International workshop for young astronomers "Spectrophotometry of astronomical objects: theory and practice" will be held during July 2-14, 2016, in Alakol, Kazakhstan.

On May 18, at 15:00, we have a seminar by colleagues from Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory Areg Mickaelian and Elena Nikogossian. They will share results of their research in galactic and extragalactic astronomy, and speak about the IAU regional center in Armenia and about Armenian Virtual Observatory.

On August 11 at 11 a.m., in the Round Hall we have a seminar by Dr. Mirhusen Narziev from Astrophysical Institute at Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan. He will give a talk: “Research on physical and kinematic characteristics of meteoroids via combined optical and radar observations”. Everyone interested is welcome to attend.

On August 5 at 11 a.m., in the Round Hall we have a seminar by Yerlan Aimuratov who will talk about his report at the 14th Marcel Grossmann Meeting held in Rome. The topic of the presentation is the Analysis of GRB 081024B. Everyone interested in the topic is welcome to attend. Update: View slides

On July 28 at 11 a.m., in the Round Hall we have a seminar by Eduard Mychelkin who will talk about his report at 14th Marcel Grossmann Meeting held in Rome. The topic of the report is related to the cosmological neutrino background. Everyone who is interested in the topic is welcome to attend.

On July 21 at 11 a.m. in the Round Hall we have a seminar by Dr. Denis Yurin entitled “A new iterative method for constructing eqilibrium N-body systems”. The topic discusses the problem of creating initial conditions for controlled numerical experiments (see arXiv:1402.1623). Everyone interested in the topic is welcome to the seminar.

There is a seminar by PhD student Yerbol Khassen entitled “Ground-based high-energy astrophysics” on July 14th at 11 am. The topics to be covered are: – The results and perspectives in ground-based high-energy astrophysics; – Review of the observations using VERITAS telescopes at Arisona; – Methods of gamma-radiation detection; – Technologies of data processing; –