Press Release

NAS RA V. Ambartsumian Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO)
Press release 16.09.2023

III REGIONAL ASTRONOMICAL SUMMER SCHOOL (3RASS)

On September 11-15, III Regional Astronomical Summer School (3RASS) took place at the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory. During the school, the students had the opportunity to do observations with 1 or 2.6 m telescopes, practical tutorial sessions on data reduction, analysis, statistics. Moreover, they enriched their knowledge in the Astronomical Surveys, Databases, Archives and Virtual Observatory tools.

For the first time this year, the BAO organized the Inter-Regional Astronomical Summer School (IRASS) between the IAU South West and Central Asian (SWCA) and Arab World Regional Offices of Astronomy for Development (ROADs), combining it with the Summer School.

It was organized in the framework of the collaboration agreement between the 2 ROADs and was the first ever such initiative for the IAU all regional offices. The idea was to strengthen the collaboration between the neighboring regional offices and give opportunity to more young astronomers to communicate to each other and the lecturers.

The school brought together MSc and PhD students in Astronomy, as well as BSc students in the later stages.

Meline Asryan