Ενημερωτικό Δελτίο 102 - Αύγουστος 2006

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                        HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                            ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
             NUMBER 102                                August 2006

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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. The Elections of Hel.A.S.
   3. Meeting of greek astronomers in Prage
   4. The Solar Orbiter Mission
   5. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
   6. About this Newsletter



  1. SHORT NEWS
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    Dr. Dimitrios Gouliermis recently received the support of the
  German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG),
  through an individual grant, to continue his independent research on
  Star Formation in the Magellanic Clouds at the Max-Planck Institute
  for Astronomy in Heidelberg, in a two-year position as a research
  associate.


  2. THE ELECTIONS OF HEL.A.S.
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    We would like to remind our members who will not be able to attend
  the General Assemby of Hel.A.S. in September 22nd and have not yet
  submitted their ballots for the upcoming elections, that they can
  still do so by sending their ballots by mail. The ballots will be
  counted as long as they arrive to before the date of the elections.


  3. MEETING OF GREEK ASTRONOMERS IN PRAGUE
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    Since it appears that a fair number of greek astronomers, working
  in Greece or abroad, will be attending the upcoming IAU General
  Assembly in Prague, an informal get together for dinner and/or a
  drink on Friday August 18 at 8:00pm (after the end of the concert)
  is being organized. The goal is to bring closer Greek astronomers
  who may not be able to meet during the Hel.A.S. conferences. If you
  would like to participate please send a note to Alceste Bonanos at
  bonanos@dtm.ciw.edu


  4. THE SOLAR ORBITER MISSION
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    ESA has issued a call for Letters of Intent (LoI) to provide
  instruments for the upcomming Solar Orbiter Mission. As currently
  foreseen, the Solar Orbiter mission consists of a single spacecraft
  designed to provide unique observations of the Sun and inner
  heliosphere from an elliptical orbit with a minimum pericentre of
  about 0.22 AU and an inclination of up to 35 degrees.  Such an orbit
  will provide the closest ever views of the sun, the possibility of
  near co-rotation during part of the orbit and opportunities to
  examine regions out of the sun's equator. For more information on
  the mission and the call, visit:

    http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=45

    The spacecraft will carry a combination of in-situ instruments and
   remote sensing instruments that will satisfy the scientific objectives
   as defined by the Science Definition Team appointed by the
   European Space Agency.

    The deadline for submission of the LoI along with a brief
  management/financial plan for those interested in the Solar Orbiter
  mission is 15 September 2006.  In order to keep potential national
  funding authorities informed, responders are invited to submit a
  copy of their response to the relevant national authorities.



  5. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
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  The following meetings will take place in Greece. Please check the
  corresponding web page or contact the organizers by e-mail for more
  information.


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                           "Solar Orbiter Workshop II"
                Acropolis Divani Hotel, Athens, 16 - 20 October 2006
                       More information can be found at:
                    http://conferences.phys.uoa.gr/solo2006/

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  6. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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    This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
  Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 250, out of the 268, members of
  Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.

    The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around September 1st
  2006. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
  job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in
  Greece) or comments before August 25, 2006. 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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