Georgian National Astrophysical Observatory (GENAO) was founded in 1932 by Academician

Evgeni Kharadze Evgeni Kharadze ( ka, ევგენი ხარაძე; October 31, 1907 – October 10, 2001) was a Georgian astronomer, public figure and statesman. Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1984), full member of the Georgian ...

on Mount Kanobili, near the

Abastumani Abastumani ( ka, აბასთუმანი) is a small town ('' daba'') and climatic spa in Adigeni Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia. It is located on the southern slopes of the Meskheti Range (Lesser Caucasus), in the small river v ...

resort in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of southeastern

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. The altitude of Mt. Kanobili varies between 1650 and 1700 m above sea level. The observatory is located ~250 km from

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, the capital of Georgia. Its distance from air pollution and artificial sky illumination, together with excellent natural conditions (a hilly landscape covered with coniferous forest) make this location one of the best for observatories at the same altitude range. The weather is stable, without harsh and sudden changes. The observatory carries out wide-profile research spanning different fields of

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and

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and investigations of the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere.

Telescopes

# 33 cm Reflector - mounted in 1932, now in the Museum of GENAO # 40 cm Zeiss Refractor - mounted in 1936 # 44 cm Zeiss Schmidt Camera - mounted in 1940 # 70 cm Maksutov Meniscus Telescope - 1955 # 48 cm Cassegrain Reflector - mounted in 1968 # 40 cm Zeiss Double Astrograph - mounted in 1978 # 125 cm Ritchey–Chrétien Reflector - mounted in 1977

References

* Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taylor & Francis, United Kingdom, 2000 * G.N. Salukvadze "The Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory on Mount Kanobili, Tbilisi, 1975" * Andrew Mekellor Victoria B.C. – “The spectrum of comet Whipple-Fedtke-Tevzadze 1942” (The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 99, N2, 1944) * “Note on two comets” (Бюлл. Абастуманской астрофизической обсерватории No. 7, 1943 г.) * Профессор Мартынов Д.Я. – «Комета 1942 Тевзадзе - 1» (Астрономический циркуляр No. 11, 1943 г., 12 февраля) * Профессор Дубяго – «Элементы орбиты кометы 1942 Тевзадзе - 1» (Астрономический циркуляр No. 17, июль 1943 г.) * Профессор Барбашев – «О комете 1942 Тевзадзе - 2» (Бюлл. Харковской обсерватории No. 4, 1944 г.) * Профессор Мартынов Д.Я. – «Комета 1942 Тевзадзе - 2» (Астрономический журнал, том 21, 1944 г.) * Профессор Дубяго – «Орбита кометы 1942 Тевзадзе - 2» (Астрономический циркуляр No. 21-1943 г., 26 августа) * Акад. Профессор Воронцов-Вельяминов – «Комета 1942 Тевзадзе - 2» (Астрономический журнал, том XX, вып. 2, 1943 г.)

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