http://www.sai.msu.su/http://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/http://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/intro.htmhttp://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/samus.htmINASAN Home page of Dr. N.N.Samus
Nikolai N. SAMUS was born on December 8, 1949 in Kiev. In 1973, he graduated from
the Dept. of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, Moscow University (M.Sci.). PhD since
1977 (supervisor Prof. B.V. Kukarkin), D.Sci. since 1996; both dissertations were
devoted to studies of globular star clusters. In 1976 - 1981, he was an assistant
professor at the Chair of Galactic Astronomy and Astrometry, Moscow University.
Joined Astronomical Council/INASAN in 1981. At present, he is a Leading
researcher at the Department of Non-Stationary Stars and Stellar Spectroscopy,
heading the group of the General Catalogue of Variable Stars.
Catalogues of variable stars are being compiled in USSR/Russia since 1946 on
behalf of the International Astronomical Union. Since then, four editions of the
General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS) and several catalogues of suspected
variable stars (the most recent one, 1981) have appeared. P.P. Parenago, B.V.
Kukarkin, P.N. Kholopov leaded the team of variable star catalogue compilers at
Astronomical Council/INASAN and at Sternberg Institute through years. After P.N.
Kholopov's decease in 1988, Dr. Samus becomes the leader of this team in both
institutes. In the five-volume 4th GCVS edition (1985 - 1995), Dr. Samus is the
editor of Volumes IV and V. Volume V presents, for the first time, a catalogue of
variable stars in external galaxies. INTERNET access to variable star catalogues
exists through INASAN and through Sternberg Institute; an experimental searchable
access system to the GCVS has been arranged at Sternberg Institute.
Since 1992, Dr. Samus is also a staff member of the Isaac Newton Institute Moscow
Branch, a unit of the Isaac Newton Institute (Santiago, Chile; Director: G.
Alcaino) engaged in globular cluster studies.
Dr. Samus is an active observing astronomer. In the recent years, he is mainly
observing Cepheid radial velocities using the correlational spectrometer designed
by A.A. Tokovinin; two large catalogues were published as a result of these
observations.
Hobbies: foreign languages, travelling, mushroom picking.
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Druzja, v Internete mozhno naiti vse!!!!! (ili pochti vse).
N.N. - otlichnij uchenii i prosto chelovek.
Krome vsego prochego mi s nim ne v odnom ljubitelskom spectakle
sygrali.
