Institute of Astronomy of

Kharkiv National University The V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (), also known as Kharkiv National University or Karazin University, is a public university in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 1804 through the efforts of Vasily Karazin, becoming the second olde ...

, or Kharkiv Astronomical Observatory — is a scientific institution at Kharkiv University. The institution was founded in 1808 as the astronomy laboratory of the university, and in 1888, mainly due to the efforts of Gregory Levitsky, a fully equipped observatory in a separate house was created. At present, the main topics of scientific research at the observatory are the laws of light scattering by the surfaces of celestial bodies, small bodies of the Solar System, stellar catalogues and stellar dynamics, and gravitational lenses. The Chuhuiv Observational Station, where the institute's main astronomical instruments are located, is subordinate to the institute. The Institute also hosts the Museum of Astronomy.

Directors

* Grigori Levitski (1883—1894) * Ludwig von Struve (1894—1917) * Nikolai Yevdokimov (1917—1929) * Nikolai P. Barabashov (1930—1971) * Vladimir Yezerskiy (1971—1977) * Vladimir Dudinov (1977—1993) * Vladimir Zakhozhay (1993—2004) * Yuriy G. Shkuratov (2004—2014) * Vadym Kaydash (since 2014)

Noted scientists

Academician An academician is a full member of an artistic, literary, engineering, or scientific academy. In many countries, it is an honorific title used to denote a full member of an academy that has a strong influence on national scientific life. Accor ...

s: * Nikolai P. Barabashov ( Academy of Sciences of Ukrainian SSR) * Vasily Fesenkov ( Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR)

Corresponding member The corresponding member is one of the possible membership types in some organizations, especially in the learned societies and scientific academies. This title existed or exist in the Soviet Union, GDR, Polish People's Republic, Czechoslovak S ...

s: * Yuriy G. Shkuratov ( NAS of Ukraine) Winners of

State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

: * 1986: Vladimir Dudinov, Dmitriy G. Stankevich, Victoria Tsvetkova, Yuriy G. Shkuratov * 2010:

Irina Belskaya Irina Belskaya (born 1958) is a Ukrainian astronomer, specialist in spectroscopy and polarimetry of Small Solar System bodies, head of the Department of Physics of Asteroids and Comets of the Institute of Astronomy of Kharkiv National University ...

, Vadym Kaydash, Dmitrij F. Lupishko Winners of M. P. Barabashov Prize of the

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; , ; ''NAN Ukrainy'') is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine that is the main center of development of Science and technology in Ukraine, science and technology by coordinatin ...

: * 1987: Leonid Akimov, Yuriy Aleksandrov, Dmitrij F. Lupishko * 1997: Yuriy G. Shkuratov * 2012: Fyodor Velichko, Yurij N. Krugly, Vasilij G. Shevchenko Winners of S. Ya. Braude Prize of the

: * 2010: Viktor Vakulik Winners of Ye. P. Fedorov Prize of the

: * 2012: Peter N. Fedorov

Literature

* Шкуратов Ю. Г
200 лет астрономии в Харьковском университете.
— Харьков, 2008. — 632 с. — 500 прим.
Балишев М.А. Астрономія в Харкові у роки громадянської війни періоду Української революції (1917-1921). Дослідження з історії і філософії науки і техніки. 2020. Т.29. №2. С.110-118.

Балишев М.А. Харківська астрономічна обсерваторія під час німецької окупації (1941–1943) у роки Другої світової війни. Історія науки і біографістика. 2020. №3.

References

External links

* Розенфельд М
Харьковские истории. Выпуск 12: «Обратная сторона луны»
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