Astronomical Site Selection Workshop for Egyptian Large Optical Telescope. The development of Astronomy in emerging ELOT, where the development of astronomy In Egypt and middle East is more and more topical, and where Egypt is always in the top of Arabic region. It is so important to Construction a new large telescope suitable for the position of Scientifics’ Egyptian position. We would like to organize a workshop dedicated to the characterization of astronomical sites in Egypt
The aim of this workshop is to draw up a roadmap on how to identify geographical areas that could lead to potential sites to host ELOT: We would like to let benefit astronomers in this region from experiences carried out elsewhere, particularly from the site selection programs in the framework of the Egyptian Large Optical Telescope
Topics:
– Astronomical optical turbulence
– Sky Transparency
– Sky Darkness
– Light Pollution
– Weather Conditions
– Astroclimatic Stations (with technical session)
– Site Surveys
Date: June 9-10, 2020
Place: National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan, Cairo Egypt
Duration: 2 days
Invited Speakers:
- Gad EL-QADY (NRIAG)
- Gamal Eldin Nageeb (NRIAG)
- Casiana Muñoz-Tuñon (IAC)
- Marc Sarazin (ESO)
- Sergio Ortolani (UNI-Pd)
- Jose Rodriguez-Espinosa (IAC)
- Benkhaldoun Zouhair (UCA/ArAS)
- David Valls-Gabaud (OP)
Join meeting: https://zoom.us/j/93936855209
Organizing committee:
- Prof. Hadia Selim
- Prof. Mohamed Nooh
- Prof. Ashraf Lateef
- Assoc. Prof. Elbaz
- Mr. Mohamed Shaban
- Mr. Mohamed Said
- Ms. Mona Molhem
Contact:
Organizer phone: 01091014984
email: hadia_s@nriag.sci.eg