The Crimean Astrophysical Observatory is an astronomical research institution located near the village of Nauchny in the mountains of Crimea. It was set up after the Second World War, and it also took over the work of the earlier Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean coast. Its large reflector telescope, named after the astronomer Grigory Shajn, was for a time one of the biggest in Europe. The observatory has studied the Sun, stars, galaxies and active galactic nuclei, and it has contributed to the discovery of asteroids and comets. Since 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, which Ukraine and most countries do not recognize, its status has been the subject of dispute.
Before and after
- 1945Founding of United Nations General Assembly
- 1945Founding of Baskin-Robbins
- 1945Invention of computer
- 1945Founding of International Court of Justice
- 1945Founding of Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
- from 9 January 1945 to 15 August 1945Battle of Luzon
- from 12 January 1945 to 2 February 1945Vistula–Oder Offensive
- 15 January 1945Founding of Narodowy Bank Polski
- from 23 January 1945 to 6 May 1945Siege of Breslau
More in Universe & space
- 4 October 1957Launch of Sputnik 1
- 20 August 1977Launch of Voyager 2
- 28 July 1989Discovery of Galatea
- 23 July 1995Discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp
- 15 May 2005Discovery of Hydra
- 10 September 2005Discovery of Dysnomia
The era
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