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                       HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                           ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
             NUMBER 47                               January 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. JENAM 2002
  3. Members in new positions
  4. The ESA/ESO astronomy exercise series
  5. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
  6. 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 and Healthy New Year.

    The latest issue of Hipparchos newsletter has just been sent to
  all members. Check your mailboxes!  For a sneak preview, you may
  download it as a PDF file from the web site of Hel.A.S.


  2. JENAM 2002
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    The next Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting, entitled
  "The Unsolved Universe: Challenges for the Future", will take place
  in Porto, Portugal from September 3 to 7, 2002. This will be the
  11th meeting of the European Astronomical Society and the 12th
  National Meeting of the Portuguese Astronomical Society.

    For more information on the workshops organized during the
  meeting and registration details visit:

		http://www.sp-astronomia.pt/jenam2002/


  3. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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    Dr. Christos Tsagas recently moved, from the University of
  Portsmouth (U.K.), to a new postdoc position at the University
  of Cape Town (South Africa).


  4. THE ESA/ESO ASTRONOMY EXCERCISE SERIES
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    The European Space Agency and the European Southern Observatory
  have produced a series of astronomical exercises for use in high
  school. The prime object of the series is to present various small
  projects that will transmit some of the excitement and satisfaction
  of scientific discovery to students. For more information visit:

		http://www.astroex.org/


  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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                   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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  6. 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 February 1st
  2002. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
  job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
  or comments before January 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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