Hel.A.S. Newsletter 11 - January 1999


                     HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                         ELECTRONIC  NEWSLETTER
            NUMBER 11                               January 1999
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 E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr        WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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 TOPICS:
 
 1. Short News
 2. Hel.A.S. prize for the best Ph.D. in 1998
 3. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece
 4. About this newsletter...
 
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 1. SHORT NEWS
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 - The Governing Council of Hel.A.S. wishes everybody a HAPPY NEW YEAR.
   Let's hope that 1999, will lead us healthy, happy and prosperous to the
   NEW MILLENNIUM.

 - The web server of Hel.A.S. is two years old. Even though we suffered
   a bit last year (maybe due to the "terrible twos" syndrome!) we hope
   that the server will continue to improve and provide useful information
   to the Hellenic astronomical community. If you have any comments or 
   suggestions on the contents/presentation of the web server, please 
   send your input to the webmanagers.


 2. Hel.A.S. PRIZE FOR THE BEST Ph.D. IN 1998
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 The deadline for the "Best Ph.D." prize has ended with the end of 1998.
 Here we would like to remind everybody the scope of the prize, by
 re-issuing the message published in our previous Newsletter. The winner
 will be announced after the next meeting of the Council.

 "The Council of Hel.A.S., in its last meeting on Nov. 13, decided to
 establish a 
                  HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PRIZE
 for the best Ph.D. in Astronomy. The prize is foreseen to be granted
 annually and will cover one calendar year. The selection procedure
 and the amount of money connected to the prize will be decided yearly 
 by the Council of Hel.A.S. The prize will be awarded to active members
 of the Society, which have successfuly defended their Ph.D. thesis
 during the calendar year of the award.

 For 1998, the Council of Hel.A.S. has decided to offer the sum of
                             100.000 drx.
 The recipient will be selected by the Council. Please note that this 
 is an award. It  is not a scholarship. Therefore no "application" is
 involved. All members of the Society and other colleagues (Ph.D. 
 supevisors in particular) are strongly encouraged to bring to the
 attention of the Council of Hel.A.S. any candidates of this year's 
 prize, by sending details to the Secretary of Hel.A.S., Dr. H. Varvoglis
 (varvogli@astro.auth.gr). Full address can be found in the "Members'
 Directory of the Society: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset. The Secretary
 can also provide further details for the prize."
 

 3. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
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   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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		    "Imerida" - 1st Astrophysics meeting
             ``Accretion processes in astrophysical environments''
                               January 15, 1999
               Section of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics,
                  Department of Physics, University of Athens

                 For further information, please contact
                    Dr. P. Niarchos (pniarcho@atlas.uoa.gr), 
                   or Dr. E. Harlaftis (ehh@astro.noa.gr)


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		    NATO Advanced Study Institute on  
              ``The Neutron Star - Black Hole Connection'',
                    Elounda, Crete, June 7-18, 1999

                 http://www.mitos.com.gr/conf/n_starASI99
                             or contact 
                Dr. J. Ventura (ventura@physics.uch.gr)

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                  Large scale structure in the X-ray Universe
                      Santorini, September 20-22, 1999

		    http://www.astro.noa.gr/~santor99
			      or contact
                  Dr. M. Plionis (mplionis@astro.noa.gr)
 
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                  4th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
                       Samos, 16-18 September 1999 
                Contact (provisional): elaset@astro.auth.gr
                  

 4. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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   This Newsletter was compiled and forwarded to all Hel.A.S. members,
 that can be reached electronically, by Harry Varvoglis and Vassilis 
 Charmandaris.
 
   The next edition of this Newsletter will be circulated around February 
 1st 1999. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures, new 
 openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or 
 comments before January 25, 1999. All correspondence concerning this 
 Newsletter should be addressed to:
 
                        elaset@astro.auth.gr
 
   If you do not wish to receive future issues of this Newsletter or the
 e-mail address to which this Newsletter was addressed is not your main
 address, please let us know.
 
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