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Modern astronomy at the Maidanak observatory in Uzbekistan

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The Maidanak Astronomical Observatory is involved in collaborative observing programs requiring uninterrupted monitoring of celestial objects by providing high-resolution photometric observations.

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Fig. 1: Map of Uzbekistan.
Fig. 2: The Maidanak observatory.
Fig. 3: The multicolour light curves of SN 2013dx associated with GRB 130702A.

adapted from ref. 5, OUP

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I thank our collaborators M. Im, A. Pozanenko and C. Raiteri as well as my co-workers A. Abdujabbarov, B. Ahmedov, T. Ahunov, O. Burkhanov, D. Mirzaqulov and B. Toshmatov for helpful suggestions and comments.

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