On March 13, the National Astronomical Observatory "Rozhen" at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences marks its 40-th anniversary. The complex in the Rhodopes has 3 telescopes. With the money from the National Roadmap for Scientific Infrastructure in Rozhen, an intensive renovation of the equipment has already started, Prof. Evgeni Semkov, director of the Institute of Astronomy, has told BNR's Horizont program.
These days digital cameras are being used and polarization, photometric, and spectral observations of objects in the solar system are being made. Every astronomical observation is a scientific discovery. We manage to keep a scientific team of 35 researchers and continue to publish articles in renowned magazines, the professor says.
Wednesday will be mostly sunny. There will be weak to moderate west-northwesterly wind. The lowest temperatures are expected to be between minus 3° and 2°C; in Sofia - around minus 1°C. The highest temperature will reach 10°C to 15°C;..
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The Constitutional Court has admitted all five requests for the partial or complete annulment of the elections for the 51st National Assembly, submitted by We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB), Vazrazhdane, There is Such a People (ITN),..
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