🔭 Kamenskoe Plateau Observatory

Kazakhstan · Europe · 43.18°N, 76.97°E

Observatory "Kamenskoe Plateau" is an astronomical observatory founded in 1947 at the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute. In 1948, Gavriil Tikhov headed an independent institution - the astrobotany sector of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR - and founded his own observatory. After Tikhov's death in 1960, the astrobotany sector was disbanded. The observatory is located in the grounds of the Fesenkov Institute.

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Country	Kazakhstan
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	43.18°N, 76.97°E · view on map

Kamenskoe Plateau Observatory is located in Kazakhstan, in Europe.

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