The International Scientific Optical Network or ISON () is an international project, currently consisting of about 30 telescopes at about 20 observatories in about ten countries (Russia, Ukraine (

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), Georgia (

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), Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Moldova, Spain ( Teide), Switzerland (

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), Bolivia (Tarija), USA (

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), Italy (Collepardo)) which have organized to detect, monitor and track objects in space. Other observatories include the "ISON-Kislovodsk Observatory", located near

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, North Caucasus, Russia, with the observatory code D00. ISON is managed by the

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, part of the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such ...

. It was credited for the discovery of comets C/2010 X1 (Elenin), , and C/2012 S1 (ISON), the latter popularly known as Comet ISON. The

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365756 ISON is named for the network.

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* (in Russian) * (in English) {{Portal bar, Astronomy, Stars, Spaceflight, Outer space, Solar System, Education, Science Astronomy organizations Minor-planet discovering observatories Organizations established in 2004 Russian Academy of Sciences

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