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A description is given of the alt-azimuth mounted 6-meter telescope (BTA) installed in the North Caucasus at an altitude of 2070m above sea level and about 40km to the south of Zelenchukskaya village. Some details of the BTA instrumentation and the local astroclimate are also reported.
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Ioannisiani, B.K., Neplokhov, E.M., Kopylov, I.M., Rylov, V.S., Snezhko, L.I. (1982). The Zelenchuk 6M Telescope (BTA) of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In: Humphries, C.M. (eds) Instrumentation for Astronomy with Large Optical Telescopes. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 92. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7787-7_1
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