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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 26 April 2000
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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. Hel.A.S. forthcoming elections
3. News on research proposals
4. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece
5. About this newsletter...
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1. SHORT NEWS
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The next issue of Hipparchos (No. 8) is under preparation. Please consider
sending your news, articles etc. to the the editor, Dr. Xenophon Moussas
(xmoussas@cc.uoa.gr).
2. Hel.A.S. FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS
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Please note the following deadlines for the forthcoming elections of
our Society. Further deadlines will be announced as the June 2000
elections are approaching.
- April 10, 2000: The Council distributes the ballots to all
Ordinary and Junior members
According to article 32 of the constitution of Hel.A.S., a member
must have payed his/her annual membership fees (including those for the
year 2000) in order to be eligible to vote.
3. NEWS ON RESEARCH PROPOSALS
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-Dr. E. Harlaftis has compiled a questionnaire for all potential users
of the new 2.3 m ARISTARCHOS telescope. For further information please
contact Dr. Harlaftis:
E-Mail: ehh@astro.noa.gr, URL: http://www.astro.noa.gr/~ehh
- The General Secretariat for Reasearch and Technology announced the
new bilateral agreement scientific programs. For further details:
http://www.gsrt.gr/html/greek/gsrt_main.htm
- The European Science Foundation will support a limited number of
Exploratory Workshops in 2001. For further information see
http://www.esf.org/physical/WorkshopCalls/Call2000.htm
-ASTROVIRTEL is an initiative that gives the opportunity to European
scientists to access the ESO/ST-ECF Archive as if it would be a "virtual"
Telescope. The deadline for the first Call for proposals is June 15th, 2000.
For further details see
http://www.stecf.org/astrovirtel
4. 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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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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5. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was compiled and forwarded to all Hel.A.S. members,
who can be reached electronically, by Harry Varvoglis and Vassilis
Charmandaris.
The next edition of this Newsletter will be circulated around May
1st 2000. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
new openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or
comments before April 25, 2000. All correspondence concerning this
Newsletter should be addressed to:
elaset@astro.auth.gr
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