Engelhardt Observatory

The Engelhardt Observatory was established by Dmitry Dubyago. In 1897, astronomer Vasily Engelhardt donated equipment to Kazan 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 architect Karl 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 a heliometer, followed by a pavilion for an astrograph in 1914. In 1929, Avenir Yakovkin, the observatory's director, acquired a 120-mm Zeiss 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 physical libration. In 2021, the observatory museum was opened. Much of equipment donated by Engelhardt is still in situ and may be seen. File:V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory, before 1909.jpg|Engel'gardt Observatory. File:Refractor telescope, V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory, before 1909.jpg|Refractor. Meridian circle, V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory, before 1909.jpg|Meridian circle. South meridian sign, V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory, before 1909.jpg|South meridian sign. == Zelenchukskaya Station ==

The observatory's Zelenchukskaya Station, observatory code 114, abbreviated as "Zelenchukskaya Stn" by the IAU/MPC, is located at altitude near Zelenchukskaya in the North Caucasus region of the Caucasus Mountains, using a 0.3-meter f/7.7 reflector. The station is known for it numerous cometary observations (see external links) and discoveries of minor planets by Russian amateur astronomer Timur Valer'evič Krjačko. In addition, the MPC directly credits the Zelenchukskaya Station for the discovery of 6 minor planets in 2008 (see list), which includes 212929 Satovski, a main-belt asteroid named after Boris Ivanovich Satovski (1908–1982), a laureate of the USSR State Prize. Note, the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science () with its Large Altazimuth Telescope is also located near Zelenchukskaya. List of discovered minor planets == See also ==