The INO site monitoring station has become operational in Nov 2014. The station is located around 500m to the south east of the main Gargash peak where the 3.4m Telescope is planned to be constructed.

INO site monitoring station

The site monitoring station is equipped with an automatic DIMM seeing monitor at a height of 6m above the surface of the mountain, remotely operated from Tehran. The station also includes a standard weather station. The control system is designed in-house.