The Institute of Astronomy Astrophysics Space Applications & Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens operates Helmos observatory, which was selected as the first Optical Ground Station under the ScyLight framework. Project HOTSPOT (https://artes.esa.int/projects/hotspot) aims to identify all possible…

23 November 2022, 11:00-13:00 CET. Operational Unit BEYOND of IAASARS|NOA is inviting you at the webinar on European Union's Earth Observation (EO) Programme ‘Copernicus’ which is organized in collaboration with PRAXI Network. The purpose of this webinar is to introduce…

Between June 26 and July 2, laser optical links were made between the Aristarchos telescope and the AlphaSat telecommunication satellite. The team visiting from ESA worked with the Helmos Observatory team to complete several experiments in which the telescope not…

Gaia is a European Space Agency mission that aims to create the most accurate and complete multi-dimensional map of the Milky Way. This allows astronomers to reconstruct our home galaxy’s past and future evolution over billions of years, to better…

You can check the spatiοtemporal evolution of the smoke plum from the fire in Glyfada as simulated from the operational particle dispersion model FLEXPART-WRF of BEYOND / NOA on http://smoke.beyond-eocenter.eu/.

On May 6, Emmy Paraskeva recently completed her PhD at the Department of Physics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in collaboration with the National Observatory of Athens, under the supervision of Dr. Bonanos. The subject of her thesis was "Characterizing the…

The 16th of May is the annual International Day of Light, organised by UNESCO, and is the day that honours the role of light in our lives. The IAU/OAO and the IAU National Outreach Coordinators (NOCs) participate in various events…

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (I.A.A.S.A.R.S.) is pleased to announce that Mrs. Katsioli Stavroula, PhD candidate at the Physics Department of the University of Athens, under the supervision of Dr. Xilouris Manolis (I.A.A.S.A.R.S.), received a scholarship from…

The Institute of Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) successfully observed the flyby of asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) with the 1.2m Kryoneri telescope. As shown in the video, on 18/01/2022 (time…