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| Alternative names | V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory |
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| Named after | Vasily Engelhardt |
| Observatory code | 136 |
| Location | Tatarstan, Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°50′23″N48°48′45″E / 55.839722°N 48.8125°E /55.839722; 48.8125 |
| Altitude | 92 m (302 ft) |
| Established | 1901 |
| Website | www |
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TheV. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory (Russian:Астрономическая обсерватория им. В. П. Энгельгардта), also known simply as theEngelhardt Observatory, is located in the village ofOktyabrsky,Zelenodolsky District,Tatarstan (about 20 kilometers west ofKazan). Its observatory code is136. The co-ordinates are about55°50′23″N48°48′45″E / 55.83972°N 48.81250°E /55.83972; 48.81250.[1] It was founded byDmitry Dubyago andVasily Engelhardt.
In 2023 theAstronomical Observatory of Kazan University and the Engelhardt Observatory were added to theUNESCOWorld Heritage List[2] (althoughICOMOS did not recommend inscribing them[3]).
The Engelhardt Observatory was established byDmitry Dubyago. In 1897, astronomerVasily Engelhardt donated equipment toKazan University to set up the observatory, which officially opened on September 21, 1901. The main building was designed by architect Fyodor Malinovsky. After Dubyago's passing, he was laid to rest in a crypt built on a mound, designed by architectKarl Hermann Ludwig Müffke. In 2014, Engelhardt's remains were also reinterred in this crypt.
In 1908, a stone tower with a rotating dome was constructed for aheliometer, followed by a pavilion for anastrograph in 1914. In 1929,Avenir Yakovkin, the observatory's director, acquired a 120-mmZeiss lens and an objective prism for the Heide astrograph, enabling the photography of star fields and the capture of stellar spectra. Yakovkin's extensive heliometer observations led to refined measurements of the Moon's physicallibration.
In 2021, the observatory museum was opened. Much of equipment donated by Engelhardt is stillin situ and may be seen.
| see§ List of discovered minor planets |
The observatory'sZelenchukskaya Station, observatory code114, abbreviated as "Zelenchukskaya Stn" by theIAU/MPC, is located at 2,047 metres (6,716 ft) altitude nearZelenchukskaya in theNorth Caucasus region of the Caucasus Mountains, using a 0.3-meter f/7.7 reflector.[1][5]
The station is known for it numerouscometary observations(see external links) and discoveries ofminor planets by Russian amateur astronomerTimur Valer'evič Krjačko. In addition, the MPC directly credits the Zelenchukskaya Station for the discovery of 6 minor planets in 2008(see list),[4] which includes212929 Satovski, a main-belt asteroid named after Boris Ivanovich Satovski (1908–1982), a laureate of theUSSR State Prize.[6]
Note, theSpecial Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science (115) with itsLarge Altazimuth Telescope is also located near Zelenchukskaya.[1]
| 212924 Yurishevchuk | 6 January 2008 | list |
| 212929 Satovski | 15 January 2008 | list |
| 325369 Shishilov | 29 August 2008 | list |
| 360072 Alcimedon | 2 September 2008 | list |
| 361764 Antonbuslov | 6 January 2008 | list |
| 381458 Moiseenko | 2 September 2008 | list |