Observatory "Kamenskoe Plateau"

• 1941–1964 - V. G. Fesenkov - Founder and First Director of the Institute of Astronomy and Physics of the Kazakhstan Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1950, head of the Astrophysical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR)
• 1941–1943 - Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov, Boris Aleksandrovich - head of the Astrophysical Department of the Institute of Astronomy and Physics of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences.
• 1964-1972 - Idlis, Grigori Moiseevich
• 1974-1984 - Omarov, Tuken Bigalievich
• in 1987 - B.T. Tashenov
• 2005—2010 - Chechin, Leonid Mikhailovich
• now - Omarov, Chingis Tukenovich

Observations of a in Kazakhstan carried out 7 expeditions , which included astronomers, physicists and geophysicists from Moscow and Leningrad . In light of the active offensive of the fascist troops in the western part of the country, it was decided to stay in Kazakhstan and join the evacuated scientists in Almaty . This is how the team of the Research Institute of Astronomy and Physics was formed , which was created in a few weeks at the suggestion of V. G. Fesenkov . The building of the institute was built after the war by Japanese prisoners. The first search for a site for building a large observatory with a good astroclimate began in 1943 . Temporary expeditions worked on the Kamensky Plateau, in Butakovka and in the vicinity of Talgar. In the second half of 1945, the site ( 11 km from Almaty at an altitude of 1,450 meters above sea level) and the design of the observatory were chosen, and in March 1946 a government decree was passed on construction. The construction itself on the Kamensky Plateau began in 1947. Until 1950, the observatory was called the Mountain Astrophysical Observatory, and since 1950 the name Astrophysical Institute, now named after its founder, academician VG Fesenkov, became official. Now in the observatory there are 4 telescopes , which are used for observations of galaxies, stars, planets and geostationary satellites. The observatory is located on the territory of the Institute, located on the Kamensky Plateau, within the city. Periodically, the name “ Almaty Observatory ” is found in literature, and the bus stop is called “Observatory”.

• Hertz's 50-centimeter reflector (Hertz reflector) (D = 500 mm, F = 11000 mm.) (1948) - for absolute spectrometry (obtained from reparations from Germany after the war): needs repair, it is used only for excursions.
• The Maksutov ASI-2 high-speed meniscus telescope (D = 500 mm, F = 1200 mm.) (1950) —to study the fine structure of gas-dust nebulae — the first D. Maksutov system installed in the USSR — needs repair, it is used only for excursions - Photo penetration in the 50s was at the level of 19 stars. led ^[one]
• The extra-dark coronagraph by Lio (D = 120 mm, F = mm.) (Autumn 1950 - 1952), also known as the Zeiss coronograph - (obtained from reparations from Germany after the war).
• Chromospheric-photospheric telescope (1950).
• AZT-8 (D = 700 mm, F main = 2800 mm, F Cassegrain = 11000 mm, F Coude = 28000 mm.) (1964) - works, satellites are observed (positional and photometric - A. V. Didenko) , AGN and planetary nebulae (spectrophotometry - E. K. Denisyuk, L. N. Kondratieva, R. R. Valiullin) - were ordered for the Tikhov Observatory, but were installed after his death.
• Schmidt's small high-aperture chamber is a cometary patrol (from the 50s – 60s).
• Schmidt's astrogeodetic camera - comet patrol since 1975 (? SBG (Optical system: Schmidt camera, D = 420 mm, F = 770 mm.)?)
• Zeiss-600 (optical system: Cassegren, D = 600 mm, F = 7200 mm, 1972) - spectrophotometric observations of the planets are conducted (V. G. Teifel).
• Installation for laser sounding of the atmosphere - they are not working at it now (the department of atmospheric physics is disbanded).

Tikhov Observatory (astrobotany sector):

• Refractor (D = 125 mm, F = mm) - for photographing small planets (1946) - Bredikhinsky astrograph brought from Pulkov ^[2] .
• The 20 cm Maksutov meniscus telescope (1950) is convenient for expeditionary work and used for photographic and spectral observations of the Moon and planets, and in 1959–1961 and later, in the 1970s, for astroclimatic observations when looking for a place to build a new observatory . ^[3]

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  Maksutov Meniscus Telescope

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  Telescope AZT-8

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  Hertz reflector

• Atmospheric optics.
• Interstellar medium.
• Light and dark nebula.
• Solar Activity.
• Spectrophotometry of active galaxies.
• Star astronomy.
• Large planets of the solar system.
• Comets.
• Astrometry AES.
• Comprehensive studies of AGNS (experimental and theoretical).
• Research in the physics of the early universe.
• The problem of space debris and comet-meteor-asteroid danger.

• Creating and maintaining a catalog of artificial space objects.
• The study of the physics of emerging space objects.
• Studies of the optical properties and structure of the atmospheres of the planets of the solar system, non-stationary processes on the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn.
• Studies of the Moon and phenomena in the satellite systems of Jupiter and Saturn.
• Studies of geomagnetic manifestations of solar activity.
• The development of astrophysical research for high-precision determination of the orbits of space objects.
• The development of modern numerical methods in gas mechanics and plasma physics and their application in astrophysical research and astrodynamics.
• Development of qualitative, analytical and numerical methods for the study of non-stationary problems of the dynamics of artificial and natural celestial bodies.
• Development of methods for astrometric calculations for problems of space flight dynamics.

• The discovery of comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko on September 20, 1969.
• "Atlas of gas and dust nebulae" (1953).
• The glass of 5000 shots taken at ASI-2.
• 415 astrometric measurements of the main belt asteroids (active observations were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s) ^[4] .
• In the 1960s, a photometric catalog of reflective nebulae.
• About 50 Seyfert galaxies have been discovered .
• For the first time, it was possible to observe the coverage of a star with an asteroid on the territory of the USSR at the Alma-Ata observatory on August 17, 1979 ^{[5] [6]} .

• Nikolai Nikolayevich Parijsky ^[7] .
• Boris Alexandrovich Vorontsov-Velyaminov .
• Tihov Gabriel Adrianovich .
• Victor Germanovich Teifel - the creator of the first site of the observatory in 2000, the head of the Laboratory of Physics of the Moon and Planets, the first observer of a star covering an asteroid in the USSR ^{[5] [6]} .

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• Astrophysical Institute named after Fesenkov
• Tien Shan Astronomical Observatory
• National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan
• Fesenkov, Vasily Grigorievich
• Tikhov, Gabriel Adrianovich
• Assy-Turgen Observatory
• List of astronomical instruments

• Observatory page on the website of the VG Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute (AFIF)
• Astronomical Observatories in Kazakhstan
• Description of the instruments of the observatory
• Planetary Researches in Kazakhstan
• Collection of information about the observatory
• Reference information about the observatory
• Observations of Mars in 1997 at Zeis-600
• Observations of Mars in 1999 at Zeis-600
• Observatory on timeout.kz
• “America launched a supeparat on Mars, Kazakhstan launched astronomy,” an interview with Victor Teifel
• “Our astronomers are unique and poor,” an interview with Victor Teifel
• Excursion observations at the observatory (inaccessible link)
• "KIT goes to the stars" - an interview about the current state of affairs in the observatory

Publications of observations at the Center for Small Planets:

• Astrometric observations of small planets

Publications in the NASA ADS database:

• Search for "Observatory Alma-Ata"

A photo:

• SirJohn
• Photo 70s