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Astronomy .... what a passion!


The short title that I wrote was not chosen at random ... and yes .... this is because, first of a profession for me astronomy is a passion. And it has been since I have memory. I can not remember an age where he does not see the sky.

I remember the day when my parents forced him to leave home and go to see Halley's comet ... I was little, but still remember it .... like all the times I set your alarm for get up in the middle of the night and watch even though a small crescent of the moon during an eclipse overshadowed .... and I could go on forever.

For these reasons, I was always called, a bit like Giusi Micela, the "strange family" ... with the ultimate title "appioppatomi" from my brother's "mad scientist "..., but not I can not help it .... first of all for me astronomy is and has always been a passion passion .... for the pleasure and the desire to always surprise.

For these reasons I do not think there are differences between men and women. As Paul Edwards have written before and then Elvira Covino, it is true .... you do not know a-priori the author or the author of a paper .... I was wrong ... I often exchanging a man with a woman or vice versa ... and who knows how many times someone has not done with me! Maybe I have given Kevin's, or Karim, either! This is because studying and "doing" astronomy has no sex nor age ... we meet all around the world to share their passion at any age, who for a conference, some for a "fellow" or other, some for collaboration, some for remarks ... all united, as pointed out by Elvira, a single "thread" and, not least, from a suitcase ready!

It has now become very good at preparing a suitcase in a record time of only 5-6 minutes and an hour before taking a bus to arrive at the airport or train station! But then, when you arrive at your destination and comparisons with other cultures, other worlds, other habits ,.... otherwise, it's a greek strange insect or a plant of the arid Sierra Nevada or a Chilean tarantula .... well, that's where you get a boost from you so vehement in an instant recharge your stay you've had too steep and you lay behind all the problems that life obviously you reserve.

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This year I participated for the first time at the Olympics in Astronomy. As a member of the national jury, because 'the age' does not allow me, for some time, to participate as 'young athlete'! In addition, even the right age (14 to 17 years) I attended because I was so interested in science, astrophysics, but had not yet taken over, and I struggled between the study of the human body, and generally of living beings, and that of the Earth and volcanoes. Astrophysics came after, the university, Like many other astronomers, as I have read on this blog.

But back to us, or better to them, the astronomers and budding astronomers.

The scenery is beautiful Capodimonte in a weekend in mid-May. The atmosphere is tense: you select the 'athletes' for the 'Italian national team', which will participate in the International Olympiad in Hangzhou, China 8 to 16 November 2009!
important opportunity very proud parents, realized as a tireless companions, some, in fact, have faced a long journey by car, leaving from Trieste, Bari, from Cuneo, Ray Calabria. Are armed with camera and the best possible advice, which is the motto of the Baron de Coubertin, Pierre de Frédy: The important thing is to participate.

And here, the players, 30 boys between 14 and 17, who think not only become papers or players, but they also have other interests and passions. And then, after all, one thing could not exclude the other. Compete in a demanding race, ranging from earnest Kepler's laws, to the inhabitants of the planet Radar IV, who like to compete in speed sports cars with ultra-secure, or adventure travel on technologically advanced spacecraft to explore the solar system.

short, non-trivial exercise, which measure knowledge of the subject, curiosity and the ability to be future researchers, but also curious future of the world and the universe, regardless of the road and the profession that they choose to do as adults.

A test ended, he began the arduous and difficult task of the jury to evaluate the scientific accuracy (because the race is still a serious matter) the work done by each participant and give a vote inevitable in order to form a national team no more than 5 guys. A daunting task, because it is such a surprise (mine, in the grass court, yes) for the skill, determination and imagination put into each field to solve problems. We made the night, with the other jurors, to correct the exercises carefully and do not miss a detail, no effort on the part of the 'athletes' faces at the solution.

the end, only five will go to Hangzhou, the maximum number of athletes per country. For the other will be the enthusiasm of having lived a good experience, getting to know new people, visiting a magnificent city and, perhaps, the desire to try again next year: GOOD LUCK!

