title: V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory
text: The V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory (), also known simply as the Engelhardt Observatory, is located 20 kilometers west of Kazan, Russia. Its observatory code is 136. The co-ordinates are about .
  
  Zelenchukskaya Station 
  
  The observatory's Zelenchukskaya Station, observatory code 114, abbreviated as "Zelenchukskaya Stn" by the IAU/MPC, is located at  altitude near Zelenchukskaya in the North Caucasus region of the Caucasus Mountains, using a 0.3-meter f/7.7 reflector.
  
  The Station is known for it numerous cometary observations (see external links) and discoveries of minor planets by Russian amateur astronomer Timur Valer'evič Krjačko. In addition, the MPC directly credits the Zelenchukskaya Station for the discovery of 6 minor planets in 2008 (see list), which includes 212929 Satovski, a main-belt asteroid named after Boris Ivanovich Satovski (1908–1982), a laureate of the USSR State Prize.
  
  Note, the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science () with its Large Altazimuth Telescope is also located near Zelenchukskaya.
  
  List of discovered minor planets
  
  See also 
   List of asteroid-discovering observatories
   
   List of observatory codes
  
  References
  
  External links 
   Comet Observations (114 Engelhardt Observatory, Zelenchukskaya Station), database search at SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
  
  Astronomical observatories in Russia
  
  Minor-planet discovering observatories
  Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Tatarstan