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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 71 January 2004
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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 Spitzer Space Telescope
3. Members in new positions
4. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
5. About this newsletter...
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1. SHORT NEWS
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The Council of Hel.A.S. would like to wish to all members and their
families Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Productive New Year.
The latest issue of Hipparchos has just been sent to all members.
Check your mailboxes! As usual the issue is also available as a PDF
file in the web server of Hel.A.S.
The web server of the Hellenic Astronomical Society has entered its
eighth years of virtual life. The curators of the server hope that
the compiled information continues to be proven useful to all members
of Hel.A.S. As usual all comments and suggestions for improvements
are more than welcome.
2. THE SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE
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The Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF), NASA's latest space
telescope was officially renamed to Spitzer Space Telescope on
December 18th, 2003. It was named in honor of the late Dr. Lyman
Spitzer Jr., one of the 20th century's most distinguished scientists.
The telescope was launched on August 25, 2003, from Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station, Fla. Its state- of-the-art infrared detectors
pierce the dense clouds of gas and dust that enshroud many celestial
objects, including distant galaxies; clusters of stars in formation;
and planet forming discs surrounding stars. It is the fourth of
NASA's Great Observatories, a program that also includes the Hubble
Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Compton Gamma Ray
Observatory.
The Spitzer Science Center (SSC) has announced the opening of the
General Observer Cycle 1 Call for Proposals. The deadline for the
GO1 Call is Saturday February 14, 2004 at 12:00 (Noon) PST.
For more information of Spitzer Space Telescope visit:
General Audience: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/
Scientific Community: http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/
3. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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Mr. Aristidis Karidis recently moved from the University of Wales,
Cardiff (UK) to a network administrator position at the Business
School IT Department of the University of Gloucestershire, (UK).
Dr. Zaharenia Romeou recently moved from the University of St
Andrews (UK) to a postdoctoral research assistant position at the
Dipartimento di Astronomia e Scienza dello Spazio in Universita degli
Studi di Firenze (I).
Dr. Emily Xanthopoulos recently moved from the University of
Manchester (UK) to a staff astronomer position at the Institute of
Geophysics & Planetary Physics of Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory in Livermore CA (USA).
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 February 1st
2004. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
or comments before January 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
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