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24.August.2009 The paper "The faint outer regions of the Pegasus Dwarf Irregular galaxy: a much larger and undisturbed galaxy" have been accepted by MNRAS.

19.August.2009 I have resubmitted revised version of the paper "The faint outer regions of the Pegasus Dwarf Irregular galaxy: a much larger and undisturbed galaxy".

19.August.2009 Our paper "SDSS J092609.45+334304.1: a nearby unevolved galaxy" was accepted for publication by MNRAS.

17.August.2009 We have received referee report for minor revision for the paper "On the Nature of the Apparent Ring Galaxy SDSS J075234.33+292049.8".

14.August.2009 We have resubmitted revised version of the paper "SDSS J092609.45+334304.1: a nearby unevolved galaxy".

07.August.2009 We have received referee report for moderate revision for the paper "Study of very metal-poor galaxies: ionized gas kinematics of nine objects".

07.August.2009 We have received referee report for minor revision for the paper "SDSS J092609.45+334304.1: a nearby unevolved galaxy".

07.August.2009 I have received referee report for minor revision for the paper "The faint outer regions of the Pegasus Dwarf Irregular galaxy: a much larger and undisturbed galaxy".

31.July.2009 I have resubmitted revised version of the paper "The faint outer regions of the Pegasus Dwarf Irregular galaxy: a much larger and undisturbed galaxy".

31.July.2009 We have submitted paper "Revealing eveolved massive stars with Spitzer" to MNRAS.

14.July.2009 We have received referee report for the paper "Spectral studies of Southern cepheids: XX Sgr, AP Sgr, RV Sco, RY Sco, V482 Sco and V636 Sco".

13.July.2009 Paper "On the Nature of the Apparent Ring Galaxy SDSS J075234.33+292049.8" was submitted to MNRAS.

02.July.2009 Paper "SDSS J092609.45+334304.1: a nearby unevolved galaxy" was submitted to MNRAS.

01.July.2009 Paper "Spectral studies of Southern cepheids: XX Sgr, AP Sgr, RV Sco, RY Sco, V482 Sco and V636 Sco" was submitted to Astronomy Letters.

21-26.June.2009 SALT visit to support RSS mounting.

16.June.2009 Paper "Study of very metal-poor galaxies: ionized gas kinematics of nine objects" was submitted to MNRAS.

06-21.June.2009 Data reduction and sending of all reduced data to PIs.

27.May-03.June.2009 Observations with Grating Spectrograph at 1.9m telescope.

5.May.2009 DDT observations with 3.5m telescope at Calar Alto were taken. We have got nice data for our program of search new LBV stars.

18.March-19.April.2009 Travel to Germany. Heidelberg and Goettingen.

3-11.March.2009 Observations with echelle GIRAFFE at 1.9m telescope.

28.Februrary.2009 Application for IAU travel grant.

18.Februrary.2009 We received referee comments on our paper "The faint outer regions of the Pegasus Dwarf Irregular galaxy: a much larger and undisturbed galaxy" submitted to MNRAS.

10.Februrary.2009 Paper Discovery of the first symbiotic star in NGC6822 was accepted to MNRAS and will appear in astro-ph tomorrow.

04.Februrary.2009 I have resubmitted revised version of the paper "Discovery of the first symbiotic star in NGC6822".

18.January.2009 Paper "The faint outer regions of the Pegasus Dwarf Irregular galaxy: a much larger and undisturbed galaxy" was submitted to MNRAS.

15.January.2009 Paper "Discovery of the first symbiotic star in NGC6822" was submitted to MNRAS.

15.December.2008-31.January.2009 Vacations.

23-31.December.2008 SALT duties.

18-26.November.2008 SALT duties.

08.November.2008 Next paper on "Photometric observations of Cefeids from ASAS-3" was accepted to Astron.Lett.

04-07.November.2008 SALT duties.

16-20.October.2008 Vacations. Travel to Nature's Valley.

19-26.August.2008 SALT duties.

