One of the oldest university observatory in Ukraine since 1845. In the observatory worked at various times such prominent scholars as V. Fedorov (first director), M. Handrykov, I. Putilin, A. Yakovkin D. Pyaskovskyy, S. Saints, A. Bogorodsky and others. The staff of the Observatory discovered two comets (Churyumov-Gerasimenko, in 1969 and Churyumov – Solodovnikova, 1986), discovered and investigated 600 new dwarf galaxies, the parameters nehabblivskyh large-scale motions of galaxies, the influence of gravitational lensing on observational characteristics of space objects created a series of catalogs provisions vision and extragalactic radio sources, the theory of luminescence of prominences, coronal holes discovered role in generating solar wind, the generalized theory of meteor phenomena grounded scientific concept of asteroid-meteor danger. Details of history of the Astronomical Observatory can be found here.

Astronomical Observatory of
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Observatorna str. 3
Kyiv, Ukraine, 04053
tel./fax +38(044)486-26-91
director@observ.univ.kiev.ua

Director Volodymyr Efimenko	486-26-91
Reception	486-26-91
Deputy Director for scientific affairs Igor Luk’yanyk	486-25-20
Chairman of Trade Union Bureau Yury Taranukha	486-27-62
Head of the Department of Astrophysics Valeriy Zhdanov	486-00-21
Chief Researcher Klim Churyumov	486-19-94
Head of the sector of Astrometry and Small Bodies of the Solar System Valeriy Kleschonok	486-39-10
Head of operation of buildings Svetlana Zaichenko	486-25-20
Library	486-27-01
Doorkeeper	486-09-06
The Observation station in Lisnyky Head Pishkalo Jeanne	(298) 9-68-53
The Observation station in Pylypovychi Head Skoritchenko Borys	(277) 5-18-09