Piszkéstető Station
The Piszkéstető Station or Piszkéstető Mountain Station is an astronomical observatory in Mátraszentimre in Mátra Mountains, about 80 kilometers northeast of Hungary's capital Budapest.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Garden
- Description: observatory
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Galya-tető and Thuróczy Lajos Lookout Tower.
Galya-tető
Peak
Photo: Susulyka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Galya-tető is the second highest mountain in Hungary and in the Mátra mountain range. Galya-tető is a resort place of the village of Mátraszentimre in Heves County.
Thuróczy Lajos Lookout Tower
Scenic viewpoint
Hunguest Grandhotel Galya
Hotel
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mátraszentlászló and Mátraszentimre.
Mátraszentimre
Village
Photo: Gothika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mátraszentimre is a village in Heves County, Hungary, in the Mátra mountain range, between the Darázs, Teréz and Nagy-Átal-kő mountains. The Galya-tető peak is inside of the village territory, east from the center.
Piszkéstető Station
- Categories: astronomical observatory, research institute, and recreation area
- Location: Heves County, Northern Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.91752° or 47° 55′ 3″ northLongitude
19.89327° or 19° 53′ 36″ eastOperator
HUN-REN CSFKOpen location code
8FVXWV9V+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 620014603OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=research_instituteOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenWikidata ID
Q221647
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Piszkéstető Station” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պիսկեշտետյո դիտական կայան”
- Armenian: “Պիսկեշտետո կայան”
- Catalan: “observatori Piszkéstető”
- Chinese: “皮斯凱斯特天文觀測站”
- Dutch: “Piszkéstető Observatorium”
- Dutch: “station Piszkéstető”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة بيسكيشتاتوه”
- Erzya: “Пискештетё тештень ваннома таркась”
- Esperanto: “Observatorio de Piszkéstető”
- French: “observatoire Piszkéstető”
- French: “Observatoire Piszkéstető”
- German: “Piszkéstető-Observatorium”
- Hungarian: “Piszkéstetői Obszervatórium”
- Italian: “stazione di Piszkéstető”
- Italian: “Stazione di Piszkéstető”
- Japanese: “Piszkéstető天文台”
- Japanese: “ピスケーシュタトゥ観測所”
- Japanese: “ピスケーシュテテー観測所”
- Persian: “ایستگاه پیسکستتو”
- Persian: “ایستگاه پیسکشتتو”
- Russian: “Наблюдательная станция Пискештетё”
- Slovenian: “Observatorij Piszkéstető”
- Spanish: “Estación Astronómica Piszkéstető”
- Spanish: “Estación Piszkéstető”
- Ukrainian: “обсерваторія Піскештетьо”
- Ukrainian: “Спостережна станція Піскештетей”
- Urdu: “پسکیسٹیٹو اسٹیشن”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Schmidt-teleszkóp and Légyszem-kamera.
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