Pour les astronautes en herbe

[Eric Chariot]

IAYC 2009 - First Announcement

Once more the International Workshop for Astronomy e.V. is engaged in
organising an astronomical youth camp for young people from all over
the world, the "International Astronomical Youth Camp" (IAYC). I am
writing to you as I think you, the readers of your magazine, or the
members of your club could be interested in hearing about the IAYC
that this year will take place in Korbielow, Poland.

In case you also got this email last year, and helped us in spreading
this information, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you
for your support. The IAYC 2008 that took place in Sayda, Germany was
a big success and we spent 3 fantastic weeks with our participants!
This year we will go for the first time ever to Poland! The camp house
will be a stunning mountain hotel in Korbielow, a place near the
Slovakian border. We hope we can count on your support again to spread
the word of this years camp.

Every year, for more than 40 years now, the IAYC takes place somewhere
in Europe. About seventy people from many different countries live
together for three weeks. They are from 16 to 24 years old and share
the same interest: astronomy. The IAYC is different from most
astronomical camps for two reasons: the international character and
the fact that each participant does her/his own small research
project, not just accepting facts but rather discovering them
him/herself. The IAYC is also not like a hotel where one follows a
summer school or an astronomy course. Every participant with his or
her own cultural background forms an important piece in the complex
puzzle of camp life.

Below this a-mail you will find our official announcement of the IAYC
2009. In case you have the possibility to publish this announcement in
your club magazine or distribute it in any other way among the members
of your club, we would appreciate that very much.

If you have the possibility to include a picture to this, feel free to
browse trough our photo album <http://www.iayc.org/photoalbum/> or
choose one of our pictures below

* Two Portuguese people taking a spectrum of the sun
<http://www.iayc.org/photoalbum/displayi ... =89&pos=46>
* Two Mexican girls explaining their traditions
<http://www.iayc.org/photoalbum/displayi ... 202&pos=42>
* General atmosphere
<http://www.iayc.org/photoalbum/displayi ... 146&pos=25>
* NGC 7000 region exposure time 15 min, 400 ASA slide film (f=135 mm)
by Hermann Gumpp
<http://www.iayc.org/photoalbum/displayi ... =193&pos=6>
* wide field Andromeda, 5 min exposure, Nikon D70, (f=50mm) by
Marc-Andre Bessel and Mislav Balokovic.
<http://student.fizika.org/%7Emislavb/ph ... velika.jpg>
* h and chi Persei, combined 7 and 10 min exposure taken with TBM 4"
apo-refractor at f/6, Nikon D70; Marc-Andre Bessel and Mislav Balokovic
<http://free-zg.t-com.hr/balokovic/slike/dc02.jpg>
*Observing the partial Solar Eclipse
<http://www.iayc.org/photoalbum/displayi ... 207&pos=15>
* others
<http://www.iayc.org/eclipse/sofi_composite_2_crop.jpg>
<http://www.iayc.org/photoalbum/displayi ... 42&pos=119>
<http://www.iayc.org/photoalbum/displayi ... 210&pos=48>

In case you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

With kind regards,
The International Workshop for Astronomy e.V.

Klaas Vantournhout, President
e-mail : klaas@iayc.org

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Announcement of the IAYC 2009
IAYC 2009, August 2nd - August 22nd
45th International Astronomical Youth Camp
Hala Miziowa, Korbielow, Poland

The International Astronomical Youth Camp (IAYC) 2009 will take place
in southern Poland, near the small town of Korbielow at Schronisko na
Hala Miziowa, a mountain hotel in the Beskid Zywiecki district which
is part of the outer Eastern Carpathians. The house is situated close
to the 1557 metre high Pilsko mountain being the second highest peak
in the region, and to the Slovakian border.

The IAYC is an international youth camp with participants from about
20 different countries. As a participant you work for three weeks in
one of the 8 working groups - together with other young people - on
astronomical projects. The projects vary from night-time observations
to theoretical problems, depending on your own interests. The working
groups will be led by young scientists from the IAYC team. The IAYC
2009 will offer a wide range of working groups and topics, ranging
from ancient astronomy, introduction to astronomy and physics and
practical observation groups to computer simulations, CCD photometry
and data reduction; there will be something for everyone from the very
beginner to the ambitious student.

Apart from the astronomical program, there are many non-astronomical
activities such as group games, sporting events, singing evenings,
hiking tours and an excursion. Since it is an international camp, the
camp language is English. You should be able and willing to speak
English throughout the camp. It is not necessary to speak English
fluently.

Anyone from 16 to 24 years old and able to communicate in English may
participate in the IAYC 2009. The fee for accommodation, full board
and the whole program, including the excursion, will be 570 Euro. For
interested persons who are in the situation of not being able to pay
the camp fee themselves, a limited number of grants is available.

Detailed information about IAYC 2009 will be made available in January
2009. If you have any questions or wish to be notified when more
information becomes available, please contact:

Ana Brajovic
Svetog Save 20/1a
11000 Beograd
Serbia

tel.: +381 642623182
e-mail: info@iayc.org

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International Astronomical Youth Camp
IAYC 2009, Korbielow, Poland
website : http://www.iayc.org/
more info : info@iayc.org
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