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WORLD'S TOP ASTRONOMERS TO COME TOGETHER IN YEREVAN
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13:26, 3 October, 2013
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 3, ARMENPRESS. The scientific conference, which
is scheduled to be held by the International Astronomical Union
in Yerevan on October 7-11, will promote the establishment of ties
between the young and experienced astronomers. 165 scientists from 35
countries of the world will participate in the upcoming conference. The
Co-Chairman of the Committee of the International Astronomical Union,
Chairman of the Local Committee Areg Mikayelyan stated this at the
course of the press conference held on October 3 in the Press Centre
of "Armenpress" News Agency. In addition Areg Mikayelyan underscored:
"Due to this big conference a number of foreign scientists will visit
Armenia, and this fact may result in very good results. Generally,
each conference brings perpetual and prospective results."
IAU Symposium 304 is dedicated to B.E. Markarian's 100th anniversary.
Benyamin Markarian (1913-1985) was the first to conduct and
accomplish a large-area (17,000 sq. deg.) spectroscopic survey to
search for active galaxies. Markarian survey is until now the largest
objective-prism spectroscopic survey, it was the first systematic
search for active galaxies using a new method of UV-excess, it resulted
in the discovery of 1515 UVX galaxies (Markarian galaxies), including
many AGN and Starbursts, first classification of Seyferts into Sy1
and Sy2, and definition of Starburst galaxies.
The Symposium will provide a good opportunity to elaborate a strategy,
based on the acquired experience, to plan future surveys best fitted
to fulfill the needs, and to coordinate follow-up observations with
the new large ground-based and space telescopes.
A number of important astronomical meetings have been organized in
Armenia, mostly in the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO): the
IAU Symposia: #29 in 1966 (Non-Stable Phenomena in Galaxies), #121 in
1986 (Observational Evidence of Activity in Galaxies), #137 in 1989
(Flare Stars in Star Clusters, Associations and Solar Vicinity), and
#194 in 1998 (Activity in Galaxies and Related Phenomena), the IAU
Colloquium #184 in 2001 (AGN Surveys), as well as the all-European
JENAM meeting in 2007. Moreover, the Byurakan International Summer
Schools (BISS) are being organized since 2006, and four successful
schools have been held in 2006, 2008, 2010 (combined with the 32th
IAU ISYA), and 2012.
The IAU Symposium #304 will be held at the National Academy of Sciences
of the Republic of Armenia. The NAS RA big hall will be used for the
scientific sessions. Posters will be displayed in the NAS RA foyer
and coffee breaks will be organized in the same area. Lunches will
be served in the NAS RA canteen, just at 2 minutes walking distance
from the meeting hall.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/735287/worlds-top-astronomers-to-come-together-in-yerevan.html
13:26, 3 October, 2013
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 3, ARMENPRESS. The scientific conference, which
is scheduled to be held by the International Astronomical Union
in Yerevan on October 7-11, will promote the establishment of ties
between the young and experienced astronomers. 165 scientists from 35
countries of the world will participate in the upcoming conference. The
Co-Chairman of the Committee of the International Astronomical Union,
Chairman of the Local Committee Areg Mikayelyan stated this at the
course of the press conference held on October 3 in the Press Centre
of "Armenpress" News Agency. In addition Areg Mikayelyan underscored:
"Due to this big conference a number of foreign scientists will visit
Armenia, and this fact may result in very good results. Generally,
each conference brings perpetual and prospective results."
IAU Symposium 304 is dedicated to B.E. Markarian's 100th anniversary.
Benyamin Markarian (1913-1985) was the first to conduct and
accomplish a large-area (17,000 sq. deg.) spectroscopic survey to
search for active galaxies. Markarian survey is until now the largest
objective-prism spectroscopic survey, it was the first systematic
search for active galaxies using a new method of UV-excess, it resulted
in the discovery of 1515 UVX galaxies (Markarian galaxies), including
many AGN and Starbursts, first classification of Seyferts into Sy1
and Sy2, and definition of Starburst galaxies.
The Symposium will provide a good opportunity to elaborate a strategy,
based on the acquired experience, to plan future surveys best fitted
to fulfill the needs, and to coordinate follow-up observations with
the new large ground-based and space telescopes.
A number of important astronomical meetings have been organized in
Armenia, mostly in the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO): the
IAU Symposia: #29 in 1966 (Non-Stable Phenomena in Galaxies), #121 in
1986 (Observational Evidence of Activity in Galaxies), #137 in 1989
(Flare Stars in Star Clusters, Associations and Solar Vicinity), and
#194 in 1998 (Activity in Galaxies and Related Phenomena), the IAU
Colloquium #184 in 2001 (AGN Surveys), as well as the all-European
JENAM meeting in 2007. Moreover, the Byurakan International Summer
Schools (BISS) are being organized since 2006, and four successful
schools have been held in 2006, 2008, 2010 (combined with the 32th
IAU ISYA), and 2012.
The IAU Symposium #304 will be held at the National Academy of Sciences
of the Republic of Armenia. The NAS RA big hall will be used for the
scientific sessions. Posters will be displayed in the NAS RA foyer
and coffee breaks will be organized in the same area. Lunches will
be served in the NAS RA canteen, just at 2 minutes walking distance
from the meeting hall.