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Verkhnepanteleymonovka Destination Guide

Explore Verkhnepanteleymonovka in Russia

Verkhnepanteleymonovka in the region of Karachayevo-Cherkesiya is a place in Russia - some 841 mi or ( 1353 km ) South of Moscow , the country's capital city .

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Time in Verkhnepanteleymonovka is now 05:12 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Moscow " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Erzurum, Urup, Stavropol', Rostov-on-Don, and Pregradnaya. Since you are here already, consider visiting Erzurum . Where to go and what to see in Verkhnepanteleymonovka ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

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.

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Located at 43.72 41.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Military installations of Russia, Russian Space Forces

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.

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Located at 43.65 41.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 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.

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Located at 43.65 41.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories built in the Soviet Union, Astronomical observatories in Russia, Telescopes