5 Hryven Mykolaiv Astronomical Observatory

Reverse

There are the following astronomical instruments: against a smooth background is a meridian circle, to the left of which is the legend 1821, the legend 2021 is to the right of the circle; above the circle, against a matt background, is a symbolic center of the observatory with its coordinates, which were determined by Karl Knorre, the first director of the observatory (to the left); to the right of the center is the outline of a sextant.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
200 РОКІВ МИКОЛАЇВСЬКІЙ АСТРОНОМІЧНІЙ ОБСЕРВАТОРІЇ
1821 - 2021

Translation: 200 Years since the Establishment of the Mykolaiv Astronomical Observatory

Engravers: Sviatoslav Ivanenko, Volodymyr Demianenko

Designer: Nataliia Fandikova

Edge

Reeded

Comment

This coin celebrates the Mykolaiv astronomical observatory, a research and development center. One of the oldest observatories in Eastern Europe, it was founded in 1821 as a marine observatory, with a view of providing the Black Sea Fleet with maps, and teaching naval officers methods of astronomical orientation. The observatory was involved in doing an important astronomical task – creating a celestial fundamental coordinate system. This was done through the joint efforts of observatories across the world to produce fundamental catalogues on the basis of millions of separate observations and the measurement of the positions of stars for almost 200 years. Today, the observatory mainly studies near-Earth objects and the movements of Solar System bodies, creates astrometric catalogues of stars, provides information support for astronomical research, and makes astronomical instruments.

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2021	35000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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