Piszkéstető Station

The observatory currently features four telescopes:

• 60/90/180-centimetre Schmidt telescope since 1962
• 80-centimetre Ritchey-Chrétien telescope since 2019 (which replaced the 50-centimetre Cassegrain telescope that has been in its place since 1966)
• 1-metre Ritchey–Chrétien telescope since 1974
• 40-centimetre Ritchey–Chrétien telescope since 2010

Piszkéstető Station discovered 3 of the first 8 impactors which were observed and confirmed while still in orbit: {{mpl|2022 EB|5}}, 2023 CX1, and 2024 BX1.

The asteroid 2022EB was only the fifth asteroid in history to have been discovered prior to impact. This puts the station in a very short list of observatories that have achieved this feat. Several asteroids impact earth every year with enough force to be detected by infrasound sensors designed to detect detonation of nuclear devices, but the vast majority of impacts are unpredicted and occur without warning.{{cite web |title=Fireball and bolide reports |url=http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/fireballs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306210754/http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/fireballs/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 March 2013 |website=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |access-date=25 March 2022}} Piszkéstető Station discovered this asteroid before it impacted.{{cite news|title=2022 EB5 : 5th predicted Earth impact!|url=https://www.imo.net/2022-eb5-5th-predicted-earth-impactor-asteroid-on-march-11/|first=Karl|last=Antier|publisher=International Meteor Organization|date=13 March 2022|accessdate=15 March 2022}}

2023 CX1 was discovered at the station on February 12, 2023 and impacted the Earth off the coast of Normandy, France.

2024 BX1 was discovered at the station a few hours before it entered the Earth's atmosphere near Berlin on January 21, 2024.{{cite web

|title = MPEC 2024-B76 : 2024 BX1

|url = https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K24/K24B76.html

|work = Minor Planet Electronic Circular

|publisher = Minor Planet Center

|date = 21 January 2024

|accessdate = 21 January 2024}}

The minor planet 37432 Piszkéstető was named after the station, where it was discovered by astronomers Krisztián Sárneczky and Zsuzsanna Heiner in January 2002.

{{See also|Category:Discoveries by the Piszkéstető Station}}

A total of 19 minor planet discoveries are credited directly to the Piszkéstető Station by the Minor Planet Center.

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• List of asteroid-discovering observatories
• List of astronomical observatories
• {{Section link|List of minor planet discoverers|Discovering dedicated institutions}}
• List of observatory codes

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{{cite web

|title = Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)

|work = Minor Planet Center

|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html

|date = 14 November 2016

|access-date = 28 November 2016}}

[http://www.konkoly.hu/staff/racz/40cmRC.html 40cm RC Telescope]

{{cite web

|title=37432 Piszkesteto (2002 AE11)

|work=Minor Planet Center

|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=37432

|access-date=16 December 2015}}

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• [http://www.konkoly.hu/staff/racz/piszkesteto.html Piszkéstető Station]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFmQ-5ZiYiw 3D animation: 1 m RCC telescope]

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