Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

The Crimean Astrophysical Observatory is located at Nauchnij research campus, near the Central Crimean city of , on the peninsula. CrAO is often called simply by its location and campus name, Crimea–Nauchnij, still ranks among the worldwide most prolific discovery sites for minor planets.
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  • Opening hours: Monday–Friday 8:00 AM–1:00 PM and 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
  • Email: crao@inbox.ru
  • Type: University
  • Description: observatory
  • Also known as: “CrAO”, “Crimea–Nauchnij”, “Krim-observatoriumet”, “Krym-Naučnyj”, “Krymo observatorija”, “Krymska astrofizychna observatoriya”, “Krymskai︠a︡ astrofizicheskai︠a︡ observatorii︠a︡”, “Nauchnij”, “Nauchnyj”, “Nautšnyi”, “Observatoire astrophysique de Crimée”, “Observatorio astrofisico crimeo”, “Observatorio astrofísico crimeo”, “Observatório Astrofísico da Criméia”, “Observatorio Astrofisico de Crimea”, “Observatorio Astrofisico de Crimea-Simeis”, “Observatorio Astrofísico de Crimea-Simeis”, “Simeis”, “Simeiz-observatoriet”, “КрАО”, “КРАО”, “Кримската астрофизическа обсерватория”, “Кримська астрофізична обсерваторія Міністерства освіти і науки України”, “Крымская Астрофизическая Обсерватория”, “Крымская астрофизическая обсерватория АН СССР”, “Научниј”, “クリミア天文台”, “シメイズ天文台”, “克里米亞-瑙奇尼”, “克里米亞–瑙奇尼”, and “納昂切尼奇”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nauchnyi and Verkhorichchia.

Town
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is an urban-type settlement in the of Crimea.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km northwest of Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.

Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

Latitude
44.72635° or 44° 43′ 35″ north
Longitude
34.01263° or 34° 0′ 46″ east
Open location code
8GPPP2G7+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 389837286
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Wiki­data ID
Q936126
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Crimean Astrophysical Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرصد القرم للفيزياء الفلكية”
  • Armenian: “Ղրիմի աստղադիտարան”
  • Assamese: “ক্ৰিমিয়ান জ্যোতিৰ্বৈজ্ঞানিক মানমন্দিৰ”
  • Asturian: “Observatoriu Astrofísicu de Crimea”
  • Bashkir: “Ҡырым астрофизика обсерваторияһы”
  • Basque: “Krimeako Astrofisika Behatokia”
  • Belarusian: “Крымская астрафізічная абсерваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Крымская астрафізычная абсэрваторыя”
  • Breton: “Arsellva astrofizik Krimea”
  • Bulgarian: “Кримска астрофизическа обсерватория”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Astrofísic de Crimea”
  • Chinese: “克里米亚天文台”
  • Chinese: “克里米亞天文台”
  • Chuvash: “Крымри астрофизика обсерваторийĕ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Qırım astrofizik observatoriyası”
  • Croatian: “Krimska astrofizička zvjezdarnica”
  • Czech: “Krymská astrofyzikální observatoř”
  • Danish: “Krims astrofysiske observatorium‏‎”
  • Dutch: “Krim-observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد القرم للفيزياء الفلكيه”
  • Esperanto: “Krimea astrofizika observatorio”
  • Finnish: “Krimin astrofysikaalinen observatorio”
  • French: “observatoire d’astrophysique de Crimée”
  • French: “Observatoire d’astrophysique de Crimée”
  • Galician: “Observatorio Astrofísico de Crimea”
  • Georgian: “ყირიმის ასტროფიზიკური ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Krim-Observatorium”
  • Greek: “Αστροφυσικό Παρατηρητήριο της Κριμαίας”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים האסטרופיזיקאי של קרים”
  • Hindi: “क्रिमियन एस्ट्रोफिजिकल वेधशाला”
  • Hungarian: “Krími Asztrofizikai Obszervatórium”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio astrofisico della Crimea”
  • Italian: “osservatorio astrofisico di Crimea”
  • Japanese: “クリミア天体物理天文台”
  • Korean: “크림 천체물리 관측소”
  • Latin: “Observatorium Astrophysicum Crimaeae”
  • Lithuanian: “Krymo astrofizikos observatorija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Krim-Observatoire”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Krim-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Krim-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Krim-observatoriet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Observatòri d’Astrofisica de Crimèa”
  • Persian: “رصدخانهٔ اخترفیزیکی کریمه”
  • Polish: “Krymskie Obserwatorium Astrofizyczne”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Astrofísico da Crimeia”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul Astrofizic din Crimeea”
  • Russian: “Крымская астрофизическая обсерватория”
  • Serbian: “Krimska astrofizička opservatorija”
  • Serbian: “Кримска астрофизичка опсерваторија”
  • Slovenian: “Krimski astrofizikalni observatorij”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Astrofísico de Crimea”
  • Swedish: “Krims astrofysiska observatorium‏‎”
  • Swedish: “Krims astrofysiska observatorium”
  • Tagalog: “Obserbatoryong Pang-astropisika ng Crimea”
  • Tatar: “Кырым астрофизика обсерваториясе”
  • Telugu: “క్రిమియన్ ఆస్ట్రోఫిజికల్ అబ్జర్వేటరీ”
  • Ukrainian: “Кримська астрофізична обсерваторія”
  • Urdu: “کریمیائی ایسٹروفیزیکل رصدگاہ”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Astroffiseg y Crimea”

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