The conference was devoted to the official inauguration of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory as an independent institute of the Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR.

The goal of the conference was to discuss the problem of non-stable stars, in particular T Tauri stars, and outline the way of its solution.

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Besides the Byurakan Observatory research workers, 30 astronomers from the USSR, USA, France, China, Mexico, and Yugoslavia took part in the conference. Famous scientists J. Greenstein and G. Herbig (USA), G. Haro (Mexico), E. Schatzman (France), V.V. Sobolev, B.V. Kukarkin, P.L. Kapitza, A.B. Severny, V.A. Dombrovsky, B.A. Vorontsov-Veliaminov, B.K. Ioannissian, and others were among them. Altogether 28 talks were given, including 8 by Byurakan astronomers.

Proceedings: The Non-Stable Stars, Proceedings of a Symposium held in Byurakan on September 20-22, Ed. M.A. Arakelian, Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR, Yerevan 1957, 188 p. (in Russian).

Full List of Participants

Ambartsumian V.A., Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), USSR
Badalian H.S., Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), USSR
Dombrovsky V.A., Leningrad State University (LSU), USSR
Gorbatski V.G., Leningrad State University (LSU), USSR
Gordon I.M., USA
Greenstein J.L., USA
Gurzadyan G.A., Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), USSR
Haro G., Mexico
Herbig G., USA
Ioannissian B.K., Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Corporation (LOMO), USSR
?Ivanova N.L., Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), USSR
Joy A., USA
Kapitza P.L.,USSR
Khachikian E.Ye., Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), USSR
Kholopov P.N., USSR
Krat V.A., Principal Astronomical Observatory, Pulkovo, USSR
Kukarkin B.V., USSR
Markarian B.E., Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), USSR
Martinov D.Ya., USSR
Masevich A.G., Astronomical Council, Moscow, USSR
Melnikov O.A., Principal Astronomical Observatory, Pulkovo, USSR
Mirzoyan L.V., Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), USSR
Oskanian V.S., Belgrade Astronomical Observatory, Yugoslavia
Safronov V.S., USSR
?Sanamian V.A., Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), USSR
Schatzman E., France
Severny A.B.,USSR
Sobolev V.V., Leningrad State University (LSU), USSR
Vorontsov-Veliaminov B.A., Moscow, USSR
Vsekhsvyatski S.K., Astronomical Observatory, Kiev University, USSR
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