Ukrainian Virtual Observatory

Bahonsky Alexander Vadimovich

General data:

Born: 02.04.1956

Place of birth: Shumyachi village, Shumyachi district, Smolensk region, Russian SSR

Studied in: T. G. Shevchenko Kyiv Order of Lenin State University (since 1999 Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University) (1980);

PhD Thesis: Determination of direct ascension stars with meridian axial circles in Goloseevo (1992 Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine);

Biography:

He was born on April 2, 1956 in the Shumyachi village of Shumyach district of Smolensk region of Russian SSR.

In 1973, he graduated from Secondary School No. 18 in Bila Tserkva town.

In 1973-1974, he worked as a mechanic in military unit 13845, during June-September 1974, he was a laboratory assistant at the Bilotsekiv veterinary laboratory, and then until September 1975, he worked as an electrical mechanic at the agricultural machinery factory in Bila Tserkva town.

In 1980, he graduated from the T. G. Shevchenko Kyiv Order of Lenin State University, which he entered the physics department in 1975. He received a diploma in the specialty "Astronomy" with the specialization "Astronomer. Teacher".

Since October 1978 and during October 1979-July 1980 he worked as a technician, during October-November 1982 and during June-August 1984 he worked as an engineer in the laboratory of fundamental astrometry of the Main Astronomical Observatory of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR and further after completing postgraduate studies, he worked in the same department, starting in June 1986 as a junior researcher.

In 1982, he entered graduate school with a break from the production of the Main Astronomical Observatory of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, majoring in "astrometry and celestial mechanics". A.S. Kharin was appointed as the scientific supervisor of the graduate student.

In 1984-1985 (one and a half years, as of September 1985) he performed the main part of the observations on the vertical circle of Vanschaff under the program of the absolute catalog of fundamental faint stars. In the same years, he also observed the planets of the solar system.

He took part in the creation of a sun-protective curtain for the meridian circle of the P. K. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute on Mount Majdanak.

Since 1985, he took part in the commissioning of the meridian axial circle. He carried out a series of instrumental studies, compiled a methodology and developed a mathematical support for processing observations of stars by direct ascension.

In 1988-1989, he received more than 4,500 star observations, processed them in the received telescope system.

In 1992, he defended his candidate's thesis "Determining direct ascensions of stars with the meridian axial circle in Holosievo" at the Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

On September 20, 1996, the junior researcher resigned from the astronomy department of the Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Before his dismissal, he worked part-time for some time as the head of the observatory's photo laboratory.

Since mid-September 2017 to the end of September 2022, he was the head of the Scientific Research Coordination Sector of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, where from May 2001 to mid-September 2017 he worked as a scientific secretary, in addition for some time in 2017. was the deputy head of the Scientific and Organizational Department of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Since October 2022, he has been the director of the State Institution "Center for Evaluation of Scientific Institutions and Scientific Support for the Development of the Regions of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine".

From the end of January 1999 to the middle of November 2004, he worked as the secretary of the Commission for Work with Scientific Youth of the NAS of Ukraine of the Presidium of the NAS of Ukraine. At the end of April 2018 and at the end of November 2020, he was elected a member of the Commission for Work with Scientific Youth of the NAS of Ukraine NAS of Ukraine, since mid-July 2023 he is a member of the System Analysis Committee of the Presidium of the NAS of Ukraine.

Main publications:
  1. Бахонский А. В., Самойлов В. С. Экзаменатор уровней с оптиметром//Кинематика и физика небесных тел, 1985, Т.1, № 3, С. 83-84
  2. Бахонский А. В. Исследование алидадных уровней вертикального круга Ваншаффа//Кинематика и физика небесных тел, 1985, Т.1, № 3, С. 85-90
  3. Бахонский А. В., Самойлов В. С. Экзаменатор уровней с оптиметром//Кинематика и физика небесных тел, 1985, Т.1, № 3, С. 83-84
  4. Бахонский А. В. Исследование алидадных уровней вертикального круга Ваншаффа//Кинематика и физика небесных тел, 1985, Т.1, № 3, С. 85-90

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