Crimean Observatory

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2.6 m telescope ЗТА
1.20 m telescope originally from the Berlin-Babelsberg observatory

The Crimean Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the Crimean peninsula . The observatory, founded in 1900, has two observatories about 30 km apart. It has long been known for its discoveries in the fields of astrophysics and minor planets .

location

The former Soviet facility exists today

history

The observatory in Simejis has existed since 1900. At that time it was founded as a private observatory and later, in 1912, taken over by the Pulkovo observatory (south of Saint Petersburg ) as a southern branch. After being destroyed in World War II , it was rebuilt until 1948. The 120 cm reflector telescope of the Berlin-Babelsberg observatory at that time was also dismantled as a reparation payment and rebuilt together with its dome in Simejis. The facility in Nautschnyj is younger and was not completed until 1949.

Due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the observatory belonged to Ukraine , but in addition to working with European scientists, there was also close cooperation with Russia. With the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Crimean Observatory also went to Russia. The observatory has been part of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 2014 .

Equipment and tasks

The observatory is equipped with a 65 cm Maksutov telescope , two reflectors with 1.2 m and 2.6 m aperture, a coronograph , two solar towers and a 40 cm double astrograph . There is also a 22 m radio telescope in Simejis .

The southern branch of the Sternberg State Institute for Astronomy at Moscow's Lomonosov University is also located in Nautschnyj.

The research focus of the observatory lies in the fields of solar physics , the observation of binary star systems , the radial velocity of stars and the study of quasars .

View of the Crimean Observatory and Nautschnyj from the nearby “Скалы” (“The Rock”) square; the domes of the observatories from left to right: 2.6 m ZTSH telescope, 1.25 m AZT-11 telescope and the BST-1 solar telescope.

Web links

Commons : Crimean Astrophysical Observatory  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Crimean Astrophysical Observatory: Brief History. ( Memento from March 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 44 ° 43 ′ 36 "  N , 34 ° 0 ′ 57.1"  E