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From B. Schmieder , August 8, 2007
- Press release of the SWEETS exhibition in a bus at the Observatoire de Paris from 18 to 24 june 2007.
- The exhibition "Du Soleil à la Terre" (From the Sun towards the Earth and beyond) will be presented at the Observatoire de Paris from Thursday 8 November to Saturday 15 December 2007.
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From C. Briand , January 29, 2007
- Some amateur astronomers associations will celebrate IHY, dedicating specific camps to solar observations and conferences on IHY subjects (contact: bertrand.flouret@obs-nancay.fr )
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From C. Briand and B. Schmieder - Received September 21, 2006
- Science
1. A group of investigation on Sun-Earth relationships has been formed. It is composed by 15 persons from several laboratories (LESIA, IAS, CETP, LPCE, Grenoble Observatory).
Leader of the group: Christian Hanuise.
The work is supported by the National Programme for Sun and Earth (PNST).
- Formation for college teachers
2. Lectures for the high school teachers accepted by the Paris Rectorate (IUFM)
- Public activities
3. Exhibition "From Sun to Earth" (shared with Belgium and Switzerland). It will be exposed at the Paris Observatory from November 5 to December 16, 2007.
Contact: Brigitte Schmieder (@obspm.fr)
4. Building of a Terrela at the Grenoble observatory: this system artificially creates aurora (Birkeland explained the aurora phenomena with such an instrument). It will serve for the re-opening of the Vaulx-en-Velin (close from Lyon) planetarium in October 2006 and available for exhibitions in 2007 Contact: Jean Lilensten (@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr).
5. Communication service of INSU will coordinate the "open doors day" of June 2007
Contact: Philippe Chauvin (@cnrs-dir.fr)
6. Contact is taken with french amator astronomers specialised in solar observations. We want to stimulate their participation to several public activities.
Contact : Bertrand Flouret (@obs-nancay.fr)
7. Realisation of a CD-rom with an interactive programme that explains the dynamical spectrum obtained from radio observations. You can visualize them and hear them.
Contact: Philippe Zarka, Carine Briand (@obspm.fr)
8. Realisation of a movie about Earth Aurora.
Contact: Dominique Fontaine (@cetp.ipsl.fr)
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