SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE YOUTH AT THE TELESCOPE

(SEE Youth at the Telescope)

Belogradchik Observatory, Institute of Astronomy,

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, July 4th - 11th, 2003, Belogradchik, Bulgaria, E-mail: SEEYou@astro.bas.bg

It is the second Astronomy Summer School for young people from South-Eastern Europe (SEE) to be hosted by Belogradchik Observatory (Bulgaria) - this year in the period July 4th - 10th, 2003. The topic of the school is Astronomy with Small Telescopes (AST). The school offers lectures, seminars, poster session and a competition of scientific project proposals, whose winners will observe with the 60 cm Cassegrain telescope during the school.

Local Organizing Committee:

A. Antov (chairman), A. Staneva, K. Tsvetkova, L. Iliev, R. Konstantinova-Antova, R. Bogdanovski, G. Borisov, P. Pessev, M. Lyubenova.

Contact Address:

SEEYouth at the Telescope:
Institute of Astronomy
Bulgarian Academy of Science
Sofia-1784, 72 Tsarigradsko shosse, Bulgaria
Phone: +359 2 758927
FAX: +359 2 758927
e-mail: SEEYou@astro.bas.bg  

The Belogradchik Observatory could provide free accommodation of not more than 15 participants. Additional participants are welcome if they can take the expenses of student hostel (about 5 Euro) located in the town of Belogradchik. The transport of the participants from Sofia or near border check-points to the Observatory will be supplied.

The dead line for registration is April 15th , 2003.

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PROJECTS COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE YOUTH AT THE TELESCOPE (SEE You at the Telescope)

All young people interested in astronomy are welcome to participate in this competition. The competition is directed to a preparation (as seriously as possible) of observational research projects in Astronomy with Small Telescopes. Projects can be prepared by groups of up to three persons and submitted in English (less than 5 A4 pages in any text processor) and have to contain the following data:

1. Title of the project.
2. Names of the authors and their affiliations. The main author should give his/her e-mail address for quick communication. 3. Scientific justification.
4. Observational time needed.
5. Method(s) of analysis which will be used
6. Expected results

Observational time will be granted to the best projects to be realized at the Belogradchik Observatory during the school depending on meteorological conditions. Staff astronomer help will be supplied. Details about the observatory and 60 cm Cassegrain telescope can be found at http://libra.astro.bas.bg/~aobel/  

An international jury will evaluate all the submitted projects. The joint (bilateral or multilateral cooperation) projects will have advantage. Proposed members of the jury are:

Dr.Alexander Antov (Institute of Astronomy, Sofia)

Dr. Valeri Golev (Department of astronomy, Sofia University) Dr.Magda Stavinschi (Astronomical Institute, Bucharest) Dr.Luka Popovic (Astronomical Observatory, Belgrade) Dr.Vladan Celebonovic (Institute of Physics, Belgrade)

The dead-line for the submission of the competition projects is April 15th, 2003.

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REGISTRATION FORM

ASTRONOMY SUMMER SCHOOL

SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE YOUTH AT THE TELESCOPE

(SEE Youth at the Telescope)

organized by

Belogradchik Observatory, Institute of Astronomy,

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, July 4th - 11th, 2003, Belogradchik, Bulgaria, E-mail: SEEYou@astro.bas.bg

Please return to SEEYou@astro.bas.bg before April 15, 2003

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