Gabriella

From the website of the Italian Olympic Astronomy:

"Under the pretext of the competition, the Olympics of Astronomy of the Italian schools offer students an opportunity to meet with researchers and comparison with other boys, the possibility of growing interest and passion for astronomy and a broad scientific arena, in full respect for their moral and cognitive. "
http://www.ts.astro.it/olimpiadi/index.html
(Italian site)
http://www.issp.ac.ru/iao/
(international site)

(Picture: credits to NASA and STScI).

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One night, my father and Cassiopeia


My story begins many years ago when I was still the sweet girl of my dad. E 'unforgettable experience for me a walk with my father in a winter evening, when, returning from church, we stopped in a road dark and he taught me to recognize the constellation of Cassiopeia. I know it may seem coy, but it's exactly what happened. I think every girl should be loved by his father with a love that allows it to grow and realize their dreams. Thank God, and my father, I was loved and with his invaluable help and support I've become what I am.
So, very early in my childhood, I had already decided that I would become an astronomer. In second place in my aspirations was to become "sweep", perhaps because I was a little girl extremely neat, but my parents made me give up this idea, fortunately.
Now, after many years of work and study, I still feel way. Neither the University after graduation, or after the doctorate, nor now, while working with the group of the Laboratory for Experimental Astrophysics at Catania, I can consider myself as an astronomer. But I try to be. I received such wonderful things in my life - my father, my brain, my eyes .... I do not like talking about myself. And this text should not be talking to me. He should be a chance to make the point, a brief reflection on the fact that ..... at times, I feel wonder exactly how that first night. Here's why I feel it is worth continuing. Zuzana
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ZK è nata nella Repubblica Slovacca e lavora in Italia dallo scorso autunno. Comincia a parlare italiano, ma il suo post è scritto in lingua inglese. Eccovi l'originale:

My story has begun many many years ago, when I was a sweet daddys' little girl. I cannot forget one winter evening walk with my father, coming back from the church, when we stopped in one darker street and he teached me to find Cassiopeia constellation. I know that this sounds like a pretty fake, but it was really so. I think that girls should be loved by their fathers. They should be loved so as they could grow up and fulfil their dreams. Thanks to God and my father I was loved and with his uncoverable help and support I became the one who I am.
So, very soon in my childhood I decided to become an astronomer. The second possibility was to be a street-sweeper, because I was so tidiness loving kid, however my parents have talked me out of this idea - luckily.
Now, after many years of work and study I am still on the way. Neither after graduation at university, not even after PhD. study, nor now, working with the group of the Laboratory of Experimental Astrophysics in Catania I consider myself as an astronomer. But I try to be. I was given so many wonderful things in my life - my father, my brain, my eyes ... I don't like to speak about myself. And, this shouldn't be about me. This should be just short stop-off, short reflection, that ... in Some moments, I am amazed as I was That winter night. That's why I still keep on.

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consegutio After his doctorate in astrophysics in Catania, I worked for about two years in Italy at the INAF (Catania and Naples) and for about a year a Research Fellow at ESTEC, the Dutch established the European Space Agency (ESA). My line of research is to study young stars and matter (dust and gas) that surrounds them. This study is of particular importance in astrophysics, since the formation of planets is related to the evolution of circumstellar matter. In other words, to understand how our solar system is formed, we need young stars in which the formation of planetary systems is still to come or is in progress. My approach to this type of study is purely observational. Working with data from telescopes in the Chilean Europena Southern Observatory (ESO, Chile), the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope and Herschel (in the near future).

The European Space Agency is a very unique working environment for an astronomer, as it offers the advantages of a good research institute (the Research and Scientific Support Department, ESA-RSSD), however, placed inside a large company ( ESA has about 5000 employees). Given the main objectives of the ESA (the exploration space, human space flight, telecommunications and satellite navigation, etc.), it includes several areas of character engineering, information technology, administrative, etc.. This variety of skills means that the ESA is a constant swarm of ideas, projects, and new people with different training. To an astronomer it is certainly a stimulating environment that allows you to grow in their profession as a researcher but also to broaden their knowledge and skills to more technical aspects. This rich, from my point of view, the training of an astronomer. In addition, the fact that the working relationship within the ESA are very friendly, the comparison with other costrittuvo healthy. We always feel in the race to do better but it is a path group, not individually, you feel part of a large "machine" while maintaining awareness of their particular role.

