IOTA -ME annual reportMarjan zakerinm.zakerin@gmail.com

Content

1. Introduction of office

2. Memberships and work groups

3. Publications Newspapers

Cooperation with magazines and websites

Book

4. Workshops, conferences and observations

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Where is the office?

http://www.iota-me.com/

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Aims and goals

Why did we start?

To follow the aims and goals of IOTA society. To provide opportunity for practical and more scientific

activities for amateur astronomers. Establishing faithful and direct international cooperations.

Current status? IOTA-ME has reached up to 70% of the first goals inside

the country

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Membership and work groups

• The registration announcement is once a year for 2 months in summer

• The applicants should submit their CV plus the membership application form

• Memberships are provided in 4 workgroups1. Occultation and Trans Neptunian objects

2. Exoplanets

3. Eclipsing variable stars

4. Development of astronomical tools

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Publications: newspapers

• It is monthly • Number of issues: 22. • Number of pages: 15 – 20 and in 2 languages• Distribution: sent by emails to 1200 amateur astronomers,

physicists and astronomers, and an average download of 300 times from website

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2010 – 2011An interview with David Dunhum in www.nightsky.ws

An interview with Paul Maley in www.astronomy.ir

2 articles by Mohamad Reza Mirbagheri in www.nightsky.ws

8 articles by Atila Pero www.nightsky.ws

2012

The first book “Occulation” by

Paul Maley and Atila Pero

Publications: magazines, websites and a book

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Workshops, conferences and observations

3 days of eclipsing variable stars workshop

in Esfahan – 115 participants

Sponsored by Space Agency of Iran8

Workshops, conferences and observations

Occultation workshop, Tabriz - 35 participants

National occultation workshop in Tehran – 52

National occultation workshop, Damghan

International occultation workshop in Dezful – 46 participants

Occultation workshop, Shiraz

Occultation workshop, Gonbad e kavos

Third international occultation in Tehran, 1-3 November 2012

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Observations: Venus transit

Activities within 4 months before the transit

2 bulletin only for Venus transit– more than 140 pages

More than 128 teams including 400 people registered from all over the country.

Booklets teaching observation and timing of event were prepared, and distributed

Preperation of a form for event recording by Atila Pero and John Talbort .

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Observations: Venus transit

Achievements

Collecting 77 standard reports 2 reports from Australia and USA Collaboration with John Talbort – Royal

astronomical society of New Zealand 2 articles in IOTA- ME newspaper and

Iranian astronomical journal. 9 teams which had better timing were

appreciated by space agency One day seminar: to gather all the groups.

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Credit:IOTA- Me, Space agency observatory, Mahdasht,

Telescope: meade 16

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Outlook

Despite all the challenges,

we have make the promise to

Do our best………

Thanks for your attention

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