Named in honor of Aleksandr Nikolaevich Abramenko (1921– ), chief engineer at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. He created a special television system that has been used for observations of astronomical objects since 1963. This has produced unique data on novae, supernovae, cataclysmic variables, minor planets and comets. Abramenko is one of the authors of a monograph on television astronomy (1974, 1984). (M 34630) _ _.