Georgian Academy of Sciences  

Addresses:

Abastumani Mt Kanobil, 383762, Georgia Tel: (995 32) 95 53 67

Al.Kazbegi av., 2a Tbilisi, 380060 Georgia Tel: (995 32) 376303, 943672, 383571

E-mail: [email protected]

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Date of Foundation:  8 February 1932; 1941
Member of Academy of Sciences of Georgia from June 1935

Scientific orientation: Astrophysics, Earth's atmosphere

Problems:

 a) Sun, solar system;
 b) solar-terrestrial relations;
 c) variables;
 d) Galactic structure and evolution;
 e) galaxies;
 f) history of astronomy, teaching and popularization of astronomy.

Director: Rolan Kiladze, Corresponding member of Georgian Academy of Sciences, professor.

Members of Academy: One corresponding member of the GAS (R. Kiladze), 5 doctors of sciences (including corresponding member), 36 candidates of sciences.

Scientific contacts, joint subjects:

An international research programme “Optical monitoring of unique astronomical objects” in collaboration with the Sternberg Astronomical Institute (GAISH) in Moscow. The X-ray source Cyg X-1 and Wolf-Rayet stars are being investigated on the basis of photoelectric measurements in the 4 colour uvgr system.

An international scientitic programme “Astroseismology” in collaboration with the Universität Wien, the Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory (Tucson, Arizona), Odessa State University (Ukraine), the Astrophysical Institute (Kazakhstan) and the Astronomical Institute (Uzbekistan);

An international research programme “Helioseismology” in collaboration with the Universitè de Nice (France), the Universitá di Roma “La Sapienza” (Italy), the Astronomical Institute (Uzbekistan) and Moscow State University (Russia);

A research programme “Theory of geostationary satellites” in collaboration with the Main Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Pulkovo, Russia).

The Upper Atmosphere Department is collaborationg with the University of Toronto on investigationg planetary and regional-scale size dynamical processes in the upper atmosphere.

The Observatory is collaborating with the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (Ukraine) to study solar coronal holes.

The Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory is also collaborating with institutions and individual scientists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Scotland, Spain and Turkey.

 Publications:

Bulletin of the Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory. Up to date 75 volumes of the Bulletin have been published (Unfortunately, because of hard financial situation, it has not appeared regularly in the last few years).

Location:
1700 m above sea-level
Staff members - 143 (30.12.2002)
Principal telescopes:
125 cm Richi-Cretien, 70 cm meniscus, double (2x40 cm)
astrograph, 40cm refractor, 52cm Coronograph, solar telescopes

Catalogue of Unusual Phenomena in the Solar Radio Emission at 210MHz Frequency within 1957-1967
 Sh.S.Makandarashvili

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