International scientific conference

"Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine – 1944 and beyond. Impact of international cooperation"

dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Observatory.

July 15-17, 2024, MAO NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

July 15, 2024

July 16, 2024

Kyiv time
9³⁰–10³⁰

OPENING CEREMONY
Moderator – Yaroslav Yatskiv

9³⁰–9⁴⁰

Yaroslav Yatskiv.

Introducing words from the  SOC Chairman

9⁴⁰–10¹⁰

Welcome words of the Distinguished guests,
i.e. the SOC members, the Representatives
of Institutions related by MoU with MAO NAS of Ukraine:

Prof. Massimo Capaccioli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Napoli, Italy)
Prof. Nicole Capitaine (Paris Observatory, France; MAO NAS of Ukraine)
The Journées “Systèmes de référence spatio-temporels"
Dr. Ilgmars Eglitis (Institute of Astronomy, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia)
and others guests (presentations in online and offline mode)

10¹⁰–10²⁰

Coffee-break

Kyiv time
10²⁰–13⁰⁰

July 16, 2024

THE FIRST SESSION
“Astronomy in Ukraine: today and beyond.
View from the side of Ukraine”

Moderator – Iryna Vavilova

10²⁰-10⁴⁰

Nikolai Koshkin, Tamara Mishenina, Alina Dragunova
(Astronomical Observatory, I.I. Mechnikov National University of Odesa. Odesa, Ukraine)

80 years together: MAO - OAO

10⁴⁰–11⁰⁰

Volodymyr Efimenko, Vasyl Ivchenko
(Astronomical Observatory, Department for Astronomy and Space Physics,
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine)

The Collaboration of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with the Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the Development of Scientific Research and Training of Astronomical Personnel

11⁰⁰–11²⁰

Vadym Kaidash
(Institute of Astronomy, V.N. Karazin National University of Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine)

International cooperation and today's challenges: a view from Kharkiv

11²⁰–11⁴⁰

Oleksandr Shulga, Nadiya Maigurova, Mykola Kulichenko, Evgen Kozyryev, Mykola Kaliuzhniy, Yuri Protsyuk, Feliks Bushuev
(Mykolaiv Astronomical Observatory, Mykolaiv, Ukraine)

Research on Minor Bodies of the Solar System Based on Observational Data from Optical and Radio Networks of the Research Institute "MAO" and the Resources of the Ukrainian Virtual Observatory

11⁴⁰–12⁰⁰

Bohdan Novosyadlyj, Bohdan Melekh
(Astronomical Observatory and Department of Astrophysics,
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine)

Astronomy and Astrophysics in Lviv University: today and beyond

12⁰⁰–12²⁰

Vyacheslav Zakharenko, Oleksandr Konovalenko, Oleh Ulyanov,  
Oleksandr Stanislavckyi
(Institute of Radio Astronomy of the NAS of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine)

Low-Frequency Radio Astronomy in Ukraine: International Collaboration

12²⁰–12⁴⁰

Ivan Andronov, L.L. Chinarova, L.S. Kudashkina, H.M. Akopian, V.O. Borshchenko, V.V. Breus, S.I. Iovchev, S.V. Kolesnikov, N.I. Savchuk, V.I. Marsakova, M.Yu. Pyatnytskyy  (Odesa National Maritime University; Odesa Richelieu Science lyceum, Odesa, Ukraine; Private Observatory ”Osokorky”, Kyiv, Ukraine)

Variable Stars: "The Inter-Longitude Astronomy" (ILA) project

12⁴⁰–12⁵⁵

Volodymyr Reshetnyk, Asen Hrytsai, Vasyl’ Ivchenko, Ihor Koshmak,

Vladislava Marsakova, Bohdan Melekh, Olena Panko, Andrii Simon, Ivan Slyusarev, Vasyl’ Shevchenko  (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, I.I. Mechnikov National University of Odesa, V.N. Karazin National University of Kharkiv, Ukraine)

