Vidojevica

Vidojevica[1] (Serbian: Видојевица) is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Prokuplje. Its highest peak, Bandera, has an elevation of 1,155 m (3,789 ft) above sea level.

Vidojevica
Vidojevica
Location in Serbia
Highest point
Elevation1,155 m (3,789 ft) [1]
Coordinates43°08′29″N 21°33′21″E 
Geography
LocationSouthern Serbia

Astronomical station

On the top of the mountain, there is an astronomical observatory operated by the Belgrade Observatory.[2] The facility is at an altitude of 1,150 m (3,770 ft) and has minimal light pollution.[3]

A 60 cm (24 in) Cassegrain telescope was installed in spring of 2011.[4] The new telescope is named “Nedeljković”, after Milan Nedeljković (1857-1950), the first director and founder of Belgrade Observatory in 1887. In the next phase, in spring 2016, a 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) fully robotic telescope was installed at the station.[5][6] It has been named “Milanković”, after geophysicist, civil engineer and astronomer Milutin Milanković, who was the director of the Observatory from 1948 to 1951.[4]

References
  1. Jovan Đokić. "Katalog planina Srbije". PSD Kopaonik Beograd. Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  2. "Seli se glavno oko Srbije" (in Serbian). Večernje Novosti. 2010-06-12.
  3. "Nebeske oči Zvezdare gledaju sa Vidovice" (in Serbian). Politika. 2017-04-07.
  4. Future Robotic observatory on Mountain Vidojevica:site and equipment specification
  5. “Future science with metre-class telescopes” Dr. Milan Bogosavljević
  6. http://firstlight.aob.rs/rationale.html "First light of the Milanković telescope"
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