Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute was awarded Science Leader Award 2016 from National Center for Scientific and Technical Information and Thomson Reuters, as the most cited scientific organization in Kazakhstan during 2011-2015.

On September 13, 2016, at 14:00, we have a lecture by Klim Ivanovich Churyumov, who will talk about the results of the Rosetta mission to the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, discovered in 1969 at Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute. UPD: Video is available (see inside).

On September 07, at 12:00, we will have a seminar by colleagues from Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory. They will talk about research methods and instruments at Shamakhi Observatory.

On July 20, at 11:30, we have a seminar by Bekdaulet Shukirgaliyev, where he will report on the progress of his PhD thesis at Astronomisches Rechen-Institute (Heidelberg). The seminar title is "Improving The Survival Likelihood Of Star Clusters After Instantaneous Gas Expulsion".

Photo reportage at Vласть online magazine about FAPHI and its observatory at Kamenskoe Plateau. The story goes about the Hertz reflector telescope transported to Almaty after World War II, high-aperture Maksutov telescope which made the discovery of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet, and many other things.

On May 27, at 11:00, we have a seminar by Dr. Nasridin Minikulov from the Astrophysical Institute (Dushanbe). He will talk about the photometry and polarimetry of UX Ori-type stars, and about the monitoring of space debris at Sanglok Observatory.

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