32nd European Symposium on Occultation Projects (ESOP)

 ABOUT THE ESOP 

The European Symposium on Occultation Projects (ESOP) is the annual conference of the European section of the International Occultation and Timing Association IOTA/ES
 

ESOP symposia came into being in 1981, when the first meeting of members of IOTA / ES was held at its headquarters in Hannover (Germany) was held. Since then, the symposium has been organized every year without interruption. The full history of ESOP can be found on Otto Farago's homepage:
 https://www.farago.de/ESOP/index.htm

At ESOP you will meet people not only interested in occultation observations, but also in computer programming, development of hardware and new technologies, and so on. 

Most attendees are amateur astronomers. However, an ever increasing community of professional astronomers are interested and active in this kind of astronomical events. Thus, more and more professional astronomers are, also, taking part.

ESOP is really a place where Amateurs and Professionals join forces to make  important advances in the field of occultation possible, including  the determination of diameters and atmospheres in Transneptunian Objects (TNO), the refinement of the Moon limb, the discovery of double stars, and much more.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Barcelona!

 

ESOP32

We are pleased to invite you to the
32^nd European Symposium on Occultation Projects, from 23^rd to 25^th August 2013 in Barcelona, Spain.

For the registration form click here.

ESOP XXXII will be held in CosmoCaixa Barcelona, a modern and interactive science centre managed by 
Fundació La Caixa one of the most important cultural institutions in Spain.  



Due to the international character of the symposium, all lectures are to be presented in English.

Current economic circumstances are making difficult to attain financial help. We are greatly indebted to the La Caixa Foundation, for the  loan of the  conference room "Agora" in CosmoCaixa for free. However, the LOC is still searching  for sponsorship.  Therefore, we are hoping to make cuts in some prices in the next weeks. In that case, we will directly inform those participants who have already make their registration.

Local organizing committee (LOC)

ASTER - Agrupació Astronòmica de Barcelona

Founded in 1948, is one of the oldest astronomical associations in Spain. It made possible, that thousands of people get in touch with astronomy, from his observatory in Passeig de Gràcia, one of Barcelona's most important avenues. ASTER pioneered the setup of amateur observatories in the Montsec area.

Agrupació Astronòmica de Sabadell

Founded in 1960, it's an association of amateur astronomers, from all over Spain. Since 1993, has been housed in an observatory, in the city of Sabadell, which is over 500 m² in size, and since 2003, in the Montsec area  5,500 m² in size.