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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 83 January 2005
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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. ESA: Space Science Info Day in Athens on 10/1/2005
3. GSRT committees for ESA, Space Research/Technology & FP6/EU
4. Call for articles on next issue of Ipparchos on Greek Observatories
5. REMINDER: Year-Book of Greek Astronomers 2005
6. Postdoctoral position in X-ray Astronomy at the NOA
7. Job opportunities for Physicists/Engineers/Chemists at the NOA
8. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
9. About this newsletter
1. SHORT NEWS
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** The Council of the Hel.A.S. would like to wish to all its members
** and their families Merry CHRISTMAS and a Happy, Healthy and
** Productive NEW YEAR 2005.
As of January 2005 Dr. Vassilis Charmandaris (Cornell, USA) will
be the new editor of the newsletter of the European Astronomical
Society (EAS). He will be replacing Ass. Prof. Mary Kontiza (Univ.
of Athens) who has been offering her services as the EAS editor
since 1997.
The latest issue (2004) of Hipparchos has been prepared by its new
editor, Assoc. prof. K. Kokkotas and 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 at :
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/newsletters.html
The web server of the Hellenic Astronomical Society has entered
its ninth year 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. ESA: SPACE SCIENCE INFO DAY IN ATHENS ON 10/1/2005
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On Monday, 10/1/2005 the General Secretariat for Research and
Technology is organising a "Space Science Info-Day", at the Holiday
Inn Hotel (50, Michalakopoulou Str.) in Athens. The main scheduled
speaker is prof. D. J. Southwood, Director of Science and Chairman
of the Science Programm Committee (SPC) of ESA. Note that the
**deadline** for registration is Friday, December 24, 2004. More
information can be found at the HelAS web page, at:
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/events/InvitationSCIENCE.pdf
while you can send by email your registration at Mrs Anastasia
Tsilianou at the GSRT, email address, atsi@gsrt.gr
3. GSRT COMMITTEES FOR ESA, SPACE RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY & FP6/EU
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The Greek minister of Development Mr D. Sioufas and the General
Secretary for Research and Technology of Greece prof. I. Tsoukalas
have nominated the following delegates and new committees :
a) Greek national representatives to the ESA Science Programm Committee
b) Greek national representatives to the FP6 of the EU in Space & Aeronautics
c) GSRT Working Group for the participation of Greece to ESA
d) GSRT advisory committee on Space Research and Technology
More on these committees can be found at:
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/events/GRST_Space_ESA.pdf
and
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/events/SPC_ESA_Space_EU.pdf
4. CALL FOR ARTICLES ON NEXT IPPARCHOS ISSUE ON GREEK OBSERVATORIES
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The GC of HelAS has decided to prepare a special issue of Ipparchos
on the status of all Greek Observatories, such as, Aristarchos, Skinakas,
Kryonerion, Stephanion, Penteli, Gerostathopoulio, Eudoxos, Ioannina.
The issue is planned to circulate before the upcoming 7th Hellenic
Astronomy Conference in Cephallonia next summer and is timely in view
of the recent installation of the ARISTARCHOS telescope on Mt Helmos
and the efforts of Greece to join the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
If you are offering to write such a review article on the status of one
of the Greek Observatories, pls contact the editor of Ipparchos (Dr. K.
Kokkotas), or any other member of the HelAS/GC.
5. REMINDER: YEAR BOOK OF GREEK ASTRONOMERS 2005
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As announced in the en80 (beginning of November 2004), HelAS is
attempting a new edition of the Year Book (Epetirida) of Greek
Ph.D's in Astronomy and related fields, living in Greece or abroad.
The first edition was published by the National Committee for Astronomy
back in 1992 and it has proven very useful. In this new edition we shall
try to include as many scientists as possible (of course not only the
members of HelAS) and their whereabouts. You can find the questionnaire in
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/forms/STENCIL_2005.doc
and you have to complete as many boxes as you want, but we shall
definitely want to have the present occupation and present job
address and e-mail. A recent photograph will be desirable. Please,
return the questionnaire by e-mail to plaskar@phys.uoa.gr with the
subject Epetirida or Year Book, (to make sure that it is not a
spam). ** PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES TO FILL THE
FORMS **
6. POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN X-RAY ASTRONOMY AT THE NOA
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The X-ray Astronomy and Cosmology Group at the Institute of
Astronomy & Astrophysics at the National Observatory of Athens,
invites applications for a postdoctoral Chandra and XMM-Newton
projects position, which could begin as early as January 2004.
The interests of the group are focused on Extragalactic X-ray
Astronomy, i.e. the X-ray background, AGN, clusters of galaxies,
star-forming galaxies and Large Scale Structure in the X-ray
Universe. The successful applicant is expected to devote a
significant fraction of his/her time on the analysis of Chandra
observations of star-forming galaxies in collaboration with the
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Applicants are required to have a PhD, while significant
experience working with X-ray data would be an advantage.
Candidates should be highly motivated to pursue independent
scientific research, collaborating within a small group of
scientists. The position is available for a period of up to 2 years.
Applications including CV, publications list, statement of research
interests, and two academic reference letters should be sent to
I. Georgantopoulos or M. Plionis at :
ig@astro.noa.gr, or, mplionis@astro.noa.gr
Tel./Fax 0030-210-8109165, or, 0030-210-8109166
7. JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHYSICISTS/ENGINEERS/CHEMISTS AT THE NOA
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Three new positions have been announced by ASEP at the National
Observatory of Athens (deadline 25/1/2004). More information
is available at page 5529 of the corresponding "FEK" which can
be viewed at :
http://www.et.gr/docs/OF6A/8/HRL82V5.pdf
8. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETING IN GREECE
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The following meeting will take place in Greece in June. Please
check the corresponding web page or contact the organizers by e-mail
for more information.
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International Conference on
"Close Binaries in the 21st Century:
New Opportunities and Challenges"
Syros, Greece, 27-30 June, 2005
More information at:
http://www.phys.uoa.gr/CB_Greece05/
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9. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 240, out of the 259, members of
Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around February 1st
2005. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
or comments before January 25, 2005. 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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