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Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | © A Dictionary of Astronomy 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory The observatory of the Armenian Academy of Sciences, founded in 1946 by V. A.Ambartsumian. It is located at Mount Aragats near Yerevan, Armenia, at an altitude of 1500 m. Its main instruments are a 2.6-m reflector opened in 1976, and a 1-m Schmidt opened in 1961. http://www.bao.am/

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