The International Workshopo on Astronomical X-Ray Optics took place in Prague during the second week of December 2010. Its goal was to present and discuss recent and forthcoming technologies for future X-ray astronomy missions, with an emphasis on IXO of ESA/NASA/JAXA. These missions require development mostly of innovative technologies, and invited speakers discussed the possibilities, results obtained so far, and new ideas in detail. It is ovious that the requirements of future large space X-ray astronomy missions are so demanding that they need a truly interdisciplinary approach through wide international collaboration. The technologies will include X-ray optics based on Si wafers, advanced glass forming for precise X-ray optics, but also other possible technologies, as well as related advanced metrology, measurements and tests. and Jana Poledniková.
V sobotu 27. dubna 2019 se na observatoři v Ondřejově uskutečnilo slavnostní odhalení pamětní desky na dalekohledu D65, který byl pojmenován po jeho konstruktérovi RNDr. Pavlu Mayerovi, DrSc. (1932-2018). Památeční desku odhalil ředitel Astronomického ústavu AV ČR prof. Vladimír Karas spolu s doc. Markem Wolfem (Astronomický ústav UK) a Dr. Jiřím Grygarem (Fyzikální ústav AV ČR). and Jana Žďárská.
This year´s summer school, held in Brno in September 1-11, 2015 attended by advanced MSc´s, PhD students, Postdocs and senior astronomers presented modern instruments available for observations in the Optical and IR domains, together with their scientific tasks and performances. Primarily, the ESO instruments (ESO - European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere), as well as those available through the Opticon Access Program were features. and Petr Kabáth, Vladimír Karas, Ernst Paunzen.