National Astronomical Olympiads

12⁵⁵–13⁰⁰

Awarding the astronomy teachers for training schoolchildren for astronomy olympiads

13⁰⁰–14⁰⁰

Lunch

Kyiv time
14⁰⁰–17¹⁰

July 16, 2024

THE SECOND SESSION
Presentations of the foreign participants

Moderator – Iryna Belskaya
Vice-moderator – Olga Sergijenko

14⁰⁰-14²⁰

Jan Vondrák, Vladimír Böhm
(Astronomical Institute of the Czech AS, Praha, Czech Republic)

Old Maya and their astronomical observations as recorded in Dresden Codex

14²⁰–14⁴⁰

Veronique Dehant
(Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium)

Nutation, the Earth rotation and core dynamics

14⁴⁰–15⁰⁰

Jolanta Nastula, Justyna Śliwińska-Bronowicz, Malgorzata Wińska, Aleksander Partyka, Tomasz Kur  
(Center of Space Research of the Polish AS, Warsaw, Poland)

Prospects of predicting the polar motion based on the results of the 2nd Earth Orientation Parameters Prediction Comparison Campaign

15⁰⁰–15²⁰

Gennadi Milinevsky, Ivan Syniavskyi, Yu Shi, and Lidong Wang
(Jilin University, Changchun, China; MAO NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine)

Microwave radiometry for ground-based atmospheric research: equipment and applications

15²⁰–15⁴⁰

Valentina Zharkova, Sergey Zharkov
(MPEE, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)

Solar flares as electric circuits detected in multi-wavelength observations and sunquakes

15⁴⁰–15⁵⁰

Coffee-break

15⁵⁰–16¹⁰

Carlo Baccigalupi
(International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy)

Probe Combination for Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure

16¹⁰–16³⁰

Petr Kurfürst, Michal Zajaček
(Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)

What is behind the mystery of missing red giants in the central Galactic region?

16³⁰–16⁵⁰

Jaime Andrés Rosales Guzmán,  A. Moranchel-Basurto, D. Koráková, D.R.G. Schleicher, R. E. Mennickent , and N.W.C. Leigh
(Universidad de Concepción, Chile)

Three-dimensional MHD simulations of the V4142 Sgr accretion disk: Exploring the magnetic properties of the accretion process

16⁵⁰–17¹⁰

Hugh Jones
(University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)

A blue depression in M dwarfs - a tale of two M5 dwarfs

17¹⁰–17³⁰

Arkadii Bondar, Jacek Krełowski
(ICAMER, Kyiv, Ukraine; Nicholas Copernicus University, Torun, Poland)

Spectral monitoring of a runaway star AE Aur. The most recent results

Kyiv time
9³⁰–13⁰⁰

July 17, 2024

THE THIRD SESSION
“The Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: from the Idea of Creation to the Recognition”

Moderator – Oleksandr Konovalenko
Vice-moderator – Olga Sergijenko

9³⁰-9⁵⁰

Iryna Vavilova, Tetyana Artemenko
(MAO NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine)

Academic Schools and Research Fields of the MAO NAS of Ukraine: since 1950ies to this day – Foundation, Transformation, and Prospectives

9⁵⁰–10¹⁰

Mykhailo Medvedskyi, Vitalii Zhaborovskyi, Viktor Pap, Vyacheslav Semenenko.
(Department for Astrometry and Space Geodynamics MAO NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine)

Updating of the laser station "1824 Golosiiv"

10¹⁰–10³⁰

Ivan Syniavsky,  Sergiy Guziy, Alberto Castro-Tirado,  Yuriy Ivanov, Yevgen  Oberemok, Oleksandra Ivanova
(Department for Atmospheric Optics and Instrumentation, MAO NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine; Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Granada, Spain)

A Wide-angle Stokes Polarimeter for the BOOTES Global Telescope Network

10³⁰–10⁵⁰

Oleksandra Ivanova,  Irina Kulyk, Vera Rosenbush, Serhiy Borysenko, Olena Shubina, Maxim Andreev

