... Radiation mechanisms of astrophysical objects: classics today . ... Studies of radiation mechanisms and processes of spectra formation in astrophysical objects are among the fundamental tasks of modern astrophysics. ... On this occasion the Saint-Petersburg State University organizes an international conference Radiation mechanisms of astrophysical objects: classics today , which will be held in St. Petersburg from September, 21 to September, 25, 2015. ... Scientific rationale . ... Conference venue...

... We explore the structures immediately surrounding the intermediate-mass young stellar object R Mon with bispec- trum speckle interferometry, conventional near-infrared imaging and by analyzing optical HST archive data. Our near-infrared speckle images with unprecedented diffraction-limited resolution of 55 mas (44 AU; H -band) and 76 mas (61 AU; K -band) represent the highest resolution R Mon images obtained so far and exhibit previously unseen complex structures. ... The features 1­5 are marked. ...