A&A – Astronomy and Astrophysics
DATA ABOUT RESPONDENT
- Research Infrastructure Manager (administrative)
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE OR IMPORTANT RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
- National scientific organisation/institution
Main scientificdomain: Physics and Astronomy
Category: Other Physics and Astronomy RI
- Physics and Astronomy
- Distributed
- Other: Global
The Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade is one of the oldest scientific institutions in Serbia. It was founded in 1887.
Eight instruments procured from Germany, on account of the First World War reparations, were mounted in 1934 and constituted the observational basis of the Observatory:
1. Large Refractor - equatorial Zeiss 650/10550 mm
2. Solar Spectrograph
3. Large Transit Instrument Askania 190/2578 mm equipped with two vacuum meridian marks and Opton collimator
4. Large Vertical Circle Askania 190/2578 mm
5. Zeiss Astrograph 160/800 mm
6. Photovisual Refractor Askania 135/1000 and 125/1000 mm
7. Transit Instrument Bamberg 100/1000 mm
8. Zenith - Telescope Askania 110/1287 mm.
In addition, Meade reflector 400 mm was purchased in 2005.
Building of a new astronomical station (AS) of the Astronomical observatory of Belgrade on the mountain Vidojevica near Prokuplje at an altitude of 1155 m is nearly completed. Scientific research carried out at the AOB closely followed the trends in the astronomical and astrophysical research: observations of minor planets, comets and double stars and determination of their orbits, stellar photometry, spectroscopy and polarimetry (mostly eruptive stars, cool supergiants and Be stars), spectrography of the Sun, modelling of spectral lines in a large variety of astrophysical plasma. Today scientific topic covered by the Staff are:
· Astrophysics of stars and Sun
· Astrophysical spectroscopy
· Stellar and galactic systems
· Interstellar and intergalactic matter
· Cosmology and astrobiology
· Dynamic astronomy and planetology
· History and philosophy of astronomy
The research is financed by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia through 5-years project grants.
OPERATION AND UPGRADE OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND OR IMPORTANT RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
- More than 25 years
STAFF, INTERNAL USERS AND EXTERNAL USERS
FINANCE
- National public funding
- Multinational/international public funding
- National public funding
- Multinational/international public funding
SCIENTIFIC IMPACT
RESEARCH SERVICES PROVIDED TO USERS AND RESEARCHERS
Entry created by Davor Kozmus on November 23, 2012
Modified on November 23, 2012