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Omarov, Chingis
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Valiullin, Rashit
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Kokumbaeva, Raushan
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Volkswagen Trilateral Project 3rd Meeting & China-Kazakhstan collaboration

September 8, 2021.

This week, during September 6-8, FAI participated in the online workshop on stellar dynamics and active galactic nuclei, organized by the Volkswagen Trilateral Project and China-Kazakhstan collaboration.

The meeting on research cooperation in the field of astronomy

July 25, 2021.

July 21, 2021, a meeting on research cooperation in the field of astronomy was held. The meeting was attended by employees of FAI, Nazarbayev University and researchers from the Physics and Technology Faculty of al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

Happy birthday to Anatoly Kusakin!

May 16, 2021.

Today is the 75-th birthday of one of the institutes's most prolific observers, Anatoly Kusakin. The staff of Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute congratulates Anatoly and wishes him further success in the work, good health and prosperity.

Great conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn (21 Desember, 2020)

December 26, 2020.

On December 21, the inhabitants of the Earth could observe a rare astronomical phenomenon. In the evening sky, the two bright planets Jupiter and Saturn were visible at a small angular distance from each other, only 6 arc minutes.

2021 astronomical calendar for Almaty

December 7, 2020.

Here you can download the 2021 astronomical calendar compiled for Almaty location: sunrise/sunset and moonrise/moonset moments, length of days, moments of equinoxes and solstices.