Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory

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name = Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory


caption = Panoramic view of the Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory
organization = National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan
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source = 2 m Carl Zeiss Jena reflector AZT-8 photoelectric telescope AST-452 meniscus telescope Zeiss-600 telescope
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products = "Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Circular of the Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory"
website = http://www.shao.az/The Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory (Azerbaijani: "Nəsirəddin Tusi adına Şamaxı Astrofizika Rəsədxanası") is located in Shamakhi, Azerbaijan, on the northern-eastern slope of the Pirqulu mountain, at an altitude of 1,435 m. Construction of the observatory began in 1958 in then Azerbaijan SSR and officially opened on January 13 1960. [cite web |title=Brief History |work= |publisher=Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory |date= |url=http://www.shao.az/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=8 |format= |doi= |accessdate=2008-01-10]

During the Soviet period, the observatory measured the light polarization of Comet d'Arrest. [ru iconcite web |last=Бронштэн |first=В.А. |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Появления комет в 1976 г |work= |publisher=Астрономический календарь 1978 г. |date= |url=http://citadel.pioner-samara.ru/distance/1976come.html |format= |doi= |accessdate=2007-06-06]

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