Nemiro, Andrei Antonovich

Andrei Antonovich Nemiro ( 4 [17] March 1909 , Korets - 1995 , St. Petersburg ) - Soviet astronomer . In 1934 he graduated from the University of Leningrad . In 1934 - 1937 he studied at the graduate school of the Pulkovo Observatory . From 1937 until the end of his life he worked at the Pulkovo Observatory (from 1964 - Head of the Department of Fundamental Astrometry). In 1941 - 1944 he participated in the Great Patriotic War . In 1964 - 1970 he headed the Department of Astronomy of the Leningrad University (since 1966 - Professor ).

Andrei Antonovich Nemiro
Date of Birth	March 4 (17) 1909 ( 1909-03-17 )
Place of Birth	Korets
Date of death	October 30, 1995 ( 1995-10-30 ) (86 years)
Place of death	St. Petersburg
A country	the USSR
Scientific field	Astrometry
Place of work	Leningrad University , Pulkovo Observatory
Alma mater	Leningrad University , Pulkovo Observatory
Awards and prizes	Little Planet ( 4228 Nemiro )

The main scientific papers relate to astrometry . He compiled the first Soviet fundamental catalog of right ascents , which contained not only positions, but also the proper motions of stars , determined from an analysis of a 100-year-old series of right ascents obtained on a large Pulkovo transit instrument . He studied the systematic errors of fundamental systems and the development of new constructions of tools for determining the position of stars. He took an active part in the creation of a fundamental catalog of weak stars and in the absolute definitions of the right ascents of the stars of the Southern Hemisphere, which were held in Chile .

In 1967 - 1970 he was president of Commission No. 8 "Positional Astronomy" of the International Astronomical Union .

The minor planet is named after Nemiro ( 4228 Nemiro ), discovered by G. A. Plugin and Yu. A. Belyaev on July 25, 1968 in Cerro El Roble, Chile .