The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, or Byurakan Observatory is an astronomicalobservatory owned and operated by Armenian Academy of Sciences. It is located on the slope of Mount Aragats in Armenia. Mount Aragats (Արագած in Armenian) is the highest point in Armenia located in the province of Aragatsotn, nothwest from Yerevan. ... 50 cm refracting telescope at Nice Observatory. ... 50 cm refracting telescope at Nice Observatory. ... 50 cm refracting telescope at Nice Observatory. ... In ancient Greece and other early civilizations, astronomy consisted largely of astrometry, measuring positions of stars and planets in the sky. ... Observatory of Strasbourg An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. ... Mount Aragats (Արագած in Armenian) is the highest point in Armenia located in the province of Aragatsotn, nothwest from Yerevan. ...
History
Founded in 1942 by Viktor Ambartsumian, the observatory has discovered many flare stars, Supernovae, Herbig-Haro objects, and cometary nebulae. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the observatory fell into hard times. It has been the site of two major conferences on SETI, Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian (Վիկտոր Համբարձումյան in Armenian, Виктор Амазаспович Амбарцумян in Russian) (September 18, 1908 (Julian calendar: September 5) – August 12, 1996) was an Armenian-Russian astronomer. ...
Equipment
Byurakan Observatory's main telescope is a 2.6 m cassegrain reflector, while is also has a 1 and .5 meter Schmidt reflector as well as smaller telescopes.
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