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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 50 April 2002
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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. Forthcoming elections of Hel.A.S.
3. Job oppenings
4. A&A table of contents by e-mail
5. Astronomy Summer School
6. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
7. About this newsletter...
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1. SHORT NEWS
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It was the 27th of February 1998 when the 1st electronic newsletter
of Hel.A.S. was sent to the 155 members of the Society who had an
e-mail account. We are happy to see that for the past four years we
have been able to maintain this monthly tradition and today we bring
this 50th newsletter to 221 members, that is 92% of the body of the
Society.
Over these past few years the electronic newsletter has served as
a rapid and inexpensive way of providing time sensitive information
and news on various astronomy related issues to the members of Hel.A.S.
This content of useful information has been its strongest asset and
it would have not been made possible without the active participation
of its audience, all us members, who provided the information in the
first place by choosing the electronic newsletter as their prefered
method of reaching our community.
The editors of the newsletter wish to express their appreciation to
all the contributors over the years for their help, as well as to the
recipients for their patience and understanding for the mistakes we
undoubtly made.
Vassilis Charmandaris & Harry Varvoglis
2. FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS OF Hel.A.S
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Please note the following deadlines for the forthcoming elections
of our Society.
- April 10, 2002: The Council distributes the ballots to all
Ordinary and Junior members
We may use this opportunity to review the Constitution of Hel.A.S.,
which is available as a PDF file, on our web server.
Also note that according to article 32 of our Constitution, a
member must have payed his/her annual membership fee, including
those for previous years, in order to be eligible to vote. As of
March 1st 2002, all payments must be in Euro and it is possible
to be charged in a VISA credit card. The relevant invoice can be
retrieved from the web server of the society.
If you need further information on the status of your past
payments you may contact Prof. Panagiotis Niarchos, the treasurer
of Hel.A.S., at "+30 1 07276896", or "pniarcho@cc.uoa.gr".
3. JOB OPENINGS
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- A new position of "Researcher D" in "Observational Astrophysics
in the optical spectrum with emphasis in the structure of the
interstellar medium" has been opened at the Institute of Astronomy and
Astrophysics of the National Observatory of Athens. The application
deadline is 15 April 2002.
For more information contact Mrs. Kolliakou tel: +30 1 03490142
- A new position of "Assistant Professor" in "Observational
Astrophysics" will soon open in the Department of Physics of
the University of Crete. Once the deadlines are known, details on
this position will be posted in the web page of Hel.A.S. For more
information you may contact Prof. Kylafis (kylafis@physics.uoc.gr).
- In the framework of a collaboration between the Royal Observatory
of Belgium and several Belgian universities, applications are
invited for a post-doctoral research fellowship at the Royal Observatory
of Belgium (ROB) to work in the area of AGB and post-AGB evolution.
The post is available for two years with the possibility of an
extension of one or two years. The position could be started as soon
as possible after the selection procedure has ended preferably
not later than October 1, 2002. For more information visit:
http://www.astro.oma.be/NEWS/jobs/jobad.html
4. A&A TABLE OF CONTENTS BY E-MAIL
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The European scientific journal Astronomy & Astrophysics recently
established a service where one can be informed by e-mail each time
a new issue of A&A is published online. The message of the email
contains a text version of the table of contents of the issue, with
direct links to the articles. This service is free of charge. If you
wish to subscribe to this service visit:
http://www.edpsciences.org/subscribe_toc?journal=aa
5. ASTRONOMY SUMMER SCHOOL
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A Summer School in Astronomy will be organised from June 24 to August
2, 2002 at the University of Cambridge. The course is open to
undergraduate students who have a background in the relevant physical
sciences, mathematics or engineering. Students will each receive a
weekly allowance of GBP 65 and funds will also be available for travel
to and from Cambridge by the most economical route. The deadline for
applications is 12 April 2002. For further information please visit:
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/iuss
6. 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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10th Hellenic Relativity Conference
Thessaloniki, 30 May -2 June 2002
http://www.astro.auth.gr/gravity/NEB_X.html
or contact:
Dr. K. Kokkotas (kokkotas@astro.auth.gr)
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The 3rd Workshop on Compact Steep Spectrum and
GHz-Peaked Spectrum Radio Sources
Kerastari, Tripolis, 28-31 May 2002
http://www.atnf.CSIRO.AU/people/atzioumi/gps_css/
or contact:
Dr. T. Tzioumis (gpscss3@atnf.csiro.au)
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Euroconference/IAU Colloquium 188 on
Magnetic Coupling of the Solar Atmosphere
Santorini, 11-15 June 2002
http://www.space.noa.gr/solmag
or contact:
Dr. Georgia Tsiropoula (georgia@space.noa.gr)
Dr. Udo Schuehle (schuehle@linmpi.mpg.de)
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International Workshop on
Galaxies and Chaos: Theory and Observations
Athens, 16-19 2002
http://www.cc.uoa.gr/gc2002
or contact:
Prof. N. Voglis (nvogl@cc.uoa.gr)
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7. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was edited by Harry Varvoglis and Vassilis
Charmandaris. It was forwarded to the 220, out of the 239 members of
Hel.A.S., who have e-mail access.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around May 1st
2002. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
or comments before April 25, 2002. All correspondence concerning
the 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 it was sent is not your preferred one, please
let us know.
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