The dome was 45 meters (148 ft) in height, but due to total crisis (because of Soviet Union collapse) the process of building was frozen in 1992 and only 22 years later in 2014 continued.

According to the website of the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, the observatory has low turbulence—i.e., good astronomical seeing.

[4] On the territory of the Assy-Turgen observatory, the average FWHM value is <2 ″, which is considered the best astroclimatic conditions in Kazakhstan.

High transparency and low turbulence of air masses, absence of light pollution create favorable conditions for observational astrophysics.

[5] [1] [1] Current status: regular observations take place, the telescope belongs to Energetic Cosmos Laboratory of Nazarbaev university.