09.August.2008 Paper Determining the extragalactic extinction law with SALT was accepted to MNRAS and appears in astro-ph.

20.July.2008 Paper "Optical identification of a new cataclysmic variable from INTEGRAL all sky survey: IGR J08390--4833" was accepted to Astron.Lett.

3-11.June.2008 SALT duties.

02.June.2008 Paper "Photometric observations of Cefeids from ASAS-3" was accepted to Astron.Lett.

19.May.2008 Paper "Optical identification of a new cataclysmic variable from INTEGRAL all sky survey: IGR J08390--4833" was submitted to A&A.

06-14.May.2008 SALT duties.

07.May.2008 Paper "The metallicity extremes of the Sagittarius dSph using SALT spectroscopy of PNe" was accepted to MNRAS.

01.May.2008 Paper "Discovery of a massive variable star with Z=Zo/36 in the galaxy DDO 68" was accepted to MNRAS Letters.

28.April.2008 Paper "Discovery of a massive variable star with Z=Zo/36 in the galaxy DDO 68" was submitted to MNRAS Letters.

25.April.2008 Identification of new CV as a result of our observations with SAAO 1.9m

25.April.2008 Paper "Photometric observations of Cefeids from ASAS-3" was submitted to Astron.Lett.

24.April.2008 I have resubmitted revised version of the paper "The metallicity extremes of the Sagittarius dSph using SALT spectroscopy of PNe", with changes following to referee sugestions.

8-16.April.2008 SALT duties.

27.March.2008 Colloquium at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (Heidelberg, Germany): "Spectroscopy of HII Regions and Planetary Nebulae in Nearby Galaxies with SALT"

03-31.March.2008 Visit to Germany.

13-20.April.2008 SALT duties.

16.January.2008 Our paper Study DDO 68: new evidences for galaxy youth, have been accepted for publication in Astron.Lett.

12.January.2008 Our paper Andromeda IV: a new Local Volume very metal-poor galaxy, have been accepted for publication in Bulletin SAO.

01.January.2008 HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

27.December.2007 Paper Andromeda IV: a new Local Volume very metal-poor galaxy, appeared in astro-ph.

24.December.2007 Paper Study DDO 68: new evidences for galaxy youth, appeared in astro-ph.

18.December-21.December.2007 SALT duties.

20.December.2007 Paper "Andromeda IV: a new Local Volume very metal-poor galaxy" was submitted to Bulletin SAO.

14.December.2007 Paper "Study DDO 68: new evidences for galaxy youth" was submitted to Astron.Lett.

04.December-12.December.2007 SALT duties.

30.October-18.November.2007 UK and German traveling.

23.October.2007 I have resubmitted revised version of the paper "The metallicity extremes of the Sagittarius dSph using SALT spectrophotometry of PNe", with changes following to referee sugestions.

02.October.2007 The paper "Spectroscopy of two PN candidates in IC10" was accepted for publication in MNRAS.

01.October.2007 I have received referee report for the paper "The metallicity extremes of the Sagittarius dSph using SALT spectrophotometry of PNe"

01.October.2007 I have resubmitted slightly improved version of the paper "Spectroscopy of two PN candidates in IC10", with changes following to referee sugestions.

17.September.2007 The paper "The polar ring galaxy AM1934-563 revisited" was accepted for publication in MNRAS.

11.August--7.September.2007 My vacations.

20.August.2007 I have received additional request from referee for the paper "Spectroscopy of two PN candidates in IC10".

12.August.2007 The paper Improved photometry of SDSS crowded field images: structure and dark matter content in the Leo I dwarf spheroidal galaxy was accepted for publication in AJ and appeared in astro-ph.

2--10.August.2007 I had travel to St.Peterburg for the conference "DYNAMICS OF GALAXIES"

31.July.2007 Papers "Spectroscopy of two PN candidates in IC10" and "The metallicity extremes of the Sagittarius dSph using SALT spectrophotometry of PNe" were loaded and appeared in astro-ph.

