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N E W S L E T T E R   OF THE

ARMENIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY   ( A r A S )

 

Editor: Lilit Hovhannisyan

 

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Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!

 

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CONTENTS:

 

 

1.    ArAS prize results

2.    ANSEF results

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ArAS PRIZE RESULTS

 

Igor Chilingarian, was announced the 4th winner of the ArAS Annual Prize for young astronomers in 2007. A certificate and a sum of USD 100 donated by Prof. Yervant Terzian just for this occasion will be handed to Igor Chilingarian.

 

Here is a brief info about Igor. Igor Chilingarian, 27, has graduated from the Moscow State University. He is an ArAS member since 2005. He received his PhD degree (2006) by the Moscow State University and Universite Claude Bernard Lyon-1 (France). His research in 2007 was devoted to Virtual Observatories. Igor’s results and activities in 2007 include 4 publications (papers published in "Astronomy and Astrophysics", "Astronomy Letters", "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society" and Proceedings of ESA Workshop, IVOA Interoperability Meeting, VO-France Theory Group Workshop, IAU Symposium 245, JENAM-2007 two oral presentations, etc.

 

We congratulate Igor with this success and wish him future scientific achievements.

 

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ANSEF AWARDED 2008 GRANTS

 

The winner for 2008 is Elena Nikogosian, "The investigation of the very active star formation region in Cygnus OB7 complex".

 

ANSEF grants are active since 2001. Altogether, 15 projects from the Byurakan Observatory have been awarded ANSEF grants, USD 5000 each.

 

Here is the list of the previous winners:

 

2001

Khachikian E.Ye., Radio and Optical Investigations of Extragalactic Objects

Mickaelian A.M., Study of Starburst/AGN/Interaction Phenomena in IRAS Galaxies

2002

Hovhannisyan M.A., The Investigation of the Extended Radio Galaxies

Magakian T.Yu., Searches and Detailed Studies of Outflows from PMS Stars

Mickaelian A.M., Digitization of the First Byurakan Survey (FBS)

2003

Movsessian T.H., Multi-Component Investigation of Extragalactic Radio Sources

Zalinian V.P., Updating the Control of the Telescope ZTA-2.6

2004

Andreasyan R.R., The Distribution of Free Electrons in the Galaxy

Hakopian S.A., 3D-study of SBS galaxies

Ter-Kazarian G.T., An Activity of Galactic Nuclei and Superdence "Protomatter" Sources in the Universe

2005

Andreasyan R, The 3-D structure of the magnetic field of the Galaxy

2006

Nikoghosyan E,Search and the proper motions of Herbig-Haro objects in the star forming regions,

Ter-Ghazaryan G, Multi-Nuclei Features of Markarian Galaxies and Physical mechanism Beyond

Mahtesyan A, The Influence Of The Surroundings On The Physical Characteristics Of Galaxies In Groups