Georgian National Astrophysical Observatory (GENAO) currently renamed again as Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory was founded by the Academician Eugene Kharadze in 1932 on Mount Kanobili, near resort Abastumani

Abastumani

Abastumani is a townlet and climatic spa in Adigeni Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia. It is located on the southern slopes of the Meskheti Range , in the small river valley of Otskhe, 25 km northeast of Adigeni and 28 km west of Akhaltsikhe. As of the 2002 census, it had a...

 (in Samtskhe-Javakheti, southeastern Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

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The altitude of Mt.Kanobili is 1650 to 1700 m. above sea level and it is one of the best observatories among the same altitude with its observational conditions. The observatory is 200 km to the west from Tbilisi

Tbilisi

Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

, the capital of Georgia.

Telecopes

1. 33 cm. Reflector - mounted in 1932, now is in the Museum of GENAO
2. 40 cm. Zeiss Refractor - mounted in 1936
3. 44 cm. Zeiss Schmidt Camera - mounted in 1940.
4. 70 cm. Maksutov Meniscus Telescope - 1955.
5. 48 cm. Cassegrain Reflector - mounted in 1968.
6. 40 cm. Zeiss Double Astrograph - mounted in 1978.
7. 125 cm. Ritchie - Chretien Reflector - mounted in 1977.

External links

• Official website