28.July.2007 I have submitted to MNRAS paper "The metallicity extremes of the Sagittarius dSph using SALT spectrophotometry of PNe".

28.July.2007 I have resubmitted the paper "Spectroscopy of two PN candidates in IC10", with changes following to referee sugestions.

16.July.2007 Next iteration for the paper "The polar ring galaxy AM1934-563 revisited".

25.June.2007 The paper "The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" is in press.

20.June.2007 The paper "Improved photometry of SDSS crowded field images: Structure and dark matter content in the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Leo I" was resubmitted.

14.June.2007 We have resubmitted the paper "The polar ring galaxy AM1934-563 revisited" and loaded it into astro-ph.

28.May.2007 The paper "High-quality Spectrophotometry of the Planetary Nebula in Fornax dSph" is appeared in A&A.

08.May.2007 We have received referee report for the paper "The polar ring galaxy AM1934-563 revisited".

22.March.2007 The paper "High-quality Spectrophotometry of the Planetary Nebula in Fornax dSph" is accepted for publication in A&A.

21.March.2007 The paper "High-quality Spectrophotometry of the Planetary Nebula in Fornax dSph" was loaded into astro-ph.

16.March.2007 I have resubmitted the paper "High-quality Spectrophotometry of the Planetary Nebula in Fornax dSph" with additional improvements.

13.March.2007 We have submitted to MRAS paper with SALT data "The polar ring galaxy AM1934-563 revisited".

03.March.2007 Our paper "Andromeda X, A New Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite of M31: Photometry" have been accepted for publication in ApJL.

19.February.2007 I have received one more referee report for the paper "High-quality Spectrophotometry of the Planetary Nebula in Fornax dSph".

14.February.2007 I have received referee report for the paper "Spectroscopy of two PN candidates in IC10".

01.February.2007 I have submitted to MRAS paper "Spectroscopy of two PNe candidates in IC10".

15.January.2007 I have resubmitted the paper "High-quality Spectrophotometry of the Planetary Nebula in Fornax dSph" with improvements based on referee comments.

25.October.2006 I had a talk for NASSP students "The search for and study of strong emission line objects: extremely metal-poor galaxies and PNe in the nearby galaxies".

15.October.2006 Our paper Zucker et al. "A Curious Milky Way Satellite in Ursa Major" appeared in ApJL.

13--19.August.2006 I had travel to Prague for the IAU XXVI General Assembly. We presented three posters on two IAU Symposium: 28.July.2006 The paper Smolcic et al. "Improved photometry of SDSS crowded field images: structure and dark matter content in the Leo I dwarf spheroidal galaxy" was submitted in AJ.

14.July.2006 The paper "HI in XMD Galaxies. III. GMRT observations of BCG HS~0822+3542" have been accepted for publication.

10.July.2006 Accepted for publication in MNRAS paper SDSS J160043.6+074802.9: a very rapid sdO pulsator, appeared in astro-ph.

07.July.2006 The paper "HI in XMD Galaxies. III. GMRT observations of BCG HS~0822+3542" was resubmitted.

05.July.2006 I had a talk "Planetary Nebulae As a Probe Of The Nearest Galaxies Evolution" at the 51st Annual Conference of the SAIP.

28.June.2006 We moved to the house on site

26.June.2006 Submitted to ApJL paper A Curious New Milky Way Satellite in Ursa Major, appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0606633).

13.June.2006 We have received referee report for the paper "HI in XMD Galaxies. III. GMRT observations of BCG HS~0822+3542".

06.June.2006 We have observed GRB 060605 with SALT and have submitted circular to the GCN "SALT spectroscopy of GRB 060605".

22.May.2006 The paper "HI in XMD Galaxies. III. GMRT observations of BCG HS~0822+3542" have been submitted in MNRAS.

09.March.2006 We have received referee report for the paper "High-quality Spectrophotometry of the Planetary Nebula in Fornax dSph".

