Special Astrophysical Observatory

Astronomical Observatories

Description: The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science (SAO RAS) is an astronomical observatory, set up in 1966 in the USSR, and now operated by the Russian Academy of Sciences. Based in the Bolshoi Zelenchuk Valley of the Greater Caucasus near the village of Nizhny Arkhyz, the observatory houses the BTA-6 and RATAN-600, an optical and radio telescope, respectively. The two instruments are about 20 km (12 mi) apart.

Country: Russia

Altitude: 1501 - 2500 meters

Type of observatory: Optical telescope

Established: 1966

Observatory site: Mount Pastukhov

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