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The Role of the Central (Pulkovo) Observatory in Southern Hemisphere Star Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

V.K. Abalakin ,
A.A. Arkharov ,
Y.N. Gnedin ,
I.I. Kanayev ,
D.D. Polojentsev  and
H.I. Potter
V.K. Abalakin
Affiliation:
Pulkovo Observatory, Saint-Petersburg, 196140, Russia
A.A. Arkharov
Affiliation:
Pulkovo Observatory, Saint-Petersburg, 196140, Russia
Y.N. Gnedin
Affiliation:
Pulkovo Observatory, Saint-Petersburg, 196140, Russia
I.I. Kanayev
Affiliation:
Pulkovo Observatory, Saint-Petersburg, 196140, Russia
D.D. Polojentsev
Affiliation:
Pulkovo Observatory, Saint-Petersburg, 196140, Russia
H.I. Potter
Affiliation:
Pulkovo Observatory, Saint-Petersburg, 196140, Russia

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The Nicholas Central Astronomical Observatory in Pulkovo, near Saint-Petersburg, was inaugurated as Russia's principal astronomical institution on 19 (7) August 1839. Construction of the observatory had begun in 1834 following the edict of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I, who had invited as his adviser Professor Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, the Director of the Dorpat Observatory. Emperor Nicholas I appointed Wilhelm Struve as the Director of the new observatory. With regard to funding, the emperor had given Struve a carte blanche to enable him to order from German telescope makers the best astrometric instruments designed according to Struve's own ideas. Hence Wilhelm Struve is to be considered as the co-founder of Pulkovo Observatory.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 12: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 2000 , 2002 , pp. 354 - 355
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2002

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