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SAAO Cape Town Open Night

January 13 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

This week’s speaker: Prof. Oleg Malkov

The SAAO Open Nights in Cape Town take place on the second and fourth Saturday of every month at 20:00.

All Open Nights will start with a presentation on topics of astronomy or physics. Then, visitors will be given an introduction to the historic McClean telescope, the observatory museum, and the library. If the weather is clear, there will be a chance for stargazing using telescopes set up for the night.

Please email enquiries@saao.ac.za if you have any queries regarding bookings and tours for Cape Town Open Nights.

Speaker: Prof. Oleg Malkov

Oleg Malkov was born in Moscow in 1961. In 1978 he entered the Physics Faculty of Moscow State University (Astronomy Department) and graduated in 1984. Since March 1984 he has been working at the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, currently as Head of the Department of Physics of Stellar Systems. He also conducted scientific research and taught at academic institutions and observatories in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Africa, China, Ethiopia, and several other countries. In 2004 he maintained a thesis in Astrophysics titled “Binary stars and the initial mass function”, and received the degree of Doctor of Sciences. He is the author of about 300 scientific papers. Oleg Malkov is a professor of astronomy at Moscow State University.

 

Talk Abstract: 

An expert forecast on the development of astronomy was prepared in 2009. A list of 35 questions was compiled by Russian astronomy popularizers. Each question begins with “When”, e.g. “When a human will land on Mars?” or “When white holes will be discovered?”.
The list was independently checked and corrected by scientific journalists. Russian astronomers were asked to answer the questions.
The questionnaire was also available to amateurs and enthusiasts of astronomy through the Internet. Results of the opinion poll and comparison with reality will be presented. 
 

 

Details

Date:
January 13
Time:
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Event Category:

Organizer

SAAO

Venue

Cape Town
Observatory Rd, Observatory
Cape Town, 7925 South Africa
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Phone:
021 447 0025