200th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MYKOLAIV ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION CENTRE

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200th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MYKOLAIV ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION CENTRE

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:42 pm

2022 There is heavy fighting in that city so I am not sure if the Russian barbarians have not flattened the Astronomical Observation buildings.

Thie stamp celebrates the Mykolaiv astronomical observatory, research, and development center. One of the oldest observatories in Eastern Europe, The Mykolayiv Astronomical Observatory is a cultural property of the national level, the oldest naval observatory in south-eastern Europe. It was founded in 1821 by the Commander-in-chief of the Black Sea Fleet Admiral O.S. Greyg. The Observatory was built to the design of the Chief Architect of the Black Sea Admiralty F.I.Wunsch as a marine observatory, with a view of providing the Black Sea Fleet with maps, and teaching naval officers methods of astronomical orientation. The observatory was involved in doing an important astronomical task – creating a celestial fundamental coordinate system. This was done through the joint efforts of observatories across the world to produce fundamental catalogs on the basis of millions of separate observations and the measurement of the positions of stars for almost 200 years. Today, the observatory mainly studies near-Earth objects and the movements of Solar System bodies, creates astrometric catalogs of stars, provides information support for astronomical research, and makes astronomical instruments.

The depicted sailing vessel is not identified, but most probably a ship of the line of the Black Sea Fleet.

Various websites.
Ukraine 2021 no face value sg?, Scott?
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