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First Observations with the 1.5 M RC Telescope at Maidanak Observatory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
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Since 1975, the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of Moscow University (SAI) has been conducting a search of Middle Asia for good astronomical sites. After investigating the meteorological conditions, temperature fluctuations and seeing quality of different sites, Maidanak Mountain (an isolated summit 150 km south of Samarkand) was chosen. This site has 2000 hours per year of clear observing conditions with a median seeing of about 0.7″ (Artamonov et al. 1987, Bugaenko et al. 1992). The construction of a 1.5m RC telescope for the Maidanak Observatory was mostly completed when it was nationalized by Uzbekistan in 1993. Tashkent Astronomical Institute is now working with SAI to form the International Maidanak Observatory and to continue with joint observations.
- Type
- Part 2. Survey Projects
- Information
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 179: New Horizons from Multi-Wavelength Sky Surveys , 1998 , pp. 121 - 122
- Copyright
- Copyright © Kluwer 1998
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