V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory

V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory

The V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory ( _ru. Астрономическая обсерватория им. В. П. Энгельгардта; also known simply as the Engelhardt Observatory), is part of the Kazan University Observatory (Обсерватории Казанского Университета).

It is situated at Zelenchukskaya Station, in southern Russia near the Georgian border. It has IAU observatory codes 114 and 115. The co-ordinates are about coord|43|38|54|N|41|26|11|E.


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