Hel.A.S. Newsletter 70 - December 2003

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                       HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                           ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
             NUMBER 70                              December 2003

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  E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr      WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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  TOPICS:

  
  1. Extension of deadline for submission of HelAS proceedings 
  2. Eugenides Foundation Planetarium reopens
  3. JENAM 2004
  4. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
  5. About this newsletter...

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1. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6th HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL CONFERENCE
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   As a reminder to the participants of the 6th Hel.A.S. conference, 
 the deadline for the submission of contributions to the proceedings is 
 extended to December 15th, 2003.  Participants are asked to submit 
 contributions to Prof. P. Laskarides (cc. to the convenor of the 
 respective session) in word format. 


 2. EUGENIDES FOUNDATION PLANETARIUM REOPENS
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   The planetarium of Eugenides Foundation in Athens opened again its
 doors to the general public on November 3rd, 2003. After a major
 upgrade that lasted a few years the new planetarium is completely
 digital, has a dome three times larger in surface than the old one,
 and it can accomodate nearly 300 spectators.  For more information
 on the planetarium visit:
    http://www.eugenfound.edu.gr/planetarium/planetarium.html


 3. JENAM 2003
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   The next Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting, entitled
 "The many scales in the Universe", will take place in Granada, Spain
 from September 13 to 17, 2004.  For more information on the agenda
 and registration details visit:
		  http://www.iaa.csic.es/jenam2004/
 

 4. 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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      ''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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 5. 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 January 1st
 2004. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
 job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
 or comments before December 25, 2003. All correspondence concerning
 the Newsletter should be addressed to:

          elaset@astro.auth.gr and 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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