Kourovka Astronomical Observatory
Alternative namesKourovka Astronomical Observatory
Named afterKlavdiâ Barkhatova Edit this on Wikidata
Observatory code 168 Edit this on Wikidata
LocationKourovka, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural Federal District, Russia
Coordinates57°02′12″N 59°32′50″E / 57.03671°N 59.54727°E / 57.03671; 59.54727
Established1965
Websiteastro.insma.urfu.ru/kourovka
Kourovka Astronomical Observatory is located in Russia
Kourovka Astronomical Observatory
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Kourovka Astronomical Observatory, officially known as K.A. Barkhatova Kourovka Astronomical Observatory, is an observatory in Kourovka, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. The observatory is operated by the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, a subdivision of Ural Federal University. It is named for a former professor at Ural Federal University, K.A. Barkhatova, a Soviet astronomer.

Description

Kourovka Astronomical Observatory established in 1965 by Ural State University (now Ural Federal University), which had already established a smaller observatory in 1957.[1] At the time, the Soviet Union was in the height of its early space program, with the Sputnik series of satellites having been launched in the late 1950s. One of the main proponents for the establishment of the observatory was K.A. Barkhatova, an astronomer who had graduated from the university in 1941. The intent of the new observatory was to track the movements of artificial satellites, with the facility later expanding to study other aspects of astronomy.[1]

The observatory is equipped with a varied array of telescopes which it uses to collect data for Russian and international programs. Object monitored include stars, the Sun, and other nearer-to-earth objects. The observatory has also gathered data to be used for the discovery of new star systems and exoplanets.[2]

A powerful SBG telescope was installed at the observatory in 2005.[3] The observatory is also host to an exoplanet finding program, the Kourovka Planet Search project. The project is carried out using the observatory's advanced telescopes, including a telescope (designated MASTER-I and MASTER-II-URAL) control by a robotics network.[4] Specifically, Kourovka's telescopes were used to search for signs of exoplanets in the Cygnus constellation.[4] Equipment at Kourovka was also used to perform a photometric study of V1033 Cas, a rare intermediate polar star system.[5]

According to the observatory's website, the site is the only observatory positioned to monitor the range of longitudes from Kazan to Irkutsk.[2]

A minor planet, 4964 Kourovka, is named for the observatory.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Опасные ситуации природного характера. Ч. 1-1 | Баньковский Лев Владимирович". Issuu. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  2. 1 2 "Astronomical Observatory". insma.urfu.ru. Archived from the original on 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  3. ↑ Glamazda, D.. (2012). SBG camera of Kourovka Astronomical observatory. Astrophysical Bulletin. 67. 10.1134/S1990341312020101.
  4. 1 2 Artem Y. Burdanov, Paul Benni, Vadim V. Krushinsky, Alexander A. Popov, Evgenii N. Sokov, Iraida A. Sokova, Sergei A. Rusov, Artem Yu. Lyashenko, Kirill I. Ivanov, Alexei V. Moiseev, Denis A. Rastegaev, Vladimir V. Dyachenko, Yuri Yu. Balega, Özgür Baştürk, Ibrahim Özavcı, Damian Puchalski, Alessandro Marchini, Ramon Naves, Stan Shadick, Marc Bretton, First results of the Kourovka Planet Search: discovery of transiting exoplanet candidates in the first three target fields, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 461, Issue 4, 01 October 2016, Pages 3854–3863, doi:10.1093/mnras/stw1580
  5. ↑ "Photometric study sheds more light on the properties of the intermediate polar V1033 Cas". phys.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  6. ↑ (2003) (4964) Kourovka. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4842
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