Directors
* 1988–2011 Andrey Mikhailovich Finkelstein * 2011–2017 Alexander Vasilievich Ipatov * 2017–present Dmitry Viktorovich IvanovHistory
The institute was formed on November 13, 1987 by the order number 941 of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 2012 the type and full name of the institute was changed to Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки Институт прикладной астрономии Российской академии наук (Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences), by resolution number 262, dated December 13, 2011, of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The abbreviated name remained the same.Main directions of scientific activity
* Research in the field of astronomy, ephemeris astronomy and space geodesy. * Research in the field of terrestrial radio interferometry with very long baselines and radio astronomy. * Research in the field of classical and relativistic celestial mechanics. * Research in the field of fundamental coordinate-time support. * Construction of fundamental reference systems and determination of the parameters of the Earth's rotation. * Research in the field of radio astronomy and geodetic instrumentation. * Publication of astronomical and specialized yearbooks, ephemeris of minor planets and other official coordinate-time publications. * Operation and modernization of software systems for the radio interferometric network "Kvasar-KVO".Departments of the Institute
Department of Radio Astronomy Equipment
* Laboratory of antennas and antenna measurements * Laboratory of radio astronomy receiving devices * Signal conversion and registration laboratory * Laboratory of time and frequency * Correlation processing laboratory * Laboratory of Information and Computing SystemsDepartment of Radio Astronomy Observations
* Radio astronomy observatory "Svetloe" ( Priozersky District) * Radio astronomy observatory "Zelenchukskaya" ( Zelenchuksky District) * Radio astronomy observatory "Badary" ( Irkutsk Oblast) * Department of centralized operation of observatoriesDepartment of Fundamental and Applied Astronomy
* Laboratory of Ephemeris Astronomy * Laboratory of Astronomical Yearbooks * Laboratory of Space Geodesy and Earth Rotation * Laboratory of Small Bodies of the Solar System * Group of relativistic celestial mechanicsPrototype production
* Design and Technology GroupBranch of the Department of Radiophysics of СПбПУ (SPbPU, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University)
Base Department of Radio Astronomy of СПбГЭТУ "ЛЭТИ" ("LETI", Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University)
Publishing activity
IAA RAS publishes Russian and international astronomical yearbooks and almanacs containing ephemerides of the Sun, Moon, planets, minor planets, and stars, calculated with maximum accuracy in accordance with the standards approved by the International Astronomical Union.Observations
The Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences conducts radio interferometric and radio astronomical observations at radio astronomy observatories of the Kvazar-KVO network under international and Russian programs.Location
The divisions of the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences are located in four constituent entities of the Russian Federation: ( St. Petersburg,References