The institution was founded in 1808 as the astronomy laboratory of the university, and in 1888, mainly due to the efforts of Gregory Levitsky, a fully equipped observatory in a separate house was created.

At present, the main topics of scientific research at the observatory are the laws of light scattering by the surfaces of celestial bodies, small bodies of the Solar System, stellar catalogues and stellar dynamics, and gravitational lenses.

Braude Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Winners of Ye.

P. Fedorov Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine:

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