27 Akademician Zabolotny St., 03680, Kyiv, Ukraine

Phone: (044) 526 3110; fax: (044) 526 2147;
e-mail: director@mao.kiev.ua;
http://www.mao.kiev.ua

The Observatory was founded on July 17,1944 on the initiative of NAS academician O. Ya. Orlov 1880 – 1954).

TThe Observatory was founded in 1944 on the initiative of academician O.Ya. Orlov (1880-1954).

The Observatory carries out researches in the following areas:

– positional astronomy and space geodynamics;

– physics of the Sun and solar system bodies;

– physics and evolution of stars and galaxies;

– space plasma physics;

– atmospheric optics;

– astronomical and space instrument making;

– automation of processes of astronomical observations and data reducing.

The Observatory has some science schools carrying out studies in:

1) fundamental astrometry and global geodynamics (founded by academicians O. Ya. Orlov and E. P. Fedorov);

2) dynamics and structure of solar photosphere (founded by professor E. A. Hurtovenko);

3) physics of comets (founded by professor S. K. Vsekhsviatsky).

The Observatory proposes to all interested institutions:

– novel methods and software for observations of space and astronomical objects and treatment of observational data;

– observational data of Ukrainian permanent stations of Global Positioning System (GPS);

– design and customization of achromatic and superachromatic retardation plates;

– software systems for modelling complex gas-dynamics and radiation-transfer problems and calculating spectral line profiles;

– design and customization of portable and mobile systems for monitoring the Earth atmosphere.