Gaziantep Observatory

0'th meeting of the Gaziantep Observatory team.

http://observatory.gantep.edu.tr/

14 May 2008 (modified and archived 15 May 2008)

The meeting (observatory team plus other faculty members) opened with a presentation by Doç Dr. Talat Saygaç describing current observatory facilities in Turkey and the possibility of one in Gaziantep: GaziantepSunum.pdf or GaziantepSunum.doc.

The second speaker was Nilgün Saka (Gaziantep Büyük Şehir Belediyesi, Etüt Proje Şube Müdürü) who gave a brief overview of the Gaziantep Planetarium that is currently under construction.

Finally Andrew Beddall gave the following status report for the Gaziantep Observatory project:

Idea

Build an observatory somewhere in the hills around Gaziantep.
....something like this.

This is a social project

Encourage school children to become more interested in the sciences.
Build a bridge between the University, Public, and the City authorities.

Has potential to become a research project

Expand the research/teaching areas of the Physics Department.
Collaborative research - nationally and internationally.

Relations

We have been forming relationships between:
Gaziantep Üniversitesi

Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyesi

Status

Since initial investigations in February 2008, the current project status is:

Created a team of 20+ people consisting of:

Project co-ordinator,
Scientific advisory committee,
Industrial advisory committee,
Schools/public relations,
Science and education workgroup,
Health and safety,
Secretary, technicians, web team.

"Gaziantep Büyük Şehir Belediyesi" is supporting for:

Location (see maps)
Infrastructure
Advisory committee
A Planetarium is being constructed in the City
(Gaziantep Municipality and Optronik)

Currently (this week) drawing up plans for funding for "scientific equipment" (Ayda/Talat/Sadettin)

Observatory Team (so far)

/restricted/00/observatory-members.html
/restricted/00/observatory-groups.html
/restricted/00/observatory-emails.html

How to Proceed

planning for funding for "scientific equipment" .......