May 20, 2018. The Open Youth Scientific Astronomical Conference of the Moscow Region "Vega Readings 26" was held. This year it is dedicated to the 45th anniversary of Vega, the 90th anniversary of the First World Exhibition of Interplanetary Vehicles and Mechanisms. Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of Geoinformatics and Geomagnetic Research of GC RAS R. Krasnoperov and Research Associate at the Laboratory of Geophysical Data M. Nisilevich were invited to participate in the conference as jury members.

Young amateur astronomers from Moscow and the Moscow region took part in the conference. In total, about 130 abstracts and practical works of schoolchildren of different grades were presented at the event.