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Astroverts — Scientific Travel Club

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Project description

Scientific travel Club: astronomical observations in different parts of the World, lectures, development of a network of private observatories. The company also maintains private telescopes in Arkhyz and is engaged in scientific observations to search for variable objects (supernovae, asteroids, comets, etc.). In 2025, it is planned to re-equip the housing stock to expand tourist groups.

Target outcome

Creation of the largest company in Russia and the CIS that organizes scientific astronomical tours. Scaling through the launch of new sites in Russia and the CIS, the organization of permanent excursions, access to international tourism. Number of clients by 2030: 100,000 people per year.

Stage

A functioning business. Expansion of the housing stock. Expanding the customer pool.

Project team

Contractor
Astroverts LLC
Partners
Frontiers of Science Management Company

Project type

Funding
Investment in housing expansion
Format
Study trips

Support you are looking for

  • Инвестиции в развитие и масштабирование жилого фонда
  • Корпоративные научные туры
  • Организация совместных астрономических мероприятий
  • Размещение на наблюдательной базе собственных телескопов
  • Партнёрство через предоставление услуг или продуктов для операционной работы компании

Roadmap

To be announced

Project events

Astronomical Italy, 24 July – 7 August 2026

OfflineAstronomy tour

Speaker: Stanislav Korotkiy

A journey through the history of astronomy — from Galileo’s first telescopes to gravitational waves and modern observatories. Visit a museum of scientific instruments from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century, tour the VIRGO gravitational-wave detector, see where Galileo lived and worked, a city linked to neutrino astronomy, a working Italian observatory, the Vatican Museums, and Rome’s Renaissance science heritage — plus an ascent of Mount Etna. From about €2,700 per person (twin rooms, ground transport, guides, lectures and observing per programme; flights and most meals not included). Full programme: https://telegra.ph/Astro-Italy-2026-03-26

24 July 2026 — 7 August 2026Italy: Sicily, Pisa, Florence, Rome, Apennines
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Total solar eclipse in Spain, 7–15 August 2026

OfflineAstronomy tour

Speaker: Stanislav Korotkiy, Sergey Spraitser

On 12 August 2026 a total solar eclipse crosses Spain — excellent visibility odds and easy access. Join a unique tour: watch the eclipse from a 14th-century castle (Palacio de los Luna, Illueca), with the Perseid meteor shower near its peak the same nights. Programme includes Barcelona and Montserrat, three nights in the castle inside the eclipse path (with a weather backup bus within ~200 km), Madrid, telescope observing, lectures and workshops on astronomy and eclipse / meteor photography. From about €3,500 per person (twin rooms, ground transport, guides, lectures and observing per programme; flights and most meals not included). Full programme and details: https://telegra.ph/solar-eclipse-2026-03-22

7–15 August 2026Spain: Barcelona, Illueca (eclipse), Madrid
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Astronomy on the Canary Islands, 16–23 August 2026

OfflineAstronomy tour

Speaker: Stanislav Korotkiy, Ilya Smirnov

Late August on Tenerife — among the world’s best dark-sky locations. Above the clouds: Teide Observatory, volcanic plateaus and clean Atlantic skies for observing and astrophotography. National park Teide, cloud-level sunsets, Milky Way over lava fields, mountain roads, historic towns, Anaga laurel forest, ocean lava pools — with telescopes and photo sessions. Group 6–12; rental cars on good roads. From about €1,650 per person (pairs −10%). Hotel Ona Alborada, first line to the ocean. Full programme: https://telegra.ph/Astronomicheskie-Kanary-03-15

16–23 August 2026Spain, Tenerife
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