Astronomy in Serbia

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Astronomy in Serbia is developed in accordance with the country's economic capabilities, or even slightly above them. [1] Astronomical Observatory Belgrade (on Zvezdara), founded in 1887, is one of the oldest scientific institutions in Serbia. [1] Serbia is a member of the International Astronomical Union since 1935. [1]

Astronomical Observatory Belgrade remains the only professional observatory in Serbia. [1] The observatory has eight professional telescopes, and is currently[ when? ] completing a new station on the mountain Vidojevica near Prokuplje. [1] There are also several smaller public and university observatories: the Public Observatory in Belgrade, Novi Sad Astronomical Observatory [2] and Belerofont Observatory in Kragujevac. [3] There are two planetariums: in Belgrade and Novi Sad.

Astronomy is taught in primary and secondary schools, but only as a part of other courses. [1] Of great importance in teaching of astronomy is the Petnica Science Center. [1] Five universities in Serbia offer the studies of astronomy: universities of Belgrade, Novi Sad, Kragujevac, Niš and Priština. [1] From these, at the University of Belgrade have so far graduated 242 astronomers, and 6 astronomers at the Novi Sad; 4 more astronomers who have graduated abroad are working in Serbia. [1]

Several journals devoted to astronomy are published: Astronomija , [4] (discontinued since 2009), Vasiona and others. [1] Also, since 1936, a scientific journal, Serbian Astronomical Journal is published. [1] [5]

In Serbia there are 17 [1] associations of amateur astronomers, the oldest [1] [6] of which is Astronomical Society Ruđer Bošković.

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  2. ↑ "Novosadska astronomska opservatorija". Archived from the original on 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
  3. ↑ "Belerofont opservatorija". Archived from the original on 2011-08-24. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
  4. ↑ "Astronomski magazin". Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  5. ↑ "Serbian Astronomical Journal". saj.matf.bg.ac.rs.
  6. ↑ "Astronomical Society "Rudjer Bošković"". Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
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