03.March.2006 I had a talk "Low Surface Brightness Galaxies with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" at SAAO colloquium.

26.January.2006 We have submitted to A&A paper "High-quality Spectrophotometry of the Planetary Nebula in Fornax dSph".

04.January.2006 We have received referee report for the paper "Andromeda X, A New Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite of M31: Photometry" was submitted to ApJL.

31.December.2005 ***** Happy New Year !!!!! *****

16.December.2005 We have submitted to ApJL paper "Andromeda X, A New Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite of M31: Photometry"

04.December.2005 My first SALT on-duty visit started.

14-18.November.2005 I participated at IAU SYMPOSIUM 232: "The Scientific Requirements for Extremely Large Telescopes".

10.November.2005 SALT inaguration.

02-03.November.2005 We moved from Munich to Cape Town where I have got the position of SALT astronomer.

8.September.2005 DR4 paper accepted for publication.

11.August.2005 The paper HS 2134+0400 - new very metal-poor galaxy, a representative of void population?, appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0508255).

02.August.2005 The paper Study of DDO~68: nearest candidate young galaxy?, appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0507658).

29.July.2005 The paper The Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0507711).

08.July.2005 Our paper "Study of DDO 68: nearest candidate young galaxy?" has now been accepted for publication in A&A.

05.July.2005 We put our paper "The Hamburg/SAO Survey for Emission-Line Galaxies VI. The Sixth List of 126 Galaxies" on astro-ph (astro-ph/0507082). Here is this accepted paper with full-resolution figures.

27.June--02.July.2005 I had travel to Gdansk (Poland) for the conference on "Planetary Nebulae as astronomical tools".

25.June.2005 We have resubmitted our paper "Study of DDO 68: nearest candidate young galaxy?" with improvements based on referee comments.

21.June.2005 Our paper "Spectrophotometry of Sextans A and B: Chemical Abundances of HII Regions and Planetary Nebulae" has now been accepted for publication by AJ. Here is this accepted paper with full-resolution figures.

15.June.2005 Our paper "The Hamburg/SAO Survey for Emission-Line Galaxies VI. The Sixth List of 126 Galaxies" has now been accepted for publication by A&A.

03.June.2005 We have resubmitted the paper "Spectrophotometry of Sextans A and B: Chemical Abundances of HII Regions and Planetary Nebulae" with improvements based on referee comments.

22.May--01.June.2005 Science visit to IAA (Granada, Spain).

03.May.2005 We have received referee report for our paper "Study of DDO 68: nearest candidate young galaxy?" was submitted to A&A.

21.April--01.May.2005 On-duty travel to LaSilla (Chile).

15.April.2005 We have received referee report for the paper "Fossil disk-like structure in the merger galaxy NGC 1316" was submitted to A&A.

13.April.2005 We have resubmitted the paper "The Hamburg/SAO Survey for Emission-Line Galaxies VI. The Sixth List of 126 Galaxies" with improvements following the referee comments.

31.March.2005 We have received referee report for the paper "Spectrophotometry of Sextans A and B: Chemical Abundances of HII Regions and Planetary Nebulae".

21.March.2005 We have submitted to A&A our paper "Study of DDO 68: nearest candidate young galaxy?"

13.March.2005 The paper "The C4 Clustering Algorithm: Clusters of Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" has now been accepted for publication by AJ and will appear on astro-ph this week.

01.March.2005 The paper "Spectrophotometry of Sextans A and B: Chemical Abundances of HII Regions and Planetary Nebulae" appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0502562). Here is this paper with full-resolution figures.

27.February.2005 The paper Spectrophotometry of Sextans A and B: Chemical Abundances of HII Regions and Planetary Nebulae was submitted to AJ.

22.February.2005 We have received referee report for the paper "The Hamburg/SAO Survey for Emission-Line Galaxies VI. The Sixth List of 126 Galaxies" was submitted to A&A. I am surprised how slowly the process is! We have got the referee reaction only after 3 months of submission!