Obviously all this must be added the fact that ESA is an international organization for which this is its staff. Walking is the long corridors at lunchtime, you have the opportunity to hear at least a dozen languages: English, French, English, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and German are just the most common languages, but even if you're lucky greek, Polish, Czech, Finnish, Norwegian, Russian, and also because some years the ESA offers the possibility of forward contracts for citizens of countries outside the European Union. To linguistic diversity and thus cultural, generational diversity is then added. Assim permanent staff, in fact, the ESA is full of young people between 20 and 30, which held at the agency's thesis (stageers), a post-graduate training period of approximately one year (young trainees ) or post-doctoral (research fellows), as in my case. To combine this variety of languages, cultures and life styles, ESA offers its employees language courses (English, French and Dutch) and vocational training (courses in programming, updates, seminars, meetings and conferences, etc.) but also recreational activities (attività sportive, lettura, musica, cinema,etc). Non si ha un'idea completa di ESA-ESTEC senza aver visto ESCAPE, il regno dell'attività di ricreazione !!!!

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Ho provato molte volte a ricordare quale fosse nella mia mente di adolescente la relazione tra l'astronomia e il senso della vita. Ma non ci riesco! La sola cosa che ricordo è che a quel tempo pensavo che avrei scoperto il mistero della vita se avessi compreso come funziona il cosmo! Forse ero influenzata dalla credenza che il paradiso sia in cielo! E sognavo di trovarlo nella scienza!

Tutti i miei sogni di svelare la Creazione con la scienza svanirono al secondo anno di Fisica all'Università, studiando la meccanica quantistica: ho imparato che ci sono molte incertezze nella fisica e nell'astronomia. Da allora ho continuato in miei studi di astronomia con un altro punto di vista.

Oggi l'astronomia mi permette di realizzare uno dei miei sogni più importanti, un sogno che è nato durante l'infanzia. Un anno e mezzo prima che io nascessi, il mio paese è entrato in guerra e tutta la mia infanzia è passata sotto la dura pressione della guerra. A quel tempo, avevamo due canali televisivi, che trasmettevano entrambi un’ora al giorno di programmi per bambini. Tutti i cartoni animati proponevano situazioni much harder than we were living in reality, most stories of children whose mother died, or went to service in other houses, or went to find his father. I do not know how these cartoons could be elected! But there were also two other programs that I loved with all my heart. One of these was about a grandfather who narrated stories Inuit to his nephew (it was not a cartoon!), Construction of their territory, hunting and navigation. Wonderful! The other was a cartoon about Marco Polo. I still have very clear memories of a little girl of 4 or 5 years watching TV and fascinated with the heartbeat and had a fixed idea travel! My passion was Venice, the city on water! How could he be? I often wondered how he would be living in Venice. I thought my father would take a boat instead of a car in the morning to go to work, and I imagined my mother opened the door and wash the dishes in the street is a river!

lively an imagination and dreams of a future full of my travels have made my day joyful and happy childhood, despite the war and all its painful and incredible effects that have plagued our lives and our country for many years, even now. And now travel to conferences, seminars etc. through astronomy. Finally one day I will visit Venice and even the Inuit! Who knows what will happen tomorrow?

For me, astronomy is the focal point of my deepest aspirations.

Nakis Nooraee

NN was born in Iran where she majored in astronomy. Today is doing a PhD in astronomy from the "Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

Original text

" I have tried many times to remember what the relation Between myth and astronomy of life and creation Was in my mind, as a teenager. But I can not! The only thing I remember is I thought I would discover the mystery of life if I can Understand the reality of the cosmos! Maybe I was influenced with historic idea that heavens are in the sky, and I dreamed to find them in science!

All of my dreams about disclosing the Creation by science vanished when I was a physic's student on second year of bachelor, while learning quantum mechanics. I found out there are many uncertainties in physics and especially in astronomy.

