Name : Neraidorahi peak, Chelmos mountain,<P>
Altitude : 2340 m<P>
Lat-Long: 37.99 N, 22.21 E<P>
Accessibility: asphalted road except the last 7 km<P>
Distance from airport:<br>
		Athens airport, 3.5 hours (130 km in straight line from
		Athens)<br>
				Patras airport, 1.5 hours<P>
				Astroclimate:
				(first measurements)<br>
				Cloudiness  <25%<br>
				Seeing      ~0.9-1.0"<br>
				water vapour ?<br>
				temp  (extreme: -15 in winter, +30 in
				summer, average 7C)<br>
				wind ? (extreme 200 km/h)<br>
				snow  90-120 days per year<br>
			seismicity  0.4 m/s2 peak (-0.15g peak acceleration for the next 50 years predicted at Chelmos
 mountain.
During the last disastrous earthquake of June 15, 1995, Ms=6.1, MM=VIII,
 at Aegion city, 30km North from Chelmos mountain
 0.2g vertical, 0.49 long, 0.53 trans. <a href=seism-report.html>More details</a> available.)


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Dr. Emilios Harlaftis,    <br>               
Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, <br> 
National Observatory of Athens,   <br>        
I. Metaxa and V. Paulou Street,  <br>         
Palaia Penteli, 152 36            <br>       
Athens, Greece<P>
email: ehh@astro.noa.gr<br>
tel: 301 8040619, ext 11<br>
fax  : 301 8040453<br>
personal www page: http://www.astro.noa.gr/~ehh  <br>
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Other reference:  D. Sinachopoulos, F. Maragoudaki, P. Hantzios, E. Kontiza; <em>
Chelmos (Aorania): a new european telescope site for the 2.3-m telescope of
the National Observatory of Athens</em>; Preserving the astronomical sky, IAU Symposium, Vol. 196,
2001; R.J. Cohen and W.T. Sullivan, eds.<br>