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IOTA -ME annual reportMarjan [email protected]
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Content
1. Introduction of office
2. Memberships and work groups
3. Publications Newspapers
Cooperation with magazines and websites
Book
4. Workshops, conferences and observations
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Aims and goals
Why did we start?
To follow the aims and goals of IOTA society. To provide opportunity for practical and more scientific
activities for amateur astronomers. Establishing faithful and direct international cooperations.
Current status? IOTA-ME has reached up to 70% of the first goals inside
the country
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Membership and work groups
• The registration announcement is once a year for 2 months in summer
• The applicants should submit their CV plus the membership application form
• Memberships are provided in 4 workgroups1. Occultation and Trans Neptunian objects
2. Exoplanets
3. Eclipsing variable stars
4. Development of astronomical tools
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Publications: newspapers
• It is monthly • Number of issues: 22. • Number of pages: 15 – 20 and in 2 languages• Distribution: sent by emails to 1200 amateur astronomers,
physicists and astronomers, and an average download of 300 times from website
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2010 – 2011An interview with David Dunhum in www.nightsky.ws
An interview with Paul Maley in www.astronomy.ir
2 articles by Mohamad Reza Mirbagheri in www.nightsky.ws
8 articles by Atila Pero www.nightsky.ws
2012
The first book “Occulation” by
Paul Maley and Atila Pero
Publications: magazines, websites and a book
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Workshops, conferences and observations
3 days of eclipsing variable stars workshop
in Esfahan – 115 participants
Sponsored by Space Agency of Iran8
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Workshops, conferences and observations
Occultation workshop, Tabriz - 35 participants
National occultation workshop in Tehran – 52
National occultation workshop, Damghan
International occultation workshop in Dezful – 46 participants
Occultation workshop, Shiraz
Occultation workshop, Gonbad e kavos
Third international occultation in Tehran, 1-3 November 2012
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Observations: Venus transit
Activities within 4 months before the transit
2 bulletin only for Venus transit– more than 140 pages
More than 128 teams including 400 people registered from all over the country.
Booklets teaching observation and timing of event were prepared, and distributed
Preperation of a form for event recording by Atila Pero and John Talbort .
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Observations: Venus transit
Achievements
Collecting 77 standard reports 2 reports from Australia and USA Collaboration with John Talbort – Royal
astronomical society of New Zealand 2 articles in IOTA- ME newspaper and
Iranian astronomical journal. 9 teams which had better timing were
appreciated by space agency One day seminar: to gather all the groups.
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Credit:IOTA- Me, Space agency observatory, Mahdasht,
Telescope: meade 16
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Outlook
Despite all the challenges,
we have make the promise to
Do our best………
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Thanks for your attention
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