Written by Jaša Čalogović
Sunday, 01 October 2017 00:00
XVth Hvar Astrophysical Colloquium "
45 years of Hvar Observatory and 20 years of ACT: The role of 1-m class telescopes now and in the future" will be organized from
17 to 20 October 2017 in
Hotel Amfora, Hvar, Croatia. The meeting is held under the auspices of the
Croatian Astronomical Society and sponsored by the
Ministry of Science and Education, Republic of Croatia. The scientific sessions will include following topics: scientific results of the 1-m ACT in past 20 years, possibilities for upgrade and future observing plans, current and future collaborations.
Scientific programme
Written by Jaša Čalogović
Tuesday, 28 March 2017 13:28
In the
VarSITI Newsletter Vol. 12 (February 2017), an overview paper on the role of the Hvar Observatory in establishing the Work Group 2 (WG2) of the ISEST project was published (B. Vršnak: "
An introduction on ISEST: Working Group on Theory"). As a leader of WG2, B. Vršnak emphasized the importance of the ISEST (International Study of Earth-Affecting Solar Transients) kick-off
meeting held at Hvar in June 2013, and summarized the main objectives, tasks and current research activities of WG2.
Written by Jaša Čalogović
Tuesday, 28 March 2017 12:43
On March 21, 2017, Bojan Vršnak gave in
Hotel Esplanade Zagreb a public lecture on the space weather for the Rotary Club Zagreb. In the lecture entitled "
Space Weather: How to Predict Solar Storms?" ('Svemirska meteorologija': Kako predvidjeti Sunčeve oluje?), he presented basic space-weather objectives, as well as the related research activity at the Hvar Observatory.
Written by Mateja Dumbovic
Tuesday, 21 March 2017 14:46
In the scope of individual fellowships of the
Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions within EU programme
HORIZON 2020 (standard European fellowships – physics panel) project "Forbush decrease model for expanding CMEs affecting Earth and Mars (ForbMod)" by M. Dumbović was accepted for funding. The subject of the project research are depressions in the galactic cosmic ray flux during solar storms (so called Forbush decreases) and the project aim is to develop a new analytical model which would explain these phenomena and compare model results with observation at Earth and Mars. The project will utilize a number of ground-based as well as spacecraft measurements including the Curiosity rover at Mars. M. Dumbović will implement this two-tear project at the
University of Graz under supervision of Dr. Manuela Temmer and in collaboration with Dr. Christian Möstl from the
Space Research Institute in Graz and Dr. Bernd Heber and Dr. Jingnan Guo from the
Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel. A short overview of the evaluation results (Flash Call Information) is available at the
EU participant portal.
Written by Jaša Čalogović
Tuesday, 22 November 2016 00:00
On November 17, 2016 Dr. Bojan Vršnak participated in the Croatian scientific TV show (
HRT-3: "Third Element") entitled "Solar System". In the show, he explained the formation and evolution of the Sun, effects of the solar wind and the solar eruptive processes on the Earth and other objects in the solar system. Various solar-activity effects on the robotic and crewed space missions, including the future missions to Mars, were discussed.
Video of TV show "Third element" on 17.11.2016 is available here (only in Croatian)
Written by Jaša Čalogović
Tuesday, 15 November 2016 00:00
The final
CORAMOD project meeting was held at the
Faculty of Geodesy in Zagreb from 7.-11. November 2016 where the following CORAMOD members participated: Konstantin Herbst, Adrian Vogt, Mateja Dumbović, Bojan Vršnak and Jaša Čalogović. On Thursday, 10. November 2016 Konstantin Herbst held a public lecture at
Zagreb Observatory with the title: "Cosmogenic radionuclides - the quest of studying the solar activity over past 10,000 years". During the meeting in Zagreb discussions about upcoming papers that should be soon submitted and further plans for upcoming projects and collaborations were made.
Written by Jaša Čalogović
Monday, 03 October 2016 12:35
On Moday, September 26, the Dean of the Faculty of Geodesy, prof. Damir Medak arrived to Hvar and visited Hvar Observatory to get a closer insight into activities and the life at the Observatory. Hrvoje Božić, Bojan Vršnak and Toni Visković showed the Dean solar and stellar telescopes, explained the scientific programs and strategies of the Observatory and briefed him about some infrastructural problems.
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