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BYURAKAN OBSERVATORY TO HAVE AN INFRARED TELESCOPE
ARMINFO
Tuesday, March 26, 20:27
During our last meeting with the secretary of the presidential
Security Council we discussed the possibility of installing an infrared
telescope at our observatory, Director of the Byurakan Astrophysical
Observatory Hayk Harutyunyan told journalists on Tuesday.
He said that the observatory is going to offer Russia to carry out
this project jointly under an inter-governmental agreement.
"In the Soviet times the Russians had such telescopes in Central Asia
but today they can no longer keep them there for political reasons.
So, they may consider placing one in Armenia. They have both desire
and money for such a project. This will help us to develop our
cooperation in studying the Sun and discovering new space objects,"
Harutyunyan said.
ARMINFO
Tuesday, March 26, 20:27
During our last meeting with the secretary of the presidential
Security Council we discussed the possibility of installing an infrared
telescope at our observatory, Director of the Byurakan Astrophysical
Observatory Hayk Harutyunyan told journalists on Tuesday.
He said that the observatory is going to offer Russia to carry out
this project jointly under an inter-governmental agreement.
"In the Soviet times the Russians had such telescopes in Central Asia
but today they can no longer keep them there for political reasons.
So, they may consider placing one in Armenia. They have both desire
and money for such a project. This will help us to develop our
cooperation in studying the Sun and discovering new space objects,"
Harutyunyan said.