planetary astronomy, zodiacal light.The main astronomical instrument în Dubăsarii Vechi in the InterWars period was a big spectroheliograph, which allowed to make first class photographs of the Sun and study the spectra of the Sun. Some American historians supposed, that Donitch, being close to some governmental circles in Saint Petersburg before 1917, particularly to the family of Obolensky, which was close to the Czar family, was implied in Public Diplomacy in order to convince Nationalist circles in Egypt to liberate from Colonial occupation by Ottoman Empire.[1] The Astronomical observatory in Dubăsarii Vechi (Bessarabia), directed by Nicolae Donici enjoyed a number of astronomers from everywhere: the German: Emanuel von der Pahlen, the Russian emigrants: Lev Ocoulitch and Andrei Baikov. During the inter Wars period the observatory in Dubăsarii Vechi served also as a meteorological station which sent regularly reports to Central Institute of Meteorology in Bucharest.[2]
The main meteorologist was Nina Gouma.
Donitch was a member of the International Union for Solar research, of the
9494 Donici is named after him. The most important publications were signed as Donitch
References
^Paul Du Quenoy, The Russian Empire and Egypt.1905- 1915: A case of Public diplomacy, Journal of World History, vol.19, no.2, (Jun. 2008), pp. 213- 233
^Florinela Georgescu, Ancuța Manea, George Tudorache, Romanian Astronomical Journal, vol.25, no.1, p.7-21, 2015
^Magda Stavinschi, Under One sky: The IAU Centenary Symposium . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, vol.349, pp.167- 177
