Dmitry Ivanovich Dubyago
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Dmitry Ivanovich Dubyago (''Дмитрий Иванович Дубяго'' in
Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...
) (September 21 ( N.S. October 3), 1849 – October 22, 1918) was a Russian
astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. Astronomers observe astronomical objects, such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, galax ...
and expert in
theoretical astrophysics Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena. As one of the founders of the discipline, James Keeler, said, astrophysics "seeks to ascertain the ...
,
astrometry Astrometry is a branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other Astronomical object, celestial bodies. It provides the kinematics and physical origin of the Solar System and this galaxy, th ...
, and
gravimetry Gravimetry is the measurement of the strength of a gravitational field. Gravimetry may be used when either the magnitude of a gravitational field or the properties of matter responsible for its creation are of interest. The study of gravity c ...
. He worked at the
Pulkovo Observatory The Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory (), officially named the Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences at Pulkovo, is the principal astronomical observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is located 19 km south ...
under
Otto Wilhelm von Struve Otto Wilhelm von Struve (May 7, 1819 (Julian calendar: April 25) – April 14, 1905) was a Russian astronomer of Baltic German origins. In Russian, his name is normally given as Otto Vasil'evich Struve (Отто Васильевич Струве). ...
from 1873. He became director of the Astronomical Observatory of Kazan University in 1884 and was appointed this university's rector in 1899. In the early 1900s, he established the Engelhardt Observatory and was buried next to it. Both observatories are now
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s. His son
Alexander Dubyago Alexander Dmitriyevich Dubyago (Russian: ''Александр Дмитриевич Дубяго;'' December 5 (18), 1903, Kazan - October 29, 1959, Kazan) was a Soviet astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who fo ...
also worked at the
Kazan State University Kazan Federal University (; ) is a public research university located in Kazan, Russia. The university was founded in 1804 as Imperial Kazan University, which makes it the second oldest continuously existing tertiary education institution in Rus ...
. A
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on the
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is named after them.Dubyago
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19th-century astronomers from the Russian Empire 1849 births 1918 deaths Academic staff of Kazan Federal University Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic Privy Councillor (Russian Empire) {{Europe-astronomer-stub