Vytautas Straižys

Vytautas Pranciškus Straižys
Born	(1936-08-20)20 August 1936 Lithuania
Died	19 December 2021(2021-12-19) (aged 85) Vilnius, Lithuania[1]
Nationality	Lithuanian
Alma mater	Vilnius University
Known for	Vilnius photometric system, stellar classification
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy and astrophysics
Institutions	Molėtai Astronomical Observatory

Vytautas Straižys (20 August 1936 – 19 December 2021) was a Lithuanian

in 2002 was named after him.

Early life and professional history

Straižys was born in

, New York.

Scientific activity

Main directions of the scientific research: multicolor

. Scientific adviser of 22 doctoral dissertations.

Personal life and death

Straižys died on 19 December 2021, at the age of 85.^[3]

Membership

• International Astronomical Union (IAU, 1967)
• Institute for Space Observations, New York (1988)
• European Astronomical Society (EAS, 1990)
• American Astronomical Society (AAS, 1991)
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP, 1991)
• American Planetary Society (1991)
• Astronomical Society of New York (1992)
• Lithuanian Astronomical Union (president 1995–2003)
• Vice-President and President of the
  IAU
  Commission on Stellar Classification (1979–85)
• Expert Member (1991–95) and Corresponding Member (since 1996) of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences

Honours

Awards

• Lithuanian Republic Science Award (1973)
• Nomination as a distinguished scientist of Lithuania (1986)
• Chretien Grant of the American Astronomical Society (2000)
• Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Officer's Cross (2003)
• Lithuanian National Science Award (2004)

Named after him

• 68730 Straizys

Publications

1. V. Straizys, Multicolor Stellar Photometry (in Russian), Mokslas Publishers, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1977
2. V. Straizys, Metal-Deficient Stars (in Russian), Mokslas Publishers, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1982
3. V. Straizys, Multicolor Stellar Photometry (in English), Pachart Publishing House, Tucson, Arizona, 1992 (2nd publication in 1995)
4. V. Straizys, The Milky Way (in Lithuanian), Mokslas Publishers, 1992
5. V. Straizys, Astronomy, 1993 (a textbook for secondary schools, in Lithuanian)
6. A. Azusienis, A. Pucinskas, V. Straizys, Astronomy, 1995 (a textbook for universities, in Lithuanian, 2nd revised publication in 2003)
7. V. Straizys, Astronomical Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Lithuanian), Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, 2002 (2nd publication in 2003)

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