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Simeiz Observatory (also spelled "Simeis" or "Simeïs") was an astronomy

Astronomy

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research observatory

Observatory

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until the mid 1950s. It is located on Mount Koshka

Mount Koshka

Mount Koshka is a mountain in the Crimean Mountains near the settlement of Simeiz within the Greater Yalta metropolitan area. The original name in the Crimean Tatar language means "double rock", while the Russian name means "cat", as the shape of the mountain resembles a sitting cat...

, Crimea

Crimea

Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...

, Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

by the town of Simeiz

Simeiz

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Part of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

The Crimean Astrophysical Observatory is located in Ukraine. CrAO has been publishing the Bulletin of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory since 1947, in English since 1977. The observatory facilities are located near the settlement of Nauchny since the mid-1950s; before that, they were further...

, it is currently used for laser

Laser

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based studies of the orbits of satellite

Satellite

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Simeiz observatory organized by an amateur astronomer and later Honored member of the Academy of Science, M. Maltsov In 1900 he built a tower for refractor at his land plot near Simeiz

Simeiz

. In 1906 - a tower with dome for Zeiss double astrograph. Both towers are preserved and being used nowadays. I11 1908, M. Maltsov handed his observatory to Pulkovo observatory

Pulkovo Observatory

The Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory астрономи́ческая обсервато́рия Росси́йской акаде́мии нау́к), the principal astronomical observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, located 19 km south of Saint Petersburg on Pulkovo Heights...

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 360m above sea level at southern mountainside of the Crimean mountains, at Koshka mountain

Mount Koshka

. 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 ray 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:

1. Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). 2. Multi-wavelength monitoring of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). 3. Solar and stellar activity investigations. 4. Molecular lines observations at mm wavelengths.

External links

Peaple and Stars History of Simeiz Observatory(in Russian)
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory Detailed History of Simeiz and Crimean Astrophysical Observatory(in Russian).
Brief history Brief history of Simeiz and Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.(in English)

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