Solar spectacle observed at the Slavey Zlatev Astronomical Observatory in Kardzhali

The Slavey Zlatev Astronomical Observatory with Planetarium in Kardzhali is offering free admission on the occasion of the town's holiday-October 21. If weather permits, visitors can observe the Sun and solar spots, explained the director of the observatory, Agop Uzunbohosyan.

He noted that powerful solar flares are currently being observed. The most intense eruptions with direct effects on Earth occurred between October 4 and 8. Images of the Northern Lights (aurora borealis), a phenomenon rarely seen at these latitudes, were captured at the Rozhen Observatory, said Agop Uzunbohosyan.