Astronomical Institute

PROGRAM I: RESEARCHES IN SOLAR AND STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS, GALACTIC AND EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY

Project I.1: Dynamics of the solar atmosphere and heliosphere

Processing of observational ground- and space-based data

Analysis of solar active regions and active phenomena

Numerical and statistical modeling of solar active phenomena

Dynamics of the Heliosphere

Study of the transfer of solar radiation through the terrestrial atmosphere

Project I.2: Stellar astrophysics and planetary systems

Study of the eclipse binary systems observed from ground or by space missions

Study of exoplanets and exoplanet systems observed from ground or by space missions

The pulsating and asteroseismic study of variable star classes observed from ground or by space missions

Study of the variability of light curves and the periods of pulsating variable stars and of eclipse binary star systems (Cluj-Napoca)

Multicolor CCD Photometry in the Johnson-Kron-Cousins System of Medium and Short Periodic Variable Stars using the 30- and 40-cm Meade telescopes of the Cluj-Napoca Observatory (Cluj-Napoca)

Project I.3: Galactic, extragalactic and cosmology astronomy studies

Modeling of stars and interstellar components of galaxies (dust, gas and cosmic rays)

Modeling our Galaxy

Panchromatic observational astrophysics (radio, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, gamma radiation)

Astrophysics of swarms and groups of galaxies, the dark matter of the universe - synergies between high energy astrophysics and low energy astrophysics

PROGRAM II: STUDIES OF ASTROMETRY, CELESTIAL MECHANICS AND PLANETOLOGY

Project II.1: Space-time reference systems, CCD astrometry

Astrometric Observations of Solar System bodies

Improvement of asteroid orbits using CCD astrometric observations reported to the ICRF reference system

Connecting the star system to the local land system, geodetic astronomy

Bucharest Virtual Observatory: scanning the historical archive of photographic plates

Project II.2: Study of the dynamics of celestial bodies by quantitative and qualitative methods

Modeling the movement of celestial bodies in the post-Newtonian formalism

Study of satellites dynamic using numerical methods

Study of regularization methods

The study of planetary orbits stability by numerical methods

Project II.3: Planetology

Physical properties of Solar System objects

Formation and evolution of the Solar System

Comparative planetary science based on laboratory data

Interpretation and analysis of data obtained by space missions

Numerical modeling in planetary sciences

PROGRAM III: STUDIES OF HISTORY AND ASTRONOMY EDUCATION

Project III.1: History studies and astronomical education in Romanian and European context

Study of Early Romanian Contributions to Astronomy

Archeo-astronomy studies

Studies on astronomy teaching methodology

Observation of the solar chromosphere

The comet 46P/Wirtanen observed from Berthelot Astronomical Observatory

Jupiter

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