Acronym: ASU
Location: Ondřejov (Czech Republic)
Website: www.asu.cas.cz
The Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences is the foremost astronomy organization and one of the oldest scientific institutions in the country. The institute is the successor of a private observatory built in Ondřejov in 1898 by J.J. Frič. This small observatory was donated to the state and the Charles University in Prague in 1928. The two establishments merged in 193 to create the Astronomical Institute.
The institute is located in Ondřejov, southeast from Prague, where it operates the largest Czech optical telescope and other instruments. The research conducted at the institute covers a wide range of topics, from the immediate environs of the Earth, including the Sun, to distant galaxies and black holes in their cores.
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