MAGDAS Now Installed in South Africa and on the Dip Equator in India
In recent weeks SERC of Kyushu University (Japan) was able to successfully install overseas two MAGDAS magnetometers (as part of Japan's numerous contributions to IHY). One was installed at Hermanus (Hermanus Magnetic Observatory), South Africa, on 14 Sept 2007
geo lat, geo long, mag lat, mag long:
-34.34 +19.24 -42.29 +82.20
The other was installed near Trivandrum (Equatorial Geophysical Research Laboratory), India, on 28 Sept 2007
geo lat, geo long, mag lat, mag long:
+8.40 +77.50 +0.20 +149.31
Data is arriving at SERC in realtime via the Internet. The data is collected in three components (X, Y, Z) and digitized for storage and immediate transmission. Once per second data and once per minute are both available from SERC (please contact the author at maeda@serc.kyushu-u.ac.jp). More MAGDAS installations are scheduled for the remainder of 2007.
The PI of the "MAGDAS Project" is Professor K. Yumoto and is also the "IHY National Organizer" for Japan. He is the current Director of SERC.
George Maeda
Space Environment Research Center (SERC)
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan
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Grupo Astronomico de Zaragoza
My name is David Gonzalez, and I'm the secretary of the Grupo Astrono³mico Silos de Zaragoza (GAS), http://www.grupoastronomicosilos.org
Here at Zaragoza (Spain) we organized two events related to the IHY:
1) Last November 10th 2007, Iván Gimeno (a member of the group) gave a talk on the solar neutrino problem ("La extraña historia de los neutrinos solares desaparecidos") and David González gave a talk on the state of the art of Solar research by modern observatories and spacecrafts ("El Nuevo Sol"). Both talks took place in the frame of "Los Sábados Astronómicos", an activity along several Saturdays in October and November open for the public but mainly for teenagers which consists in multimedia talks, observations with telescopes, astronomical software demonstrations and "do it yourself" lessons on making sundials, celestial charts and other astronomical apparatus. Each Saturday session starts at 22:00h and lasts for 3 hours. These activities are included in the program of activities "12 Lunas" sponsored by the Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza.
2) Manuel Vázquez Abeledo came to our city to give a talk about the climate change: "Clima y EnergÃa: El debate del siglo XXI_ _. It took place Nov. 20, 2007 at 19:30h, and was sponsored by Ibercaja Zentrum. An interesting colloquium took place afterwards. Manuel Vázqued has been a leading solar researcher at the Instituto AstrofÃsico de Canarias, and an active divulgator. He is now also interested in the earth's climate change and astrobiology.
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EGU Special Session: "First Science Results from the International
Heliophysical year
We would like to invite you to participate in the EGU session IS65 - ST11/PS6.3/AS4.05 "First science results from the International Heliophysical Year" at the 2008 EGU general assembly in Vienna.
Session information is available from: http://preview.tinyurl.com/ywncva and submission information from: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/. The session is intended to showcase the first science results from the International Heliophysical Year (and associated International Polar Year programmes). We look forward to receiving your abstracts.
Andy Breen and Lucielle Alfonso, session co-ordinators
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IHY Summer School: 14-20 February in Sao Paulo, Brasil
We are organizing an IHY School in Feb. 14-20, 2008 at Sao Paulo, Brasil. The School information is at http://www.craam.mackenzie.br under the link IHY Latin American School.
Jean-Pierre Raulin
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"Du Soleil a la Terre" and SWEETS Exhibitions
We have displayed at the Observatoire de Paris in Paris two exhibitions: One is the "Du Soleil à la Terre" involving the LESIA/OP, IAS, ETH in Zurich realized by a Swiss company (see http://www.obspm.fr manifestations). The second belongs to a European Project SWEETS financed by the EU: Space Weather, a European Educational tool: the Sun. They are displayed from November 8 to December 15, 2007.
Brigitte Schmieder
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European Cosmic Ray Symposium: September 9 - 12, 2008 in Košice, Slovakia
Next year we are organizing the European Cosmic Ray Symposium in Košice, Slovakia. You can find the info at http://ecrs2008.saske.sk.
Karel Kudela
Institute of Experimental Physics
Watsonova 47
04001
Košice, Slovakia
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Editor's Note:
For completeness, we list below in reverse order the items from the online IHY Newsroom "Latest News" published since May 2007.
