29/06/2018
The Karsani observatory was initiated by Stephan Hlasek, director of the Tbilisi observatory. He had organised a reconnaissance expedition to the surroundings of Mount Karsani in 1910 before launching the construction of an observatory on a steep terrain. The constructing work was completed in 1913, while the installation of magnetic instruments by Hlasek and the magnetologist M. Sitnov finished in 1914. Worth noting is that Rudolf Assaffrey also took part in constructing the Karsani observatory and in the observations held made there.
