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Straizys, Vytautas Pranciskus was born on August 20, 1936 in Utena, Lithuania. Son of Leonas and Michalina (Straiziene) Straizys.
Straizys, Vytautas Pranciskus was born on August 20, 1936 in Utena, Lithuania. Son of Leonas and Michalina (Straiziene) Straizys.
Graduate astrophysicist, Vilnius (Lithuania) University, 1959. Doctor in Astrophysics, Vilnius (Lithuania) University, 1963. Doctor habilitation in astrophysics, Tartu (Estonia) University, 1971.
Professor in Astrophysics, Tartu (Estonia) University, 1976.
In 1963-1965 he and his collaborators created and developed the Vilnius photometric system, a seven-color intermediate band system, optimized for photometric stellar classification. Straižys is an editor of the journal Baltic Astronomy. He is currently working at the Molėtai Astronomical Observatory. in 2002 was named after him.
In 1959-1962, he was a graduate student of the Institute of Physics and Mathematics of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
In 1962-1967, he was a scientific researcher at the same institute. From 1967 to 1990, he headed the Astrophysical Department of the Institute of Physics, Vilnius.
In 1990–2003, he was the head of the Astronomical Observatory of the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Vilnius. In 1991-1996 Associate Director of the same Institute.
Since 2003, he is chief researcher of the same institute, Vilnius University.
In 1992-1993 academic year: visiting professor in Union College, Schenectady, New New York Main directions of the scientific research: multicolor photometry of stars, stellar physical parameters, stellar classification, interstellar extinction, interstellar clouds, star clusters, Galactic structure. One of the authors of the Vilnius photometric system for the classification of stars.
In 1969-1990 conducted the construction of the Molėtai Observatory in Lithuania and the Maidanak Observatory in Uzbekistan.
Author of 324 scientific papers published in 1957–2009 and of three monographs: Multicolor Stellar Photometry (Vilnius, 1977, in Russian), Metal-Deficient Stars (Vilnius, 1982, in Russian) and Multicolor Stellar Photometry (Tucson, Arizona, 1992 and 1995, revised version, in English). In 1977-1991 editor of the Bulletin of the Vilnius Astronomical Observatory, since 1992 editor of an international journal Baltic Astronomy.
Scientific adviser of 22 doctoral dissertations. International Astronomical Union (International Astronomical Union, 1967) Institute for Space Observations, New York (1988) European Astronomical Society (EAS, 1990) American Astronomical Society (Associate of Applied Science, 1991) Astronomical Society of the Pacific (Association of Software Professionals, 1991) American Planetary Society (1991) Astronomical Society of New York (1992) Lithuanian Astronomical Union (president 1995–2003) Vice-President and President of the International Astronomical Union Commission on Stellar Classification (1979-1985) Expert Member (1991-1995) and Corresponding Member (since 1996) of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
International Astronomical Union (International Astronomical Union, 1967)
Institute for Space Observations, New York (1988)
European Astronomical Society (EAS, 1990)
American Astronomical Society (Associate of Applied Science, 1991)
Astronomical Society of the Pacific (Association of Software Professionals, 1991)
American Planetary Society (1991)
Astronomical Society of New York (1992)
Lithuanian Astronomical Union (president 1995–2003)
Vice-President and President of the International Astronomical Union Commission on Stellar Classification (1979-1985)
Expert Member (1991-1995) and Corresponding Member (since 1996) of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
Married Janina Pukenaite, November 22, 1973. Children: Danguole, Giedrius.