FIRST BYURAKAN
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL FOR YOUNG ASTRONOMERS
"OBSERVATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS"
26 August – 3 September 2006, Byurakan (Armenia)
SCHOOL PROGRAM
August 25, Friday
Arrival and registration day
August 26, Saturday
09:00-09:30
Breakfast
10:00-10:30 Official opening of the Summer School
10:30-12:00 Introduction to spectroscopic observations (M.DENNEFELD)
12:00-12:30
Coffee break
Lectures and lessons on methods of observations and data reduction:
12:30-14:00 3D methods in astronomy (A.MOISEEV)
14:00-15:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Computers in Physics and Astronomy (A.SADOYAN)
16:00-18:00 Acquaintance to the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory
19:00-20:00 Welcome dinner
August 27, Sunday
09:00-09:30 Breakfast
Lectures and lessons on nuclear and starburst activity of galaxies:
10:00-11:30 Introduction to AGN (D.KUNTH)
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-14:00 Supernovae: Lighthouses in the Universe (M.TURATTO)
14:00-15:00 Lunch
17:00-18:30 Methods of the Object Classification by the Spectral
Energy Distribution: Past, Present and Future (S.DODONOV)
19:00-20:00 Dinner
21:00-24:00 Observations with small telescopes
August 28, Monday
09:00-09:30 Breakfast
Lectures and lessons on methods of AGN studies:
10:00-11:30 Spectroscopy with the Spitzer Infrared Observatory (D.WEEDMAN)
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-14:00 AGN Surveys; AGN-Starburst Connection (D.KUNTH)
14:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00-17:00 Practical courses: usage of the Spitzer archives (D.WEEDMAN)
19:00-20:00 Dinner
21:00-24:00 Observations with the BAO 2.6m telescope
August 29, Tuesday
09:00-09:30 Breakfast
Lectures and lessons on methods of AGN studies:
10:00-10:45 Radio properties of AGN (D.ENGELS)
10:45-11:30 Imaging with Radio Interferometry (D.ENGELS)
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-14:00 Public radio data archives (D.ENGELS)
14:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00-17:00 Data reduction with MIDAS
17:00-18:30 Daniel Kunth's 60th anniversary talk and welcome addresses
18:30-20:30 Dinner with celebration of Daniel
Kunth's 60th anniversary
21:00-24:00 Observations with the BAO 2.6m telescope
August 30, Wednesday
09:00-09:30 Breakfast
Lectures and lessons on astronomical archives and Virtual
Observatories:
10:00-10:45 Large astronomical surveys, databases and Virtual
Observatories (P.PRUGNIEL)
10:45-11:30 The Digitized First Byurakan Survey and the Armenian VO (A.MICKAELIAN)
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
Lectures on additional hot topics in modern astrophysics:
12:30-13:15 Asteroseismology of solar-like stars (observation techniques
and theory) (R.CLAUDI)
13:15-14:00 Gravitational Wave Detectors (introduction to gravitational wave
detectors and current status of ongoing research in GW window) (A.SADOYAN)
14:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00-15:45 Physics of Winds from Cool Evolved Stars (V.AIRAPETIAN)
15:45-17:30 General discussion
19:00-20:00 Dinner
August 31, Thursday
09:00-09:30 Breakfast
10:00-18:00 Excursion to Yerevan with lunch
19:00-20:00 Dinner
September 1, Friday
08:30-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-09:30 Official opening of the Byurakan Observatory 60th anniversary meeting
09:30-13:00 Participation in the Byurakan-60 meeting
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-18:00 Participation in the Byurakan-60 meeting
19:00-20:00 Dinner
September 2, Saturday
08:30-09:00 Breakfast
09:30-13:00 Participation in the Byurakan-60 meeting
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-18:00 Participation in the Byurakan-60 meeting
19:00-21:00 School and Meeting Banquet
September 3, Sunday
08:30-09:00 Breakfast
09:30-13:00 Participation in the Byurakan-60 meeting
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-18:00 Excursion to medieval fortress Amberd
19:00-20:00 Dinner
September 4, Monday
Departure day