Vidojevica

Vidojevica
Vidojevica Location in Serbia
Highest point
Elevation	1,155 m (3,789 ft)
Coordinates	43°08′29″N 21°33′21″E / 43.14139°N 21.55583°E / 43.14139; 21.55583Coordinates: 43°08′29″N 21°33′21″E / 43.14139°N 21.55583°E / 43.14139; 21.55583
Geography
Location	Southern Serbia

Vidojevica (Serbian Cyrillic: Видојевица) is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Prokuplje. Its highest peak Bandera has an elevation of 1,155 meters above sea level.

On the top of the mountain, there is a new Astronomical Station of the Belgrade Observatory, on the location at an altitude of 1,150 meters and with minimal light pollution.

The 60-cm Cassegrain telescope was installed in spring of 2011. The new telescope is named “Nedeljković”, after Milan Nedeljković (1857-1950), the first director and founder of Belgrade Observatory in 1887. In the next phase, in spring 2016, a 1.4m fully robotic telescope was installed at the station. It has been named “Milanković”, after Milutin Milanković, a geophysicist, civil engineer and astronomer who was the director of the Observatory from 1948 to 1951. Telescope “Milankovic” will be part of the World-wide Network of Robotic Telescopes. Further infrastructure and expansion of the pavillions is planned for 2017 with the support from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation.