DATE/TIME |
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SUBJECT |
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SPEAKER |
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Friday,
06 July 2001 |
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Arrival |
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Saturday, 07 July 2001
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08:00-09:00 |
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Registration |
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09:00-09:30
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Opening Ceremony
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Professor
Y. Sobouti,
President of Astronomical
Society of Iran & Director of IASBS. |
09:30-10:45 |
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Iranian
potential sites and Observational facilities: present status |
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S.
Nasiri
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10:45-11:00 |
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Break |
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11:00-12:00 |
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Astronomical
site prospection using meteorological satellite data |
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F.
R. Querci |
12:00-14:30 |
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Lunch |
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14:30-15:30 |
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Microthermal
measurements on air near the ground |
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S.
N. Tandon |
15:30-15:45 |
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Break |
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15:45-16:45 |
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Historical
development of high angular resolution |
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F.
Vakili |
16:45-17:00 |
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Break |
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17:00-18:00 |
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Multi-years
national plan for the development of the space sciences in universities,
elementary and secondary schools and popular clubs |
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F.
R. Querci |
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Sunday, 08 July 2001
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08:30-09:30 |
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The
physical mechanisms of atmospheric turbulence
(ppt presentation) |
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M.
Sarazin |
09:30-09:45 |
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Break |
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09:45-10:45 |
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Some
precautions to be taken when building an astrophysical observatory |
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F.
R. Querci |
10:45-11:00 |
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Break |
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11:00-12:00 |
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Optical
Long baseline interferometry: basic concepts, technical aspects, atmospheric
limitations, sensitivity, data processing |
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F.
Vakili |
12:00-14:30 |
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Lunch |
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14:30-15:30 |
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Seeing
measurements with a fixed double aperture telescope |
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S.
N. Tandon |
15:30-15:45 |
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Break |
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15:45-16:45 |
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What
Observatory and telescope equipment for what scientific research? |
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F.
R. Querci |
16:45-17:00 |
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Break |
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17:00-18:00 |
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Joint
Discussion |
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Wednesday, 11 July 2001
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08:30-09:30 |
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Measurement
of sky background |
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S.
N. Tandon |
09:30-09:45 |
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Break |
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09:45-10:45 |
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Parameters
relevant for high resolution imaging (coherence time and isoplanatic angle)
(ppt presentation) |
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M.
Sarazin |
10:45-11:00 |
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Break |
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11:00-12:00 |
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High
angular Observations from space-borne Observatories: present and future
missions (HST and planned optical interferometers in Space) |
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F.
Vakili |
12:00-14:30 |
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Lunch |
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14:30-15:30 |
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Atmospheric
profilers (SODAR, SCIDAR, Radio soundings, Multi-aperture Scintillometer)
(ppt presentation) |
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M.
Sarazin |
15:30-15:45 |
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Break |
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15:45-16:45 |
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Buildings
for IUCAA Observatory |
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S.
N. Tandon |
16:45-17:00 |
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Break |
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17:00-18:00 |
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A
national Observatory: an evolutive nursery; a regional network or a regional
Observatory, a tool for scientific international competition and/or collaboration |
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F.
R. Querci |