OPTICON &  Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy of Vilnius University annouce NEON'11 research summer schools at Molėtai Astronomical Observatory (MAO).

More informationa @ MAO school site http://mao.tfai.vu.lt/neon2011

European Researchers' Night in ITPA VU Molėtai Astronomical Observatory. September 24, 19:00. Location and registration: http://mao.itpa.lt/?q=lt/node/120

Registration is starting september 11 2010.

An international team of astronomers (including R. Janulis) is one step closer to answering the question, ‘Will the world end with a bang or a whimper?’ Using an array of telescopes around the globe, a team of 23 researchers led by Italian astronomer Dr Roberto Silvotti of the Observatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte in Naples has spent seven years investigating the pulses of the star V391 egasi. This international collaboration has resulted in the discovery of a new planet — Peg V392b — the oldest planet known so far in the universe. The observations were held all over the World. The Lithuanian astronomer R. Janulis observed in Molėtai astronomical observetory.