Geographical coordinates: 46° 39' North Latitude, 32° 36' East Longitude.
Main Telescope
Telescope: refractor with an objective diameter of 136 mm and a focal length of 2.25 m, mounted on a German-type equatorial mount.
OBSERVATORY WORK DIRECTIONS
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lectures, practical, seminar, and laboratory classes in astronomy and astrophysics for students of the Faculty of Physics, Mathematics, and Informatics;
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research of objects closest to the Sun;
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research on current issues of astronomy teaching methodology in secondary and higher educational institutions;
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popular science lectures, excursions for students and pupils of educational institutions in the city of Kherson and the region.
Excursions: Before the full-scale invasion, excursions for students and teachers of secondary schools in Kherson and the region regularly took place at the astronomical observatory, led by Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Physics - Kuzmenkov Serhiy Georgiyovych.
Professor Kuzmenkov S.G. first gives a lecture on the history of telescope invention and the objects that can be observed through a telescope. The lecture gradually turned into a conversation, and Serhiy Georgiyovych gladly answered the questions that interested young astronomy enthusiasts. Then the students proceeded to the observatory dome, where they saw the telescope – a double astrograph with an achromatic objective diameter of 15 cm and a focal length of 2.25 m, mounted on a German-type equatorial mount. The telescope's guidance is provided by a weight-driven clockwork mechanism, which allows observations to be made regardless of the presence of voltage in the electrical network.
As a result of another Russian shelling, the only observatory in the Kherson region, belonging to Kherson State University, was damaged.
It should be noted that Kherson State University is one of the few higher education institutions in Ukraine that has its own astronomical observatory. It was founded in the pre-war years on the basis of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska.
The opening of the laboratory was connected with an attempt to improve the level of research activity of the pedagogical institute as a whole. The astronomical observatory was famous not only for being the only one in the Kherson region but also for its employees. It is associated with the names of prominent scientists. In pre-war times, scientific research and excursions for students and teachers of educational institutions in Kherson and the region were conducted there.
During the full-scale aggression, the observatory was partially destroyed, the telescope was transported to Ivano-Frankivsk, to the location of the temporarily displaced KSU.
Regarding making changes to the information on the page, you can contact Kuzmenkov Serhiy Georgiyovych