The Simeiz Observatory was founded by Russian amateur astronomer Nikolai Maltsov, who later became a honored member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and after whom asteroid 749 Malzovia was named. In 1900, he built a tower for refractor at his land plot near Simeiz. In 1906 – a tower with dome for Zeiss double astrograph. Both towers are preserved and being used nowadays. In 1908, Maltsov handed his observatory to Pulkovo Observatory as a present. In 1912, the first astrophysical department of Pulkovo Observatory was officially opened at the south of Russia. Simeiz observatory is situated at the level of 360 m above sea level at southern mountainside of the Crimean mountains, at Koshka mountain. A main building was restored after the Second World War on the basis of old building in modernized style with balconies decorated by columns.
Research of interstellar space and star formation zones, discovery of star rotation, creation of stellar catalogues of radial velocities, study of chemical composition of stars and the Sun brought the world publicity to Simeiz Observatory. The results of research of stars and the Sun represents an independent value.
The Department provides observing facilities for astronomers of international community and for its own staff. The following projects currently run:
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)
Multi-wavelength monitoring of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
Solar and stellar activity investigations
Molecular lines observations at mm wavelengths
Discoveriesedit
Minor planets, whose discovery is directly credited to the observatory (rather than a particular astronomer).[1]
^ abc"Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
External linksedit
History of Simeiz Observatory, Nikolay Semyon "Mirror of the week" No. 42, October 1998 (in Russian)
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, a detailed history of Simeiz and Crimean Astrophysical Observatory by Petr Pavlovich Dobronravin (in Russian).
Brief history of Simeiz and Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.
History of minor planet observations at the Crimean astrophysical observatory, L. I. & N. S. Chernykh (2002)
January 01, 1970
simeiz, observatory, also, spelled, simeis, simeïs, astronomy, research, observatory, until, 1950s, located, mount, koshka, crimea, town, simeiz, named, after, code094, locationyalta, municipality, autonomous, republic, crimea, ukrainecoordinates44, 4180388888. Simeiz Observatory also spelled Simeis or Simeis was an astronomy research observatory until the mid 1950s It is located on Mount Koshka Crimea by the town of Simeiz Simeiz ObservatoryNamed afterSimeiz Observatory code094 LocationYalta Municipality Autonomous Republic of Crimea UkraineCoordinates44 25 05 N 33 59 51 E 44 418038888889 N 33 9974 E 44 418038888889 33 9974Altitude360 m 1 180 ft Established1908 TelescopesSimeiz RT 22 Location of Simeiz Observatory Related media on Commons edit on Wikidata Part of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory it is currently used for laser based studies of the orbits of satellites The Minor Planet Center MPC credits Simeiz Observatory as the location where a total of 150 minor planets were discovered by astronomers Grigory Neujmin Sergey Belyavsky Vladimir Albitsky Grigory Shajn Nikolaj Ivanov Pelageya Shajn Praskov ja Parchomenko Alexander Deutsch and Evgenij Skvorcov As of 2017 the discovery of the minor planet 369010 2007 OK2 is directly credited to Simeiz Observatory by the MPC 1 Contents 1 History 2 Discoveries 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp Radiotelescope RT 22 at Simeiz The Simeiz Observatory was founded by Russian amateur astronomer Nikolai Maltsov who later became a honored member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and after whom asteroid 749 Malzovia was named In 1900 he built a tower for refractor at his land plot near Simeiz In 1906 a tower with dome for Zeiss double astrograph Both towers are preserved and being used nowadays In 1908 Maltsov handed his observatory to Pulkovo Observatory as a present In 1912 the first astrophysical department of Pulkovo Observatory was officially opened at the south of Russia Simeiz observatory is situated at the level of 360 m above sea level at southern mountainside of the Crimean mountains at Koshka mountain A main building was restored after the Second World War on the basis of old building in modernized style with balconies decorated by columns Research of interstellar space and star formation zones discovery of star rotation creation of stellar catalogues of radial velocities study of chemical composition of stars and the Sun brought the world publicity to Simeiz Observatory The results of research of stars and the Sun represents an independent value The Department provides observing facilities for astronomers of international community and for its own staff The following projects currently run Very Long Baseline Interferometry VLBI Multi wavelength monitoring of Active Galactic Nuclei AGN Solar and stellar activity investigations Molecular lines observations at mm wavelengthsDiscoveries editMinor planets whose discovery is directly credited to the observatory rather than a particular astronomer 1 Minor planets discovered 1 1 369010 2007 OK2 18 July 2007 listSee also editList of minor planet discoverers Discovering dedicated institutionsReferences edit a b c Minor Planet Discoverers by number Minor Planet Center 4 September 2016 Retrieved 27 December 2016 External links editPeople and Stars History of Simeiz Observatory Nikolay Semyon Mirror of the week No 42 October 1998 in Russian Crimean Astrophysical Observatory a detailed history of Simeiz and Crimean Astrophysical Observatory by Petr Pavlovich Dobronravin in Russian Brief history Brief history of Simeiz and Crimean Astrophysical Observatory History of minor planet observations at the Crimean astrophysical observatory L I amp N S Chernykh 2002 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Simeiz Observatory amp oldid 1221563113, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
