The Czech National Committee for Astronomy under the auspices of head manager ESO Catherine Cesarsky and AS CR President Václav Pačes organized on 8th of June 2007 the Astronomical Day of the European Southern Observatory (in Chile) for Czech industry. and Marina Hužvárová.
Již podruhé se v bubenečské vile Lanně sešli odborníci zabývající se historickými astronomickými deskami. První setkání se konalo před dvěma lety, kdy se diskutovaly problémy desek sužovaných degradací emulze vlivem dlouhého a často nešetrného skladování - letošní akce se zúčastnilo 44 odborníků z 20 zemí od Mexika až po Čínu. and Petr Skala.
International Workshop on Astronomical X-Ray-Optics (AXRO) organized by the Institute of Astronomy of the CAS was focused on presentation and discussion of recent and future technologies for future X-ray astronomy missions. One session was aimed on astrophysical aspects of X-ray telescopes/satellites, in which some review talks were given from leading scientists in this field plus some presentations of relevant Czech scientists. The goal of the workshop was to present and to discuss recent and future technologies for X-ray astronomy missions. These missions require development of mostly inovative technologies, and discussed the possibilities, the results obtained so farm and new ideas in detail. It is obvious that the requirements of future large space X-ray optics based on Si wafers, advanced glass forming for precise X-ray optics, but also other possible technologies and alternatives, as well as related advanced metrology, measurements and tests. and Martin Blažek.
Proba 2 is the second satellite in the European Space Agency´s series of low-cost Proba satellites that validates new spacecraft technologies while also carrying scientific instruments. The nominal duration of a mission will be two years. The second satellite was launched on November 2, 2009. Proba 2 contains five scientific instruments. Two of them are designated to measure basic space plasma properties: the Dual segmented Langmuir Probe (DSLP) Proba 2 and the Thermal Plasma Measurement Unit (TPMU); both were developed by the Astronomical Institute and Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the ASCR. and Pavel Trávníček, František Hruška.
Je tomu již 12 let, co se ze skromného setkání studentů z Astronomického ústavu AV ČR v Ondřejově stala tradiční konference s mezinárodní účastí. INTEGRAL & BART Workshop (IBWS 2015) se zpočátku jako hlavním tématem zabýval pozorováním gamma záblesků vesmírnou družicí Evropské kosmické agentury INTEGRAL, jejichž optické protějšky se snažil na Zemi detekovat robotický dalekohled BART. Zaměření se v astronomii ukázalo jako aktuální, a tak letos v Karlových Varech prezentovalo své příspěvky na 40 inženýrů, vědců a studentů z České republiky, Německa, Itálie, Maďarska a Španělska. and Martin Blažek.
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) celebrates not only Galileo Galilei’s innovative work in telescopic observational astronomy, but also the year that Johannes Kepler’s paradigm-setting work Astronomia Nova - which he wrote in Prague - was published. This, Kepler’s magnum opus contains the results of the astronomer’s ten year investigation of the motion of Mars and records the discovery of the first two of the three principles known as Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion. and Luděk Svoboda.
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.