Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

The Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO, obs. code: 095) is located at Nauchnij research campus, near the Central Crimean city of Bakhchysarai, on the Crimean peninsula. CrAO is often called simply by its location and campus name, Crimea–Nauchnij, still ranks among the worldwide most prolific discovery sites for minor planets.[2]

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Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
The observatory's logo
Alternative namesKrymskai︠a︡ astrofizicheskai︠a︡ observatorii︠a︡
Observatory code 095 
Locationnear Nauchny, Crimea
Coordinates44°43′36″N 34°0′57.1″E
Established1945 
Websitecrao.ru/ru/
Telescopes
BLS-1Solar telescope
BLS-2Solar telescope
Shain telescope2.6-metre telescope
AZT-11reflector
1.22-mBabelsberg telescope
AZT-8reflector
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Minor planets discovered: 14 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

CrAO has also been publishing the Bulletin of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory since 1947, in English since 1977. The observatory facilities (IAU code 095) are located on territory of settlement of Nauchny since the mid-1950s; before that, they were further south, near Simeiz. The latter facilities still see some use, and are referred to as the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory–Simeiz (IAU code 094).

Observatory leaders
  • 1945–1952: Grigory Shajn - head of construction, the first director of the Observatory at Nauchny.
  • 1952–1987: Andrei Severny.
  • 1987–2005: Nikolai Steshenko.[3][4]
  • 2005 – present: Alla Rostopchina-Shakhovskaya (Romanova).[5][6]

List of discovered minor planets

As of 2016, the Minor Planet Center (MPC) gives a total of 1286 numbered minor planets that were discovered at the Crimea–Nauchnij observatory site during 1966–2007.[2] Most of these discovery are credited to the Russian/Soviet astronomers Tamara Smirnova, Lyudmila Chernykh, Nikolai Chernykh, Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Bella A. Burnasheva, Nikolaj Efimovič Kuročkin, Lyudmila Karachkina, Natal'ja Vital'evna Metlova and Galina Ričardovna Kastel'. As a peculiarity, British astronomer and long-time MPC director Brian G. Marsden is also credited with the co-discovery of 37556 Svyaztie at Nauchnij in 1982, as a symbolic gesture of the astronomical collaborations and friendships between the East and the West during the Cold War.[7]

The MPC also credits the discovery of the following minor planets directly to the observatory (rather than to one of the above listed astronomers):[1]

2094 Magnitka12 October 1971list
2163 Korczak16 September 1971list
2170 Byelorussia16 September 1971list
2406 Orelskaya20 August 1966list
2698 Azerbajdzhan11 October 1971list
2949 Kaverznev9 August 1970list
4004 List'ev16 September 1971list
4466 Abai23 September 1971list
4916 Brumberg10 August 1970list
4917 Yurilvovia28 September 1973list
5706 Finkelstein23 September 1971list
18284 Tsereteli10 August 1970list
109573 Mishasmirnov20 August 2001list
(364566) 2007 PM810 August 2007list
A view to the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory and Nauchnij from the nearby place called "Скалы" ("The Rocks"). Observatory domes seen above the line of horizon are (from left to right) 2.6-m ZTSH telescope, 1.25-m AZT-11 telescope, and BST-1 Solar telescope.
The large optical 2.6-metre Shajn telescope is named after Grigory Shajn (left); The 122-cm Babelsberg telescope and the BST-1 Solar telescope (middle); Rally for the rescue of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in 2013 (right).

See also
The observatory's former logo

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 14 November 2016. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. "Minor Planet Discovery Sites". Minor Planet Center. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016. The following table lists the total number of discoveries made at each of the most prolific discovery sites, arranged in decreasing order of number of discoveries.
  3. Стешенко Николай Владимирович, Астронет
  4. СТЕШЕНКО Николай Владимирович Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, Кто есть кто в Крыму
  5. Ростопчина-шаховская (Романова) Алла Николаевна Archived 2019-01-08 at the Wayback Machine, Анкета выпускника Казанского ГУ
  6. "Администрация КРАО". Archived from the original on 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  7. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(37556) Svyaztie". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (37556) Svyaztie. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 892–893. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_10005. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
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