Opened in May 2005, under dark skies at Hegyhátsál in Western Hungary, Hegyhát Observatory houses a 50 cm RC telescope with full PC control.

Focus: 4000 mm 
Worm-gear: d 0.5m, 500 gear, bronze
Control: Full PC control including focusing
Adjust: 1’ RMS  precision, tracking: ± 1” 
Frame: CCD imaging down to cca. 20m
Manufacturers: Optics – Marcon (Italy),Mechanics – Gemini (Hungary)

Besides welcoming public visits the Observatory wishes to promote astronomical research of talented amateurs and young professionals.

Seat: H - 9915 HEGYHÁTSÁL, Fő u. 19. (Hungary)
Phone: +36/30/93-66-333 (Vince Tuboly, president) +36/30/93-76-283 (Tibor Horváth, secretary)
E-mail: tubolyv@t-online.hu
Internet: http://www.observatory.hu