Biographical Chronology by Mickaelian A.M.
| 1913 |
Markarian was born on November 29 in Shulaver (Georgia) |
| 1933-1938 |
study at the Physical-Mathematical Department of the Yerevan State University, graduated with a specialization of mathematics |
| 1938-1939 |
worked as an assistant at the Department of High Mathematics of the Yerevan Pedagogical Institute |
| 1939-1941 |
post-graduate study on astrophysics at the Leningrad State University (supervisor: V.A. Ambartsumian) |
| 1941-1942 |
military service in the Soviet Army during the Second World War (in Iran) |
| 1942 |
first scientific paper (in the Bulletin of the Yerevan Astrophysical Observatory, together with S.V. Nekrasova) |
| 1943-1956 |
lecturer at the Yerevan State University |
| 1944 |
defense of the Candidate thesis (subject: Fluctuations in the visible distribution of stars and the cosmic absorption, supervisor: V.A. Ambartsumian) |
| 1946 |
started to work at the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory as a senior research associate |
| 1950 |
USSR State Prize for study of the Stellar Associations (with V.A. Ambartsumian) |
| 1952 |
publication of the Atlas of Stellar Clusters |
| 1953-1956 |
Markarian was the Deputy Director on Science of the Byurakan Observatory |
| 1955 |
member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU, Commissions Nos. 28 and 37) |
| 1956-1962 |
Head of the Department of the Stellar Astronomy |
| 1957 |
Markarian’s first paper on extragalactic astronomy |
| 1961 |
awarded the title of Deserved Figure of Science of the Armenian SSR |
| 1962 |
Markarian was appointed the Head of the Department of Study of Galaxies |
| 1963 |
revealing of galaxies with abnormal colors in respect of their spectral types |
| 1965 |
Markarian was elected as a Corresponding member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences |
| 1965-1980 |
fulfillment of the First Byurakan Survey (FBS, together with V.A. Lipovetsky and J.A. Stepanian) |
| 1967 |
publication of the first list of Markarian galaxies (in Astrofizika) |
| 1968 |
first spectroscopic observations of Markarian galaxies by E.Ye. Khachikian and D.W. Weedman, discovery of a number of new Seyfert galaxies |
| 1970-1971 |
spectral study of Markarian galaxies (together with M.A. Arakelian, E.A. Dibay and V.F. Esipov) |
| 1971 |
first classification of the Seyferts by E.Ye. Khachikian and D.W. Weedman based on Markarian galaxies (Sy1 and Sy2) |
| 1971 |
Markarian was elected as a Full member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences |
| 1973-1976 |
Vice-President of the IAU Commission No. 28 (“Galaxies”) |
| 1974-1991 |
fulfillment of the Second Byurakan Survey (SBS, together with J.A. Stepanian, L.K. Erastova, V.A. Lipovetsky, V.H. Chavushian and S.K. Balayan) |
| 1976-1979 |
President of the IAU Commission No. 28 (“Galaxies”) |
| 1977-1990 |
observations of Markarian galaxies on the SAO 6m telescope (together with V.A. Lipovetsky, J.A. Stepanian, V.L. Afanasiev, A.I. Shapovalova, L.K. Erastova) |
| 1983 |
the first publication on the Second Byurakan Survey (SBS, together with V.A. Lipovetsky and J.A. Stepanian) |
| 1984-2000 |
observations of the SBS objects on the SAO 6m telescope |
| 1985 |
Markarian died on September 29 in Yerevan |
| 1986 |
publication of the catalog of Markarian galaxies in the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (by J. Mazzarella & V. Balzano) |
| 1987 |
publication of the paper “Quasars and Stellar Objects in the Byurakan Spectral Surveys” in Astrofizika: estimation of the space density of bright QSOs (together with L.K. Erastova, J.A. Stepanian, V.A. Lipovetsky and A.I. Shapovalova) |
| 1989 |
publication of the Catalog of Markarian galaxies (the First Byurakan Survey) in Communications of SAO (together with V.A. Lipovetsky, J.A. Stepanian, L.K. Erastova and A.I. Shapovalova) |
| 1997 |
appearance of the First Byurakan Survey in the Internet (CDS database at Strasbourg) |