Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory (ShAO)

Shamakhy Observatory

N.Tusi Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ShAO of ANAS) is one of the relatively young observatories, founded in 1959. ShAO is located in the north-east of the Great Caucasus Mountains, 150 km from Baku in the South Caucasus. The observatory was built on the eastern slope of Mountain Pirqulu, at an altitude of 1500 m. The geographical coordinates are 48°35’04” E / 40°46’20” N. The mean number of clear nights reaches 190-200 per year.

🔭 The Telescopes

The T60cm (Carl Zeiss 600) will be used for the O3 program for host galaxy targeting searches using its BVRcIc filters and a limiting magnitude around 19 mag.

The 2-m telescope (Carl Zeiss 2000) will be used for follow-up of counterpart candidates and kilonova found, using:
Spektrograph Canberra (2×2 prism spectrograph) and Spectrograph UAGS (Universal AstroGrid Spectrograph).

👥 Team

Shabnam Agayeva (Shao), Ismailov Nariman (Shao), Alishov Sabahaddin (Shao), Zumrud Vidadi (Shao), Dzannat Samedov (Shao)

Shamakhy Observatory view