Tienschan Observatory
Coordinates: 43 ° 3 ′ 27 ″ N , 76 ° 58 ′ 15.6 ″ E
The Tienschan Observatory ( Tien-Schanskaja Astronomitscheskaja Obserwatorija , Russian Тянь-Шаньская астрономическая обсерватория , English Tian Shan Observatory (TSHAO, TSAO) formerly Alma-Ata Observatory and Almaty Observatory ) is an observatory in Tienschan -Gebirge in altitude of 2800 m, 30 km south of the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan .
It was assigned to the Sternberg Institute for Astronomy (GAISh) until the collapse of the Soviet Union .
Furnishing
The observatory has two Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes with a mirror diameter of 1 meter and a number of smaller telescopes. The largest instrument, however, is a radio telescope .
Radio telescope
Coupling of the optical telescopes
Helix antennas for polarization measurement
See also
Web links
- Description of the equipment, picture (s)
- Travel report and photographs (en)
- AV Mironov, VM Tereshchenko: Astronomical Observatories in Kazakhstan
- Flicker : helix antenna , reflector telescope