21.February.2005 I have registrated for the conference on "Planetary Nebulae as astronomical tools".

25.December.2004 I have prepared poster for AAS "New Planetary Nebulae in the Outer Disk and Halo of M31".

01.December.2004 Our paper entitled "The Hamburg/SAO Survey for Emission-Line Galaxies VI. The Sixth List of 126 Galaxies" was submitted to A&A.

18.November.2004 The paper The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey was accepted for publication by AJ.

08.November.2004 The paper "Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging of Low Galactic Latitude Fields: Technical Summary and Data Release" appeared in AJ (2004,AJ,128,2577).

20.October.2004 The abstract for the next AAS meeting was submitted.

12.October.2004 The paper The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey was submitted to AJ and appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0410239).

08.October.2004 Our 2.2m CalarAlto observations had started last night. See more information about it on my PNe page.

01.October.2004 I have started to work for ESO. All my family moved to Garching.

28.September.2004 The paper Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging of Low Galactic Latitude Fields: Technical Summary and Data Release was accepted and appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0409700).

17.September.2004 My ESO visit to support Phase 2 have finished.

26.August.2004 It was the Phase 2 deadline for ESO time with WFI and FEROS are mounted at 2.2m at LaSilla. I have 36 runs in total to support for this period.

23.August.2004 16.August.2004 My ESO visit to support Phase 2 have started.

07.July.2004 Our contribution Spectroscopy of PNe in Sextans A, Sextans B, NGC 3109 and Fornax to proceedings of the ESO Workshop on "Planetary Nebulae beyond the Milky Way" appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0407133).

05.July.2004 We have resubmitted improved version of the paper "A New Giant Stellar Structure Near the Outer Halo of M31".

27.June.2004 It was the deadline of Phase2 preparation for MPG time with WFI 2.2m.

20.June.2004 I prepared some version of contributions to proceedings of the ESO Workshop on "Planetary Nebulae beyond the Milky Way"

18.June.2004 I had talk at MPIA Galaxy Seminar: "Probing Chemical Evolution and Homogeneity of four nearby galaxies".

01.June.2004 Our paper SBS 0335-052 E and W: implications of new broad-band and Ha-photometry, appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0405610).

31.May.2004 Our new SDSS press release appeared: Andromeda 9 - The Faintest Galaxy Ever

27-30.May.2004 We are preparing 4 posters for VAK2004 (Russia) in Moscow.

28.May.2004 I have prepared poster for AAS in Denver "Probing Chemical Evolution and Homogeneity of three Local Group galaxies" (A4-format PS-file of this poster).

27.May.2004 We have prepared improved version of our poster for AAS in Denver "Planetary Nebulae in the Outer Disk and Halo of M31" (A4-format PS-file of this poster).

19-21.May.2004 I had travel to ESO (Garching) for the ESO workshop "Planetary Nebulae beyond the Milky Way". I presented there: 07.May.2004 The paper entitled "Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging of Low Galactic Latitude Fields: Technical Data and Data Release" is submitted to AJ.

05.May.2004 Our paper entitled "HS 0837+4717 - a metal-deficient blue compact galaxy with large nitrogen excess" appeared in A&A (2004,A&A,419,469).

05.May.2004 We have received referee report for the paper "Andromeda IX: A New Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite of M31"

04.May.2004 My talk "Spectroscopy of PNe in Sextans A, Sextans B, NGC 3109 and Fornax" was accepted for the ESO workshop "Planetary Nebulae beyond the Milky Way".

21.April.2004 I registrated the poster "Planetary Nebulae in the Outer Disk and Halo of M31" for the ESO workshop "Planetary Nebulae beyond the Milky Way".

20.April.2004 We were informed that our paper "SBS 0335-052 E and W: implications of new broad-band and Ha-photometry" was accepted for publication by A&A.

15.April.2004 The paper "Andromeda IX: A New Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite of M31" appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0404268).

