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Astronomical Observatory of TSNUK is located at 3 Observatorna Street in Kyiv. Founded in 1845. Fedorov Vasyl is founder and first head of the observatory (during 1845—1855).

History
It was initially planned to place an observatory in the Main Building of the university (as evidenced by existing architectural designs for the red building), however, it was later decided to build for a separate building to house the observatory. This task was again entrusted Vincenty Beretta, it was built in 1841–1845 and officially opened on February 7, 1845.

The observatory's main building is built in a simplified style of late classicism and has the shape of an octagonal tower.

The main entrance to the observatory faces south. The architectural complex of the observatory was partially rebuilt in 1860-1890. Laboratories, houses, pavilions for new telescopes were built in 1946-1960.

Modern period
As for now the observatory occupies about 2.6 hectares of territory in the historical part of Kyiv and includes astronomical museum.

Astronomical museum deserves special attention. The museum has about 20,000 exhibits related to science, technology and local historical monuments. There are also three old astronomical instruments such as:
 * portable telescope, made by Ertel in 1838;
 * astrograph, made by Repsold in 1895;
 * meridian circle, made by Repsold in 1870.

Status of the University Observatory:


 * In 1979 Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR included the observatory's main building in the State Register of Immovable Landmarks of Ukraine as an architectural monument of national importance.


 * In 2008 it was included in the preliminary World Heritage List by UNESCO.

Heads of the observatory

 * 1) Fedorov Vasyl (1845—1855)
 * 2) Shydlovskyi Andrii (1856—1869)
 * 3) Khandrykov Mytrofan (1869—1901)
 * 4) Vogel Robert (1901—1920)
 * 5) Chornyi Serhii (1920—1939)
 * 6) Vsekhsviatskyi Serhii (1939—1941, 1943—1953)
 * 7) Sokolov Yurii (1941—1943)
 * 8) Bohorodskyi Oleksandr (1953—1972)
 * 9) Romanchuk Pavlo (1972—1987)
 * 10) Telniuk-Adamchuk Volodymyr (1987—2001)
 * 11) Hnatyk Bohdan (2001—2004)
 * 12) Yefimenko Volodymyr (2004—now)