Kourov Observatory - Planetarium

The Kourov Observatory is located on an even ground, in an ordinary forest, about a kilometer from the Chusovaya River, near the village of Sloboda. Its most important feature is that it is located at the junction of two continents – Europe and Asia. The main purpose of the observatory is to observe artificial satellites of the Earth. The other two directions of the observatory are the services of the Sun and the stars. These units are purely scientific. The entire Kourov Observatory consists of five small buildings, two of which are an administrative building and a dormitory. The other three are structures that house telescopes. In Yekaterinburg since 1977 in the Museum of radio named after A.S. Popov operates the only planetarium in the city, showing the constellations of the northern sky. Duration 8-9 hours. 40km from Pervouralsk. 80 km from Yekaterinburg.