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Sun-Earth Day 2008: March 20, 2008
How does space weather affect you in your community? You may be surprised! This year's Sun-Earth Day theme will be "Space Weather Around the World," and it will be an excellent opportunity for educators and students of all ages to participate in fun activities and learn about the Sun's influence on our planet.
Register now to receive Sun-Earth Day materials
(13 December 2007)
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IHY Schools in India, Brazil, USA and Italy
We are pleased to announce that the IHY Schools Program is continuing to education students about heliophysics and the space environment. The schools have already reached hundreds of future heliophysicists, and valuable curriculum material has been developed to assist in future schools and workshops. The IHY Asia-Pacific 2007 School takes place December 10 - 22, 2007 in Koaikanal, India. The second IHY Latin American School will happen February 14 - 20, 2008 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The second LWS Heliophysics Summer School will happen July 23 - 30, 2008, and the 2008 Europe/Africa School will happen October 6 - 17, 2008 at the ICTP in Trieste, Italy. Congratulations to the team on an extremely successful program!
(10 December 2007)
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IHY Congratulates International Year of Planet Earth on its upcoming Global Launch Event
The official opening of the International Year of Planet Earth - Global Launch Event (IYPE GLE) will take place on 12 and 13 February 2008 in Paris, France.
(3 December 2007)
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Get ready for Polar Gateways!
IHY and the International Polar Year are participating in the 2008 Polar Gateways Conference: "An Interdisciplinary Science and Global Outreach Workshop on Polar Gateways of Understanding to Solar System Exploration for IPY-IHY Arctic Circle Sunrise 2008." The workshop will be held in Barrow, Alaska, January 23-29, 2008.
(17 November 2007)
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American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on IHY: Universal Heliophysical Processes
The American Geophysical Union will be hosting a special IHY Chapman Conference on Universal Heliophysical Processes. The meeting will take place November 10 - 14, 2008 at the Mulberry Inn in Savannah Georgia, USA. The meeting will focus on a broad range of phenomena and research activities throughout the heliosphere with the goal of bringing a greater understanding to the underlying universal processes.
(6 November 2007)
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Special IHY Session at the European Geosciences Union 13 -18 April 2008
There will be a special session on IHY at the 2008 European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. Session IS65-ST11/PS6.3/AS4.05 "First Science Results from the International Heliophysical Year" is convened by IHY team members Andrew Breen and Lucilla Alfonsi. The abstract deadline is January 14, 2008.
(28 October, 2007)
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Fourth UN/ESA/NASA/JAXA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year 2007 and Basic Space Science: "First Results from the International Heliophysical Year 2007"
The fourth United Nations Workshop on IHY will be held June 2 - 6, 2008 in Sozopol, Bulgaria. Financial support is available for this workshop, the deadline to apply will be February 1, 2008.
(17 October, 2007)
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It's International Sputnik Day: October 4, 2007
The 50th Anniversary of the launch of Sputnik is an occasion worth celebrating!
(20 September 2007)
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Get ready for World Space Week!!
The Center for Science Education at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Stanford Solar Center are sponsoring special web-based activities to celebrate World Space Week and the 50th Anniversary of the Sputnik Launch. Teachers, students, and scientists are invited to participate in online investigations and discussions. Join in a world wide community event featuring space!
(15 September 2007)
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IHY-Africa Space Weather Science and Education Workshop: November 12-16, 2007
Plans for the upcoming IHY-Africa Space Weather Workshop are heating up! There will be a special GIFT (Geophysical Information for Teachers) workshop the preceding weekend, where teachers around the region will travel to Addis Ababa, experience a special planetarium show and educational activities, and learn to use the IHY Space Weather Monitors at their own schools. The teacher workshop will be followed by the 2nd SCINDA Workshop, where researchers in Africa will learn about the operations of the SCINDA Ionospheric Monitors and details for installation into new sites in Africa. Registration is still available for the Space Weather Workshop.
(1 September 2007)
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IHY Schools Update: 1st Asia-Pacific School to be held December 10-22, 2007 at Kodaikanal Observatory in India. 1st Year of North American School Completed with Great Success
Applications are now being accepted for the 1st Asia-Pacific Summer School. This international school offers an intensive two weeks course in topics related to heliophysics. The course is aimed at Ph.D. and post-doctoral research students. For more information please go to the school's homepage. The IHY Team also celebrates the success of 1st North American Summer School on Heliophysics, held July 30 - August 7 in Boulder, CO. The school continues through 2008 and 2009.
(15 August 2007)
