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Editor-in-Chief

Leonid S. Pilyugin
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Professor, Chief Research Scientist, Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0001-7133-9210

Honorary Editor-in-Chief

Yaroslav S. Yatskiv
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Director, Chief Research Scientist, Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-3889-9619

Associate Editor

Sergiy G. Kravchuk
Cand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Vice-director, Head of Laboratory, Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Coordinating Editor

Volodymyr M. Klymenko
Cand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Head of the Editorial Office, Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Executive Editor

Olha M. Sergienko
Cand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Senior Research Scientist, Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine

Editorial Board

Ivan L. Andronov
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Professor, Odesa National Maritime University, Odesa, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0001-5874-0632
Iryna M. Belskaya
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Professor, Head of Department, Astronomy Institute, Karasin National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Peter P. Berczik
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Head of Department, Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0003-4176-152X
Vasyl Y. Choliy
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Senior Research Scientist, Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Janna M. Dlugach
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Chief Research Scientist, Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Bohdan I. Hnatyk
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Head of Department, Astronomical Observatory of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0001-7113-4709
Olexandra V. Ivanova
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Senior Research Scientist, Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0001-7285-373X
Yuri I. Izotov
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Chief Research Scientist, Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-1416-6082
Hugh Jones
Professor, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
ORCID: 0000-0003-0433-3665
Olexandr O. Konovalenko
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Head of Department, Institute of Radio Astronomy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0003-1949-9625
Bohdan S. Novosyadlyj
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Director, Astronomical Observatory, Ivan Franko National University, Lviv, Ukraine
Yakiv V. Pavlenko
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Chief Research Scientist, Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Natalia G. Shchukina
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Head of Department, Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Olexandr V. Shulga
Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Director, Research Institute Mykolaiv Astronomical Observatory, Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Ivan I. Syniavskyi
Cand. Sci. (Techn.), Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
Ryszard Szczerba
Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center Department of Astrophysics (CAMK Toruń), Polish Academy of Sciences, Torun, Poland
ORCID: 0000-0003-2886-4460

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