Published on: 2026-09-15
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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On September 20, Muscovites and visitors to the capital are invited to Astronomy Day. The festive program was prepared by the Museum of Cosmonautics, which is subordinate to the city Department of Culture, jointly with Center of Pedagogical Excellence. Visitors can look forward to lectures, master classes, and meetings with representatives of the country’s leading universities, and they will also be able to conduct astronomical observations using a telescope and in the planetarium.
Children and their parents will be told how much time and effort it takes to progress from the school stage to winning a gold medal at an international olympiad. The children will have the opportunity to communicate with representatives from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), the National Research University Higher School of Economics, and other universities to help them decide which faculty suits them best. Experienced educators from the Center for Pedagogical Excellence and the Association of Olympiad Winners will explain all the details of university admission based on olympiad results.
The ceremonial opening of Astronomy Day will take place at 12:00 in the cinema hall of the Museum of Cosmonautics. Participants will greet each other and also hear introductory remarks from representatives of the museum and the Association of Olympiad Winners.
At 12:30 in the same hall there will be a meeting with a cosmonaut. The real conqueror of the stars will talk about his path to the profession, flights to orbit, and earthly adventures. At 13:30, there will be a lecture “The Space Compass, or a Story About Orientation Systems.” Ivan Samylovsky, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Space Research of Lomonosov Moscow State University and head of the “Astrodynamics” laboratory, will discuss how satellites rely on the void and brake against it, as well as search for navigation stars. The discussion program will conclude with a lecture “How to Combine Science with Coaching on the National Team” in the conference hall. It starts at 14:30. Vladimir Fedorov, a former national team member, graduate of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, now a team coach and active scientist, will talk about how to stay connected with the team even when moving into research, and why coming back to teach others is great.
Every 20 minutes, the museum’s planetarium will feature a special program “Rare Astronomical Phenomena” about solar and lunar eclipses and planet transits across the Sun’s disk. The venue will operate from 12:30 to 14:30. If the weather is favorable, participants will be able to see sunspots through a solar filter in a telescope at the main entrance.
At the flight control center, from 12:00 to 16:00, visitors will be offered the opportunity to talk with representatives of leading Russian universities and determine the trajectory of their future. There, they will also organize a series of master classes. At 12:00, everyone interested can learn their true Zodiac sign and receive a small souvenir with its image. Guests will also mark the position of the Sun on their birthday on a large star map. At 13:30, one can learn how real sundials work and why they look and run differently in different countries. The host will explain how the device behaves at the equator and show how the Earth’s tilt changes the shadow’s movement. And at 14:30, participants will be invited to work with astronomical instruments: the armillary sphere, sextant, astrolabe, and others.
To participate in the celebration, it is necessary to purchase entrance ticket to the museum.
The program of events in city museums contributes to the implementation of the goals and objectives of the national project in Moscow “Family”. More details about Russia’s national projects and the capital’s contribution can be found at special page.
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