Research staff
of the Institute of Astronomy and the Department
of Astronomy consists of 38 researchers,
including 7 doctors of science and 15 candidates of science (PhDs). The Institute
of Astronomy is located in two sites. The main office is in the center of Kharkov near the University, and the Chuguyev Observation
Station of the Institute of Astronomy is sitiated in 70 km southeast from
Kharkov.
* Department of Astrophysics, (The chief is Dr. A.P. Zheleznyak). * Laboratory of Astrometry (The chief is Prof. P.N.Fedorov); * Department of physics of asteroids and comets (The chief is Prof. I.N.Belskaya); * Department of remote sensing of planets (The chief is the correspondent member of NANU, Prof. Yu.G.Shkuratov); * Department of physics of the Sun, the Moon and planets (The chief is Dr. V.V.Korokhin). Institute of Astronomy has the library with more than 40000 scientific books and jornals, including books from V. N. Karazin and L.O.Struve's private libraries. |
Researchers of Institute of Astronomy are members of the International Astronomical Union, the European Astronomical Society and the American Astronomical Society. 36 objects of Solar system are named in honor of Kharkiv astronomers.