórium Skalnaté pleso (Skalnaté Pleso Observatory) is an astronomical observatory in Slovakia. There is also a meteorological observatory. It is near Tatranská Lomnica and has IAU observatory code 056. The name means "Rocky Lake" (or better: "Rocky Tarn") .
The observatory produced the popular sky atlas Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens by A. Becvar.
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Coordinates: 49°11′22″N 20°14′02″E / 49.1893805556°N 20.2338194444°E
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