Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

Byurakan observatory

Byuakan observatory located on the slope of mount Aragats, in the village Byrakan. That is huge complex from soviet era.

Very interesting excursion and stargazering!!!

During the tour we learned a lot of very interesting things about stars and space and details about research process. At night we enjoyed awesome observation of moon, stars and planets by telescope.

Superb

So lucky. I've been hosted a couple of days in an astronomic space observatory from the soviet era, on the slope of Mt Aragats. Still working but half abandoned, it's a gorgeous mix of Kubrick's Shini...

One of the top observatories in USSR

The Byurakan observatory during the Sovied times was the home of the second larger telescope with 2.6 diameter lens. The observatory still holds 2 Schmidt telescope with 1m and 0,5m diameter lens, as ...

Worst place in the world

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Never come.The most terrible place is nothing, you can't see, money is empty. If you want to come here with someone and have fun, after visiting your mood will get 20 times worse, you will go to the dep ...