(Laboratory for Physics of Minor Solar System Bodies, Department for Physics of Sub-stellar and Planetary Systems, MAO NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine)

Minor bodies in the Solar system and beyond: Scientific investigations within the MAO NASU and international collaboration

10⁵⁰-11¹⁰

Yakiv Pavlenko (Department for Physics of Sub-stellar and Planetary Systems, MAO NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine), Jonathan Tennyson (UK), Sergei N. Yurchenko (UK), Mirek R. Schmidt (PL), Hugh R.A. Jones (UK), Yuri Lyubchik, and A. Suárez Mascareno (ES)

Observed Phenomena of Predissociation of High Levels of the  ALH Molecule in Spectrum of Proxima Cen

11¹⁰–11²⁰

Coffee-break

11²⁰–11⁴⁰

Sergiy Osipov, Mykola Pishkalo, Roman Kostik, Nataliia Shchukina
(Department for Solar Physics, MAO NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine)

11⁴⁰–12⁰⁰

Peter Berczik, Margarita Sobolenko, Maryna Ishchenko, Rainer Spurzem (GER), Andreas Just (GER), Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (USA)
(Department for Physics of Stars & Galaxies, MAO NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine)

The impact of post-Newtonian effects on the evolution of massive black hole binaries

12⁰⁰–12²⁰

Leonid Pilyugin, Gražina Tautvaišienė
(Laboratory for Physics of Galaxies with Active Star Formation, Department for Physics of Stars & Galaxies, MAO NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine;
Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy at Vilnius University, Lithuania)

Milky Way twins

12²⁰–12⁴⁰

Daria Dobrycheva, Iryna Vavilova, Maksym Vasylenko, Andrii Elyiv, Olga Melnyk, Oleksandr Hetmantsev
(Department for Extragalactic Astronomy and Astroinformatics MAO NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine)

The AI-methods for discovering  properties of the large-scale structures of the Universe

12⁴⁰–13⁰⁰

Olena Kompaniiets, Anatolii Vasylenko
(Council of Young Scientists of the MAO NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine)

Young Astronomical Generation of Observatory – Inspiration, Statistics, and Achievements

13⁰⁰–14⁰⁰

Lunch

Kyiv time
14⁰⁰– 16³⁰

July 17, 2024

THE SOLEMN SESSION
80 years of the Main Astronomical Observatory of the NAS of Ukraine

Moderator – Yaroslav Yatskiv

14⁰⁰– 14¹⁰

14¹⁰– 14³⁰

Yaroslav Yatskiv
(MAO NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine)

The Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: from the Idea of Creation to the Recognition

14³⁰– 16³⁰

Welcome words of the Distinguished guests
of the Jubilar Conference

Prof. Anatolii Zagorodnii, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Prof. Vasyl Kremen, President of National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine
Prof. Vadym Loktev (Department for Physics & Astronomy, NAS of Ukraine)
Prof. Arunas Kucinskas (“Astronomy & Astrophysics” ESO journal, Lithuania)
Prof. Ihor Huk (Vienna, Austria)
Dr. Leonid Gurvits (Joint Institute for VLBI, Dwingeloo, Netherlands)
Prof. Piotr Orleański (Space Research Centre of the Polish AS, Warsaw, Poland)
Dr. Theodor Kostiuk (Baltimore, USA)
Prof. Sergiy Silich (INAOE, Tonantzintla, Mexico)
Dr. Gerson Sher (Washington, USA)
Prof. Roald Sagdeev (Maryland University, Maryland, USA)
Prof. Mykhailo Zghurovskyi (Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine)
Dr. Oleksandr Konovalenko (Institute of Radio Astronomy, NAS of Ukraine)
and other guests (in online and offline mode)

16³⁰– 17⁰⁰

Music break

17⁰⁰-20³⁰

Closing reception