Joint Scientific Seminary on Astronomy

Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Astronomical Observatory
Baja Astronomical Observatory
Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch
Hungarian Academy of Science, Cluj-Napoca Committee

 

Program

Thursday, October 16

Arrival of participants – accommodation at the University Hotel Iuventutes, 7 Pandurilor Street, Phone: 0264-429786

Friday, October 17

8:30 – 9:30 Registration, preliminary discussions (Astronomical Observatory)
9:30 – 12:00 Joint Scientific Seminary
9:30 – 9:45 Ferenc Szenkovits
The Cluj Astronomical Observatory
On the elliptic restricted three-body problem
9:45 – 10:00 László Kiss
Triggered star formation on low and small scales
10:00 – 10:15 Imre Barna Bíró
Eclipsing binary stars with pulsation components: photometric mode identification methods
10:15 – 10:30 Tamás Borkovits
The triple star systems – O-C ‘ and dynamical studies (a personal overview)
10:30 – 10:45 Tibor Hegedüs
International Year of Astronomy 2009 – Hungarian plans, possible Transylvanian relations
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:10 Vasile Ureche, Rodica Roman, Tiberiu Oproiu
Neutron star models with Douchin-Haensel equation of state
11:10 – 11:20 Cristina Blaga
Inverse problem, precessing orbits and autonomous orbits
11:20 – 11:30 Alexandru Pop
On the analysis of low level variability phenomena
11:30 – 11:40 Vlad Turcu, Alexandru Pop, Dan Moldovan
Variable star detection
11:40 – 11:50 Liviu Mircea, Tiberiu Oproiu
Determination of the Earth artificial satellite trajectories in Cluj Astronomical Observatory
11:50 – 12:00 Ladislau Farkas
Variable star studies in Timisoara Astronomical Observatory
12:00 – 13:00 Visit at the Mineralogy Museum of the Babes-Bolyai University
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch at the Piramida Restaurant
14:30 – 15:30 City tour
16:00 – 17:30 Technical presentations (Astronomical Observatory)
Hegedüs-Kiss: The BART-1 telescope
Beringer: The BAT telescope
17:30 – 19:00 Visit and technical presentations at the Feleacu Station of the Cluj Astronomical Observatory (Vlad Turcu, Dan Moldovan)
19:00 – 20:00 Discussions on possible future collaborations