It is headed by Korado Korlević, a prolific astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.

Increasing light pollution made the observations in Višnjan difficult, and they stopped in 2001.

[5] The Minor Planet Center (MPC) directly credits the Višnjan Observatory with the discovery of 108 minor planets (see list below), while 1294 discoveries are credited to Korado Korlević.

(The observatory's statistic may also include unnumbered minor planets for which the MPC does not assign a discoverer.

)[2] The observatory is home of several summer programs for youth in astronomy, archeology, marine biology and other disciplines: Youth Science Camp, Summer School of Science and Višnjan School of Astronomy.