Single Point of Contact

Prof. Christos Goudis, Chair National Observatory of Athens Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics I. Metaxa and Vas. Pavlou St. Palea Penteli (Athens) , GR-15236, Greece Phone +302103490105 , +302108109171 (in IAA) +302610997571(University of Patras) +302109218667 (home Athens) +302610624201 (home Patras) Fax +30 210 7276725 E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it For contact regarding the IYA2009 matters please e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

National Node / National Committee:

The Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.) proposed the following prominent astronomers to form the National Node:

Seiradakis John-Hugh, Professor
Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
Department of Physics
Section of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics
GR-54124 Thessaloniki, GREECE
Phone: +30 231 0998173
Fax: +30 231 0995384
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Tsinganos Kanaris, Professor
University of Athens
Department of Physics
Section of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics
GR-15784 Zografos (Athens), GREECE
Phone: +30 21 07276915
Fax: +30 21 07276725
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Daglis Ioannis,
National Observatory of Athens
Director, Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing,
I. Metaxa and Vas. Pavlou St.
GR-15236 Palea Penteli (Athens), GREECE
Phone: +30 21 08109185
Fax: +30 21 06138343
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Theodossiou Efstratios, Associate Professor
University of Athens
Department of Physics
Section of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics
GR-15783 Zografos (Athens), GREECE
Phone: +30 21 07276791
Fax: +30 21 07238413
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Charmandaris Vassilis, Assistant Professor
University of Crete
Department of Physics
Section of Astrophysics and Space Physics
GR-71003 Heraklion, GREECE
Phone: +30 281 0394245
Fax: +30 281 0394201
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Activities summary:

The National IYA2009 webpage is available at www.astronomy2009.gr.

February 14th: A letter on IYA2009 went out to all the Greek Amateur Astronomical Societies.
February 20th: A similar letter went out to all astronomers working in Greece by e-mail.
Manolis Zoulias, of the Research Center of Astronomy and Applied Mathematics of the Academy of Athens, has undertaken to construct the Greek webpage.
November 09th: Status Report