Kiss György Observatory
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OrganizationMira Astronomical Club
LocationHU 5931 Nagyszénás, Gádorosi út 24.
Hungary
Observing timeEvery friday, 6pm
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| Organization | Mira Astronomical Club | ||||||||||||
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| Location | HU 5931 Nagyszénás, Gádorosi út 24. | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°40′22″N 20°40′07″E / 46.672667°N 20.668718°E | ||||||||||||
| Observing time | Every friday, 6pm | ||||||||||||
| Established | c. 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Website | kgycsillagda | ||||||||||||
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The Kiss György Observatory is an observatory in Nagyszénás, Hungary.
It was grounded ca. 1980 by György Kiss, who was an amateur astronomer. When he died in 2000 István Zahorecz became the new director. Nowadays it has six telescopes: five reflecting and a refracting.
Directors
- György Kiss (~1980–2000)
- István Zahorecz (2000–2015)
- Andrásné Fődi (2015–2016)
- Tamás Sárkány (2016–2018)
- Andrásné Fődi (2018–)