page_title: Astronomical Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences
section_title: Highlights of the institute
hierarchical_section_title: Astronomical Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences / Highlights of the institute
caption_attribution_description: Observatórium Skalnaté pleso This media shows the protected monument with the number 706-3853/0 (other) in the Slovak Republic.
context_page_description: The Astronomical Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences was founded in 1953, when the state observatory on Skalnaté Pleso got a status of astronomical institute and became one of the founding institutes of the newly born Slovakian Academy of Sciences. In memories of past and current employees, the institute and the observatory on Skalnaté Pleso were always blended in one and therefore one could consider for the year of the institute foundation already the 1943. Currently, it has its headquarters at Tatranská Lomnica.
context_section_description: The astronomical institute participated on discoveries of the following comets:
  Five astronomers participated in the discoveries: Antonín Mrkos, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Ľubor Kresák, Antonín Bečvář and Margita Kresáková. From 70 comets discovered worldwide between 1946–1959, 18 were discovered from the observatories at Skalnaté Pleso and Lomnický štít.
caption: Observatory on the Skalnaté Pleso (founded in 1943).
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