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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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