Hel.A.S. Newsletter 83 - January 2005

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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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