Hel.A.S. Newsletter 18 - August 1999

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                     HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                         ELECTRONIC  NEWSLETTER
            NUMBER 18                               August 1999
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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. Solar Eclipse 1999
 3. New Ph.D. degrees / Update
 4. Job openings
 5. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece
 6. About this newsletter...
 
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 1. SHORT NEWS
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  The second circular on the 4th Hellenic Astronomical Conference has
 been sent to all Hel.A.S. members. For more information please visit
 the web page of the conference, found in the last section of this 
 newsletter.

  The next issue of Hipparchos will be published by early September, in
 order to be available for the Samos's meeting. Please consider submitting
 any news, articles etc. before August 15. For more information
 please contact the editor, Dr. Xenophon Moussas (xmoussas@cc.uoa.gr).

  Recently, we were informed that the telephone numbers of several faculty
 members of the Department of Physics at the University of Athens have
 changed. We take the opportunity to ask all members to check their online 
 record in the web pages of Hel.A.S. in order to verify whether the 
 information listed there is correct. If you spot any errors please let 
 us know.

  We would like to congratulate our colleague, Dr. Nikolaos Caranikolas, 
 who has been promoted to an Associate Professor in the Department of 
 Physics at the University of Thessaloniki (Section of Astrophysics, 
 Astronomy and Mechanics). The position had been advertised in the
 Newsletters #9/10 of November/December 1998.


 2. SOLAR ECLIPSE 1999
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  As most of us know already, the last eclipse of the millennium, 
 visible throughout central Europe, takes place on August 11th. Even though 
 the eclipse is only partial when viewed from Greece, the event is still
 worth observing, since its magnitude from Greece will be between 75% 
 (Crete) and 95% (Orestias)Furthermore, it is more probable that the sky 
 will be clear in Greece than if you took a plane to visit the areas north 
 of Paris, or near Munich...

  The best time to view the eclipse in Greece is:

		       U.T. of                    Duration 
     City Name         Maximum     Mag.   Alt. Partial Eclipse   
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     Athens           11:10:14    0.822   66       02h53m     
     Thessaloniki     11:05:23    0.886   64       02h52m  

  where:
       Mag = the percentage of the solar diameter blocked by the moon
       Alt = the altitude of the sun
       U.T.= Universal Time = Local Time - 3hrs


  For more information on the eclipse you may visit a web site prepared by 
 the European Southern Observatory at:

 http://www.eso.org/outreach/spec-prog/aol/market/collaboration/eclipse99/

  or one from NASA at:

	http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/TSE1999/TSE1999.html
 

 3. NEW Ph.D. DEGREES AWARDED / UPDATE
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  The Hellenic Astronomical Society would like to congratulate the 
 Junior Member:

 - Xilouris Emmanouel, Ph.D. University of Crete, Greece

 who also obtained his Ph.D. degree in the first half of 1999. 
 We apologize for not including him together with the other Junior
 Members in the previous newsletter. However, this was not our only
 mistake in that announcement. In another minor typo we included in the
 list Dr. Eleni Papadaki, who, even though received her Ph.D. from the
 University of Athens, is not a member of Hel.A.S. (at least not just yet...)

   According to the constitution of Hel.A.S., all Junior Members
 obtaining a Ph.D. degree become Ordinary Members in the next General
 Assembly of the Society.

 
 4. JOB OPENINGS
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  The Institute of Ionospheric and Space Research of the National
 Observatory of Athens invites applications for a position at the level of 
 "Researcher D" in the field of "Satellite systems with emphasis in
 telecommunications applications". 

 For more information please contact:

	Ms. Athina Petropoulou,
	Tel. +30-1-3490134, +30-1-3490000

 The deadline for applications is September 15, 1999.


 5. 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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                 4th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
                      Samos, 16-18 September 1999 
 
                  http://www.astro.auth.gr/~helasyn
                              or contact
                   Dr. J. Seimenis (isei@aegean.gr)

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              Large scale structure in the X-ray Universe
                    Santorini, September 20-22, 1999

  	            http://www.astro.noa.gr/~santor99
			        or contact
                  Dr. M. Plionis (mplionis@astro.noa.gr)
 
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 	    1st Panhellenic Conference on Amateur Astronomy
	                  Volos, 2-3 October 1999
             Contact: Dr. L. Zachilas (zachilas@civ.uth.gr)

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                    NATO Advanced Study Institute on  
               "Space Storms and Space Weather Hazards"
                   Hersonissos, Crete, June 19-29, 2000
 
	     http://sat2.space.noa.gr/~daglis/asi2000.html
			        or contact
             Dr. Yannis Daglis (daglis@creator.space.noa.gr)
 
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 6. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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   This Newsletter was compiled and forwarded to all Hel.A.S. members,
 that can be reached electronically, by Harry Varvoglis and Vassilis 
 Charmandaris.
 
   The next edition of this Newsletter will be circulated around September
 1st 1999. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures, 
 new openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or 
 comments before August 25, 1999. All correspondence concerning this 
 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 this Newsletter was sent is not your prefered one,
 please let us know.
 
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