[FPSPACE] FW: [HASTRO-L] Meeting in late Sept.: 400 Years of Astronomical Telescopes

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: Woody Sullivan <woody at ASTRO.WASHINGTON.EDU>
>Reply-To: History of Astronomy Discussion Group <HASTRO-L at listserv.wvu.edu>
>To: HASTRO-L at listserv.wvu.edu
>Subject: [HASTRO-L] Meeting in late Sept.: 400 Years of Astronomical 
>Telescopes
>Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 06:28:16 -0700
>
>http://www.congrex.nl/08a07/
>
>400 Years of Astronomical Telescopes:
>A Review of History, Science and Technology
>
>29 September - 2 October 2008
>
>ESA/ESTEC
>Noordwijk, The Netherlands
>
>INTRODUCTION
>
>The meeting will celebrate the 400th anniversary of Hans Lipperhey's
>patent application on 25 September 1608 for the "spy glasses", the
>optical system that became the basis for optical astronomical
>telescopes. The meeting will cover the history of the telescope
>making and usage, key technologies, and political as well as
>sociological aspects.
>
>The program covers all types of telescopes across (and even beyond)
>the entire electromagnetic spectrum. The 3.5 day program consists
>exclusively of review talks given by invited speakers who have been
>working in or even shaped the field.
>
>TARGET AUDIENCE
>
>The target audience is as wide as the topic of this conference, and
>includes astronomers who want to broaden their knowledge of telescopes,
>people interested in the evolution of this significant part of modern
>sciences, technically interested historians, amateur astronomers, and
>the interested public. The number of participants is limited to 250
>people and early registration is recommended.
>
>TOPICS
>
>o History of optical telescopes
>(the early inventions, Galilei, Newton, Herschel, Lord Rosse, 19th
>century refractors, the large ground-based facilities, and the history
>of optical instruments)
>
>o History of non-optical telescopes
>(the history of radio, infrared, X-ray, Gamma-ray and imaging TeV
>telescopes as well as telescopes for solar and neutrino astronomy)
>
>o Miscellaneous topics
>(the history of astronomical discoveries, amateur telescopes, the
>historical driver to do astrometry, and the most famous example of
>the Hubble Space Telescope)
>
>o Telescope technologies
>(mirror casting and polishing, active optics, telescope mounts and
>domes, adaptive optics and interferometry, and the technologies of
>radio, sub-mm, X-ray and Gamma-ray telescopes)
>
>o Political and Sociological aspects
>(a scientometric look at astronomy, the development of the Europe's
>main ground-based observatory, the challenge of managing big
>astronomical projects, NASA's four great observatories, sacred
>mountains, climate change, light pollution and astronomy in 3rd
>world countries)
>
>o The Future
>(future telescope and instrument technologies, visions for new
>telescopes, challenges and perspectives for future generations of
>astronomers)
>--
>
>******************************************************************
>Prof. Woodruff T. Sullivan, III            Center for Astrobiology & Early 
>Evolution
>Dept.  of Astronomy Box 351580
>Univ. of Washington                                      tel. 206-543-7773
>Seattle, WA 98195 USA		    fax 206-685-0403