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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 88 June 2005
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E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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TOPICS:
1. Last Call/Extension for Abstract Submission in HelAS conference
2. Short News
3. IAU membership
4. Job Openings
5. Access to International Research Facilities
6. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
7. About this Newsletter
1. LAST CALL/EXTENSION FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IN HelAS CONFERENCE
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The already more than 100 excellent quality submitted abstracts,
together with the top plenary speakers and the two timely Symposia
on Greece/ESA and the Future of Greek Astronomy are the first
encouraging signs that the Kefallinia (8-11 September 2005) 7th
HelAS conference is truly going to be a memorable event, a must
for all our members. Hence, in an effort to accomodate late
registration and abstract submission to this Conference, the SOC
decided to extend the deadline for electronic submission of
abstracts and registration to Wednesday June 15th.
We urge the members of HELAS, especially the Junior ones, to enroll.
**Financial support for most young applicants may be provided.**
No other extension will be given and immediately after this date
the scientific program will be circulated.
For more information on Kefallinia, Travel, Accomodation and
Subsistence grants (for young researchers), as well as information
on the Proceedings and publications, or other conference reated
questions, pls visit:
http://comas.interzone.gr/cgi/article.cgi
2. SHORT NEWS
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We would like to congratulate Dr. M. Mathioudakis who was
promoted from Lecturer to Reader (Associate Professor) in the
Department of Physics and Astronomy at Queens University, Belfast.
3. IAU MEMBERSHIP
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The Greek National Committee for Astronomy is the official
representative of Greece to the International Astronomical
Union. Thus, it is authorised to propose at each IAU General
Assembly Hellenic astronomers as candidate members of the IAU.
The next General Assembly of IAU will take place in Prague in
August 2006. As a result, up untill 15 October 2005, GNCA is
considering applications from Hellenic astronomers who wish to
join IAU. For more information on how to apply, please visit:
http://www.astro.noa.gr/gnca/IAU/ca-newsiau.htm
or send an e-mail to gnca@astro.noa.gr
4. JOB OPENINGS
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Applications are invited for 11 PhD (pre-doc) fellowships and
7 Postdoctoral Fellowships in the study of plasma jet outflows
from young stars in the Marie Curie European Research Training
Network JETSET, on Numerical simulations, experiments,
observations and analytical studies. The start of the employment
in these positions is the fall of 2005 while the application
deadlines for most of them is this spring. For more information
contact Kanaris Tsinganos (tsingan@phys.uoa.gr), or visit :
http://www.jetsets.org/
5. ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FACILITIES
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Dr. D. Gouliermis (MPIA, Heidelberg) was awarded 20 orbits of
the Hubble Space Telescope using the ACS and NICMOS cameras for a
project entitled "Star Formation in the LMC - The complete IMF
of a Stellar Association".
6. 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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International Conference on
"Close Binaries in the 21st Century:
New Opportunities and Challenges"
Syros, 27-30 June 2005
More information can be found at:
http://www.phys.uoa.gr/CB_Greece05/
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3rd International Planetary Probe Workshop
Anavyssos, Attica, 27 June - 1 July 2005
More information can be found at:
http://www.ims.demokritos.gr/IPPW-3
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2nd DRAGON Symposium (ESA-China, GSRT)
Santorini, 27 June - 1 July 2005
More information can be found at:
http://earth.esa.int/dragon/
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7th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
Kefallinia, 8-11 September 2005
More information can be found at:
http://comas.interzone.gr/cgi/article.cgi
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4th Conference of Greek Amateur Astronomers
Athens, 9-11 September 2005
More information can be found at:
http://www.astronomia.org.gr/synedrio.htm
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European Low Gravity Research Association (ELGRA)
Biennial Meeting and General Assembly
Santorini, 21-23 September 2005
More information can be found at:
http://www.elgra.org/
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3rd Aegean Summer School on
The Invisible Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy.
Chios, 26 September 1 October 2005
More information can be found at:
www.physics.ntua.gr/cosmo05
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7. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 239, out of the 258, members of
Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around July 1st
2005. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
or comments before June 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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