Simeiz Observatory (also spelled Simeis or Simeïs) was an astronomy research observatory until the mid-1950s. It is located on Mount Koshka, Crimea, by the town of Simeiz.

Part of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, it is currently used for laser based studies of the orbits of satellites.

The Minor Planet Center (MPC) credits Simeiz Observatory as the location where a total of 150 minor planets were discovered by astronomers Grigory Neujmin, Sergey Belyavsky, Vladimir Albitsky, Grigory Shajn, Nikolaj Ivanov, Pelageya Shajn, Praskov'ja Parchomenko, Alexander Deutsch and Evgenij Skvorcov.

As of 2017, the discovery of the minor planet is directly credited to Simeiz Observatory by the MPC. of galactic emission nebulas, published by G. A. Shajn and V. F. Gaze (also transliterated Hase) in the Ukrainian "Bulletin of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory" (Izvestiya Krymskoi Astrofizicheskoi Observatorii) and known collectively as the Simeis catalogue. The catalogue includes Simeis 57 (the Propeller Nebula in Cygnus) and Simeis 147 (the Spaghetti Nebula in Auriga).

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References

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  • People and Stars History of Simeiz Observatory, Nikolay Semyon "Mirror of the week" No. 42, October 1998
  • Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, a detailed history of Simeiz and Crimean Astrophysical Observatory by Petr Pavlovich Dobronravin .
  • Brief history Brief history of Simeiz and Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.
  • History of minor planet observations at the Crimean astrophysical observatory, L. I. & N. S. Chernykh (2002)