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Piszkéstető Station
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Named after | Piszkés-tető ![]() | ||||||||
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Organization | Hungarian Academy of Sciences | ||||||||
Observatory code | 461 ![]() | ||||||||
Location | Piszkéstető, Mátra Mountains, Hungary | ||||||||
Coordinates | 47°55′05″N 019°53′39″E | ||||||||
Established | 1958 ![]() | ||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||
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The Piszkéstető Station or Piszkéstető Mountain Station is an astronomical observatory in Mátraszentimre in Mátra Mountains, about 80 kilometers (50 mi) northeast of Hungary's capital Budapest. It is a station of Konkoly Observatory, first built in 1958. It has the observatory code 461 and 561 for being used by the Szeged University and Konkoly Observatory, respectively.[1]