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Discover Psysh in Russia

Psysh in the region of Karachayevo-Cherkesiya is a town located in Russia - some 860 mi or ( 1385 km ) South of Moscow , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Psysh

Local time in Psysh is now 12:15 PM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Moscow " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Erzincan, Rostov-on-Don, Maykop, Cherkessk, and Zugdidi. When in this area, you might want to check out Erzincan . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Psysh ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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The Great Cloud is getting up

0:39 min by altergrin
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Quite fascinating, indeed. Unfortunately, this video doesn't reproduce this feeling fully enough. ..

Arkhyz heliskiing, bad weather sector

0:34 min by crazyduck2008
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Природа Архыза 2008г.wmv

2:16 min by Roman Kozarenko
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Interesting facts about this location

Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science

The Special Astrophysical Observatory (Russian: Специальная Астрофизическая Обсерватория), or SAO RAS for short, is an astronomical observatory, set up in 1966 in the USSR, now operated by the Russian Academy of Sciences. Based in the Bolshoi Zelenchuk Valley of the Greater Caucasus near the village of Nizhny Arkhyz, the observatory houses the large BTA-6 optical telescope and RATAN-600 radio telescope. The two instruments are about 20 km apart.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 43.65 41.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories built in the Soviet Union, Astronomical observatories in Russia, Buildings and structures in Karachay-Cherkessia, Russian Academy of Sciences

BTA-6

The BTA-6 is a 6 m aperture optical telescope at the Special Astrophysical Observatory located in the Zelenchuksky District on the north side of the Caucasus Mountains in southern Russia. The BTA-6 achieved first light in late 1975, using a computer-controlled alt-az configuration, supporting a single piece glass mirror.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 43.65 41.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories built in the Soviet Union, Astronomical observatories in Russia, Telescopes

Krona space object recognition station

Krona space object recognition station (Russian: Радиооптический комплекс распознавания космических объектов «Крона», Radiooptichesky Kompleks raspoznavaniya kosmicheskikh obektov "Krona") is a Russian military complex which is used to identify objects (artificial satellites) in outer space using telescopes and radar. It is part of the Centre for Outer Space Monitoring of the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 43.72 41.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Military installations of Russia, Russian Space Forces