Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory

Observatory building: library, lecture hall and dome of the 125 cm Ritchey-Chretien reflector telescope

The Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory ( Georgian აბასთუმნის ასტროფიზიკური ობსერვატორია ) is an institution of the Georgian Academy of Sciences . It is located on Mount Kanobili at an altitude of 1650 m near the town of Abastumani and was founded in 1932 as the first high altitude observatory in the Soviet Union . It has the international code 119 .

The scientific instruments include a mirror telescope with a 125 cm aperture, since 1956 a 70 cm meniscus telescope , a 40 cm double astrograph , a 40 cm mirror telescope, solar telescopes , a 52 cm coronograph, etc. The research focuses on the structure and evolution of galaxies , variable stars , the sun and the solar system , the structure of the upper atmosphere and the history of astronomy . Since 1937, the observatory is a bulletin out and since 2000 it houses the Center for Plasma - astrophysics .

Building of the observatory, dome of the 70 cm Maksutov telescope
Dome of a smaller telescope

literature

Article Абастуманская астрофизическая обсерватория in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)

Web links

Official website (English, Georgian)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b АБАСТУМА́НСКАЯ АСТРОФИЗИ́ЧЕСКАЯ ОБСЕРВАТО́РИЯ. In: Great Russian Encyclopedia . Retrieved December 15, 2017 (Russian).
↑ https://observatory.iliauni.edu.ge/meniskuri-teleskopi/

41.754166666667 42.819444444444Coordinates: 41 ° 45 ′ 15 ″ N , 42 ° 49 ′ 10 ″ E

[gre-1] АБАСТУМА́НСКАЯ АСТРОФИЗИ́ЧЕСКАЯ ОБСЕРВАТО́РИЯ. In: Great Russian Encyclopedia . Retrieved December 15, 2017 (Russian).

[2] ttps://observatory.iliauni.edu.ge/meniskuri-teleskopi/