Space Museum
One of the oldest university observatories in Ukraine has existed since 1845. Such outstanding scientists as V. Fedorov (first director), M. Khandrykov, I. Putilin, A. Yakovkin, D. Pyaskovsky, S. Vsekhsvyatsky, O. Bogorodsky, and others worked at the observatory at different times. The observatory staff discovered two comets (Churyumova-Gerasimenko, 1969 and Churyumova-Solodovnikova, 1986), discovered and studied about 600 new dwarf galaxies, determined the parameters of non-Gubble large-scale galaxy motions, and studied the effect of gravitational lensing on observational objects. , a series of catalogs of positions of stars and extragalactic radio sources was created, the theory of glow of prominences was developed, the role of coronal holes in the generation of the solar wind was revealed, a generalized theory of The scientific concept of asteroid-meteor danger is substantiated. More information on the history of the Astronomical Observatory can be found here.