"Above the Sound". Astrophysicist Excursion "Chiefs of the Stars", August 19, 2026

🌌 The world around us is full of questions that science continues to seek answers to.

🚀 As part of the "Above the Sound" festival, August 12-26, meetings with researchers from various fields are taking place in Arkhyz and other settlements of the Republic.

📚 Each event is an opportunity to gain new knowledge and perspectives.

🌌 Event Program:

🔭 How do telescopes help make discoveries and expand the boundaries of our knowledge about the Universe?

✨ Together with Gennady Valyavin — an astrophysicist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and Director of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences — we will talk about modern astronomy and how scientific discoveries are born.

🚀 Participants will learn:
• how modern telescopes work;
• what exactly astronomers can observe;
• how new data changes scientific understanding of space;
• why observing the Universe remains one of the most important areas of modern science.

🏔️ The meeting will take place on the territory of the Large Altazimuth Telescope (BTA) — one of the largest optical telescopes in Eurasia and one of the most famous astronomical objects in Russia.

🌠 The BTA is a unique instrument with which scientists study distant galaxies, stars, and other celestial objects, continuing humanity's long-standing dialogue with the Universe.

🎼 After the scientific part, guests will enjoy a musical program from the festival artists "Above the Sound," uniting the worlds of science and art in one space.

👤 Scientist:
🔬 Gennady Valyavin — astrophysicist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Director of the SAO RAS.

📍 Location: BTA SAO RAS, Nizhny Arkhyz
📌 Meeting Point: at the entrance to the BTA of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences
⏰ Start: 16:00
⏳ Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
👨‍👩‍👧 Age: 12+
🎟️ Cost: adult — 1500 ₽, child — 1000 ₽

ℹ️ The program is subject to change.