DR. MILAN BOGOSAVLJEVIC

The speaker will present a summary of the recent efforts by Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade to revive the research potential in observational astronomy in Serbia. Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, founded in 1887 is one of the oldest research institutions in Serbia, however the instrumentation facilities available there were very outdated, until recently. In the last four years the observatory has made a major push on the development of Astronomical Station Vidojevica, a remote mountain observatory site. This site now hosts a 60cm telescope (in operation since 2011) and a robotic 1.4m telescope is currently in production in Austria. The speaker will discuss some of the challenges they have encountered and some lessons learned in the process.