Heruni telescope

Heruni telescope or Orgov radio-optical telescope, (technical name: ROD-54/2.6), is located in Aragatsotn Province, Armenia, between the villages of Orgov and Tegher. A unique instrument, the name of which is known in international scientific circles as the Heruni radio-optical observatory (ROD-54/2.6), is located in the AGC of the Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It consists of 4,000 mirrors, a large two-mirror antenna with a diameter of 54 meters, which is also combined with an optical telescope with a diameter of 2.6 meters. Such a system is the first and unique in the world. This Armenian antenna has a number of advantages compared to the characteristics of other large antennas in the world. The fields of application of ROD-54/2.6 are space exploration and remote space communication. It was designed and built in the years 1975-1985 by the Research Institute of Radiophysics under the direction of Paris Herun. It is located at an altitude of 1700 m above sea level.

The operation of the unique radio-optical telescope created by Paris Heruni has been suspended for decades. It is currently being relaunched. The old watch will be operated in a new way - with a computer. The noise and sounds coming from space will also be recorded and processed as information by a computer. The restart of the ROD-54/2.6 radio telescope (from the initial stage of the process to the long-term stage of regular operation) and the development of the antenna measurement polygon create an opportunity to carry out various and large-scale scientific research and educational activities.

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