Ενημερωτικό Δελτίο 75 - Μάιος 2004


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                       HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                           ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
             NUMBER 75                              May 2004

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  E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr      WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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  TOPICS:
  1. Announcement of HelAS invited talk
  2. Ballots mailed for forthcoming elections of HelAS
  3. OPTICON funding for Greek astronomers
  4. Members in new positions
  5. Fourth IRAM Millimeter Interferometry School
  6. Finland joins ESO
  7. Bodossaki Foundation Academic Prizes
  8. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
  9. About this newsletter.


  1. ANNOUNCEMENT OF HelAS INVITED TALK
  -------------------------------------

    On Monday June 21st, 2004 and prior to the General Assembly of 
  HelAS at 1.30 pm, prof. John Hadjidemetriou (University of 
  Thessaloniki)will speak at 12.00 in the conference Hall of the 
  Section of Astrophysics,  Astronomy and Mechanics of the 
  University of Athens, located in Panepistimiopolis (Zografos), on 
          
         "The Dynamics of Extrasolar Planetary Systems". 
  
  You are invited to attend.
 
  2. BALLOTS MAILED FOR FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS OF Hel.A.S
  ------------------------------------------------------
 
    The Council distributed in the beginning of April to all 
  ordinary and junior HelAS members the ballots along with instructions 
  on the voting procedures, agenda times, financial account together 
  with a summary of what has been accomplished during the term of 
  the present G.C. The address for each member was written according 
  to the data base of Hel.A.S. If you have not received the envelope 
  with the ballots by now, it means that you have changed your 
  address and so please contact the secretary giving your new address. 
 

  3. OPTICON FUNDING FOR GREEK ASTRONOMERS 
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    We would like to remind our readers that the OPTICON program
  provides funding to Greek astronomers who wish to cover the cost of
  observing programs using telescopes participating in the OPTICON
  network. For more information please visit:

		   http://www.otri.iac.es/opticon/

  and in particular the links to "Travel and subsistence grands" and
  "Criteria of eligibility". Dr. Manolis Xilouris (NOA) was the first
  Greek astronomer who was able to fund his observing trip to the
  Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes in La Palma (Spain).
   

  4. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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   We would like to congratulate our member Dr. Dimitris Stamatellos for
  completing his Ph.D. in Astrophysics at Cardiff University, Wales,
  UK.  His thesis was entitled "Monte Carlo radiative transfer in
  prestellar cores and protostellar disks" and it is available online
  at: 
     http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/pub/Dimitrios.Stamatellos/phd.thesis

  Dr. Stamatellos continues at Cardiff University as a Postdoctoral
  Research Assistant on a 4-year PPARC fellowship.

  5. FOURTH IRAM MILLIMETER INTERFEROMETRY SCHOOL
  -----------------------------------------------

   IRAM organizes this year its Fourth Millimeter Interferometry School. 
  The school will take place at the IRAM headquarters (Grenoble, France) 
  from November 22 to 27, 2004. The registration is open now. Please visit 
  the school's web site at

    http://www.iram.fr/IRAMFR/IS/school.htm,

  for more details. The deadline for registration is September 15.

   The school is intended for PhD students, post-docs and scientists who 
  want to acquire a good knowledge of interferometry techniques at mm 
  wavelengths. In the same spirit as the previous three interferometry 
  schools, the courses will be focused on the Plateau de Bure Interferometer, 
  with an outlook to the next generation interferometer ALMA. Demonstration 
  sessions will help the participants to become familiar with the reduction 
  and imaging of Plateau de Bure data and the related technology. We would 
  like to encourage participants to present posters related to their scientific 
  work. 

  6. FINLAND JOINS ESO
  --------------------

   Finland with only ~25 observers but with expertise on sub-mm 
  detectors(i.e. ALMA) is joining ESO on July 1st, 2004. See more at

   http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2004/pr-02-04.html

  The next candidate is Spain which also negotiates entrance to ESO. 
 
  7. BODOSSAKI FOUNDATION ACADEMIC PRIZES
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    The Bodossaki Foundation established in 1993 the "Bodossaki Foundation 
  Academic Prizes", awarded to scholars of Greek descent, under the age of 
  40 with Astrophysics beeing among the academic fields. The selection 
  of the prizewinners will be based on exceptional achievements in their 
  respective field. See more at 

                 http://www.bodossaki-foundation.gr

  (Tel. 210-3222042).

  8. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
  ----------------------------------------

   The following meetings will take place in Greece in the coming
  months. Please check the corresponding web pages or contact the
  organizers by e-mail for more information.


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      ''The Environments of Galaxies:from Kiloparsecs to Megaparsecs"
 		       Chania, Crete 9-13 August 2004
                                                 
                             More information at: 
             http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/conferences/crete2004/

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  9. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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   This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
  Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 228, out of the 253, members of
  Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.

   The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around June 1st
  2004. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
  job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
  or comments before May 25, 2004. All correspondence concerning the
  Newsletter should be addressed to:

                       tsingan@phys.uoa.gr

   If you do not wish to receive future issues of this Newsletter or the
  e-mail address to which it was sent is not your preferred one, please
  let us know.

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