Special Astrophysical Observatory

noun

1. an astronomical observatory located on Mount Pastukhov near Cherkessk in the Caucasus, in the SW Russian Federation, having a 236-inch (6-meter) reflecting telescope, the largest in the world.

Example Sentences

So a group of scientists from the Special Astrophysical Observatory in Russia and Kyoto University in Japan investigated the visible light emitted by ULXs, hoping these alternate wavelengths might provide new insight.

From Scientific American