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Georgian National Astrophysical Observatory

Observatory in Abastumani, Adigeni Municipality, Georgia

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The observatory carries out wide-profile research spanning different fields of astronomy and astrophysics and investigations of the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere.

Telescopes

  1. 33 cm Reflector - mounted in 1932, now in the Museum of GENAO
  2. 40 cm Zeiss Refractor - mounted in 1936
  3. 44 cm Zeiss Schmidt Camera - mounted in 1940
  4. 70 cm Maksutov Meniscus Telescope - 1955
  5. 48 cm Cassegrain Reflector - mounted in 1968
  6. 40 cm Zeiss Double Astrograph - mounted in 1978
  7. 125 cm Ritchey–Chrétien Reflector - mounted in 1977

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