Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Astronomical Observatory


small observatory
In Kiev Ukrainian forest is the main scientific observatory.
Main Astronomical Observatory of NAS of Ukraine was founded July 17, 1944 on the initiative of renowned scientist, astronomer and geophysicist O.Ya. Orlov (1880 - 1954). It is located 12 km from the center of Kyiv Goloseyevsky forest (hence its unofficial name - Holosiivska).


Zodiac signs in the main building





Observatory takes leading place in many areas of astronomy, such as the study of Earth's rotation and construction of coordinate systems in space, physics photosphere of the Sun and solar system formation and evolution of stars and galaxies, and others.









main building
In the Main Astronomical Observatory productive work eight academic departments: astrometry, physics of stars and galaxies, space geodynamics, space plasma physics, physics of the solar system, solar physics, experimental astrophysics and atmospheric optics, astrokosmic Information Centre.

main building

small observatory





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