14.April.2004 The paper "Andromeda IX: A New Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite of M31" was submitted to ApJ Letters.

9.April.2004 Our paper "HS 0837+4717 - a metal-deficient blue compact galaxy with large nitrogen excess" appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0404171).

08.April.2004 My poster presentation "Probing Chemical Evolution and Homogeneity of three Local Group galaxies" has been scheduled for AAS meeting in Denver.

7.April.2004 Our paper "Strong Emission Line HII Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. Catalog of DR1 Objects with Oxygen Abundances from Te Measurements" appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0404133).

02.April.2004 The paper "Strong Emission Line HII Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. Catalog of DR1 Objects with Oxygen Abundances from Te Measurements" is scheduled for the ApJS August 2004, v153 issue.

31.March.2004
  • The paper "Strong Emission Line HII Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. Catalog of DR1 Objects with Oxygen Abundances from Te Measurements" was accepted for publication by ApJS.
  • I have registrated for the ESO workshop "Planetary Nebulae beyond the Milky Way".
  • We have submitted one more ESO proposal.
30.March.2004 One proposal for ESO have been prepared and submitted.

24-27.March.2004 I had visit to Basel.

23.March.2004 The abstract for the next AAS meeting in Denver was submitted.

19.March.2004 The paper "The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" was accepted for publication by AJ.

23.February-19.March.2004 I had visit to Munich for WFI Phase 2 supporting.

16.March.2004 The paper "The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0403325).

14.March.2004 Three proposals for Calar Alto have been prepared and submitted.

10.March.2004 MPG Phase 2 deadline for WFI supporting. I have 7 runs for this period.

8.March.2004 The paper entitled "The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" was submitted to AJ.

26.February.2004 ESO Phase 2 deadline for WFI supporting. I have 15 runs for this period.

20.February.2004 Our paper entitled "Low Surface Brightness Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. Search Method and Test Sample" appeared in AJ (2004,AJ,127,704).

19.February.2004 Our paper "HS 0837+4717 - a metal-deficient blue compact galaxy with large nitrogen excess" was accepted for publication by A&A.

15.February.2004 Three nights of observations with NTT (EMMI) have been done. Great weather! Excellent data (I think so :-)).

8.February.2004 I have started to Chile for NTT observations and 2p2 supporting duty trip.

7.February.2004 We have resubmitted the paper "Strong Emission Line HII Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. Catalog of DR1 Objects with Oxygen Abundances from Te Measurements".

5.February.2004
  • I had visit in Munich to get Chilean visa.
  • We have resubmitted the paper "HS 0837+4717 - a metal-deficient blue compact galaxy with large nitrogen excess" after all changes following to referee's report.

29.January.2004 We have received referee report for the paper "A New Giant Stellar Structure Near the Outer Halo of M31: Satellite or Stream?".

9.January.2004 The paper "A New Giant Stellar Structure Near the Outer Halo of M31: Satellite or Stream?" appeared in astro-ph (astro-ph/0401098).

8.January.2004 We have submitted the paper "A New Giant Stellar Structure Near the Outer Halo of M31: Satellite or Stream?" to ApJ Letters.

8.January.2004 We have resubmitted the paper "SBSš0335-052šE and W: implications of new broad-band and Ha-photometry" with all changes were done following to referee's report.

7.January.2004 Our poster "The metallicity-luminosity relation for Low Surface Brightness Galaxies"appeared at AAS meeting. Here you may find A4-format PS-file of this poster.

5.January.2004 Our new SDSS press release appeared: COULD GALACTIC FIND BE ANDROMEDA'S FOOD? SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY REVEALS GIANT CLUMP OF STARS NEAR THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY

18.September.2003 We have submitted our paper entitled "Strong Emission Line HII Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. Catalog of DR1 Objects with Oxygen Abundances from Te Measurements" to ApJS.

18.August.2003 Our new SDSS press release appeared: "New Metal-poor Galaxies: The Youngest in the Universe?"


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