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«UkrAstro» Foundation
The
philanthropic “UkrAstro” Foundation is a non-governmental
philanthropic organization whose activity is aimed mainly at helping
the people in Ukraine who are interested in the problems of astronomic
science, conduct observations, construct astronomic equipment, as
well as practice astronomy professionally and make efforts to popularize
it.
Following are some of the Foundation’s priorities:
• Giving practical and consultation support to astronomy-lovers
• Organizing large-scale cultural and educational events of astronomic
character
• Maintaining information exchange between astronomy-lovers in Ukraine
and facilitating information exchange between astronomy-lovers in
Ukraine and other countries
• Developing educational programs and supporting popular scientific
publications and media
“UkrAstro” Foundation was founded in 2005, but
its members and founders and their projects had been well-known
both in Ukraine and abroad back since the end of the previous century.In
early 1990s the amateur astronomic movement in Ukraine, along with
other non-governmental and state institutions, had to survive some
pretty hard times. In the beginning of 1999 the circumstances became
more favorable for the revival of the amateur astronomic movement.
Spring 1999 witnessed the Constituent Assembly of the Kharkov
astronomic club “Asterion” was held», which brought together
both the “old-timers” among the amateurs (including people from
the circles of professional astronomers) and also some new members,
whose number was constantly growing. The club’s main development
objectives were to participate actively in the revival of the amateur
astronomic movement in Kharkov and Ukraine and to re-create and
perfect the information exchange between astronomy-lovers, including
ensuring timely distribution of information on the latest news in
astronomy, as well as coordinating joint observation projects. Since
that time, the club members organized dozens of observation programs,
and established contacts with astronomy-lovers in more than ten
different countries.
In 2002 the astronomic club was reorganized into “Kharkov
Astronomy-Lovers Society”. Owing to the efforts made by
the members of the society, the annual large-scale meetings (forums)
of astronomy-lovers have been held in Ukraine since 2002. The event
has become a widely recognized brand among amateurs in Ukraine;
it enjoys special attention of both local and national media. Over
the period between 2002 and 2005 the society organized a number
of observation programs, including the observation of Mercury and
Venus passing across the Sun disc, and several joint programs with
international organizations.
Taking into account the expanding scope of the activity of the Society
and the special character of the events organized by its members,
at the beginning of 2005 it was decided to reorganize the Society
and create the philanthropic foundation “UkrAstro”
with the headquarters in Kharkov.
For the purpose of retaining the club spirit it was also decided
to revive Kharkov astronomic club “Asterion” as a place for non-formal
meetings of astronomy-lovers of Kharkov region working with the
support of the philanthropic foundation “UkrAstro”.
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