On the obverse of the coin there is a small State Emblem of Ukraine, a semicircular inscription NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE (above); a composition symbolizing space: on the left Urania is the patroness of astronomy, one of the nine muses of ancient Greek mythology, and a star-shaped space with a fragment of the movement pattern of the planets of the solar system; below - the year of coinage 2009 and the logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine, on a stylized roll of denomination - 5 griven.

On the reverse of the coin there is: a portrait of Yuri Drohobych (right), under which the years of his life are ca. 1450/1494, logo of the International Year of Astronomy (left), under which is the inscription - INTERNATIONAL / YEAR / ASTRONOMY, below are artifacts of space explorers.

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Dedicated to the International Year of Astronomy, which the UN declared 2009. Four hundred years ago, Galileo Galilei first used a telescope to study objects of the Universe. The famous Ukrainian astronomer, of which Ukraine is proud, is Yuri Drohobych (Kotermak, ca. 1450 - 1494) - an encyclopaedist, humanist thinker. Born and raised in the city. Drogobych. In 1481 - 1482 he was rector of the University of Bologna. His work `prognostic assessment of the current 1483` is the first printed book of the Ukrainian author. Artist: Taran Vladimir, Haruk Alexander, Haruk Sergey Sculptor: Demyanenko Anatoly, Ivanenko Svyatoslav