Autumn 2018

Zvaigžņotā Debess (The Starry Sky) No. 241, Autumn 2018. CONTENTS

NEWS

Ilgonis Vilks. News from the Institute of Astronomy, University of Latvia. p. 2.

Ilgonis Vilks. 60 Years of the Starry Sky Magazine. p. 6.

DISCOVERIES

Prepared by Jānis Jaunbergs. VLT Telescope Tests the Relativity Theory. p. 10.

Prepared by Jānis Jaunbergs. Light Around a Dead Star. p. 12.

Prepared by Mārtiņš Gills. Milky Way and its Surroundings from the GAIA Viewpoint. p. 14.

RESEARCH

Kurts Švarcs. Stars Reveal the Structure of the Milky Way Galaxy. p. 16.

Raitis Misa. Oumuamua – is it an Asteroid or a Comet? p. 26.

Jānis Jaunbergs. Silent Rhea. p. 28.

Jānis Jaunbergs. Liquid Water beneath the Southern Glaciers on Mars. p. 34.

TELESCOPES

Valdis Avotiņš, Romass Pauliks. LOFAR Radiotelescope in Irbene. p. 36.

LATVIAN SCIENTISTS

Ilgonis Vilks. Important Anniversary of Astronomer Ilga Daube this Autumn. p. 42.

FLASHBACK

Jānis Jaunbergs. Lunar Expeditions Powered by Hydrogen. p. 44.

ASTRONOMY EDUCATION

Results of the 46^th Latvian Open Astronomy Contest for School Students. p. 48.

FOR AMATEURS

An Observation of the Moonbow on 8^th October 2017. p. 56.

ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA

Juris Kauliņš. Astronomical Phenomena in Autumn of 2018. p. 58.

“ZVAIGŽŅOTĀ DEBESS” FORTY YEARS AGO

A. Balklavs. Does Quasars will Help to Solve the Problem of Cosmological Expansion? (abridged). p. 64.

E. Mūkins. “Viking-1 and 2”: A Full Martian Year (abridged). p. 64.