Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science
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Facts and practical information
The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science 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 apart. ()
Day trips
Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: North Church.
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