Today astronomy serves one of my biggest dreams, a dream from childhood. One and half year before my birth, war had started in my country and all of childhood was under hard pressure of war. On that time, we had 2 channels on TV, each of them had one hour per day program for children. All of the cartoons portrayed a worse situation than we have had on those days, most of them were the story of a child whose mother died recently or has to work as servant in other's home or has to go and find father!! I don't know really how those cartoons had been chosen so wisely!!! But there were two different programs I loved them (heartily). One of them was an Inuit grandfather who tells story for his grandson (It wasn't cartoon), he narrates about building the Inupiat, hunting and boating! Complete amazing! The other was a carton about Marco Polo. I have still clear strong memories of a 4 or 5 years old girl, gazing on TV, with charming beating heart who thinks madly about travelling! My passion was Venice, the city on water!! How does it exist? The question, which was repeated many times for me, I imagine how living in Venice would be? I thought my father every morning needs boat to go work instead of car and my mother can open our home's door and wash dishes in street, which is a river! Funny imaginations and dreaming for future life, full of travels around the world has mad my childhood happy and cheerful days, against war and all of painful and unbelievable destructive effects which have affected our lives and our country for many years, even now. And now, I travel for workshops, seminars etc for astronomy. Hopefully one day visit Venice or ambitiously, Inuit! How knows what happens tomorrow?

For me, astronomy is Conjunction point of my inquisitive soul's dreams. "

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"But then you study the stars ?"... Simply

   reading the various posts on this blog I realized that almost all had included quotations or reported typical people's reactions to the news of their profession, so I thought I'd start with just one of the most common ... Yes, because once past the first questions "do a horoscope?" or "but then work at night?" (which remains always my favorite because it gives rise to many sarcastic responses) that's where you go to parry, directly to the stars. I work in  campo dell'ottica adattiva da poco più di un anno, cioè da quando mi sono laureata qui a Padova. Per me le stelle più piccole sono, meglio è, in un certo senso!  Il nostro è un gruppo di tecnologi (nel senso lato del termine), quelli a cui si vanno a chiedere i consigli sulle questioni più strane, perché se è vero che la gente comune non ha chiaro di cosa si occupi un astronomo, non è che tutti gli astronomi teorici abbiano chiaro il compito e le competenze di chi lavora nel campo tecnologico... e trovo questa cosa molto divertente, fra l'altro!       

     L'astronomia non era la mia passione da bambina, non volevo fare l'astronauta e non sono mai stata astrofila, the choice of the course to be taken was completely random and even the way now that I have undertaken has been the result of a decision "cast", so I can not say that I realized the dream of a lifetime, but never in life would thought that work could be so stimulating.   

   I am fortunate to be part of a group that participates in the implementation, from design to final optical alignment until first light, instruments that are fitted to the largest telescopes in the world ... me that I still have 25 years, this is an honor beyond description! And I can not deny that it is very lucky, because not everyone of being in the right place at the right time. What struck me most is the constant interaction with colleagues from all over the world, perhaps many of you now is natural, but go directly from the close of the degree course at various collaborations was totally unexpected!   

   The technology sector, then, is particularly suited to this collaboration, we can say that it is almost forced in a way. This is because projects of a certain magnitude are extremely complex and can not be the result of a single mind, but they require the efforts of many individuals who make available to the project their different skills and experiences to achieve a common goal, just as in a team ... I am 14 years of practice a team sport that is my passion and I can assure you that the similarities are many and the similarity is amazing! Maybe that's what I like most, more travel, more than the pleasure of discovery ... I LOVE being in a team! ... And I love what engages me mentally, and that leads me to reconsider what may be my limitations and my mental closures.   

   The result is an environment in which people work together with different skills and knowledge (optics, astronomy, mechanical engineers and computer, etc ...) and where there is a continuous exchange of views and experiences,  che avviene a distanza, giornalmente, o di persona, periodicamente. Ma la cosa più toccante (addirittura!) è che ogni persona ha la possibilità di dire la sua, magari sbagliando per inesperienza o ingenuità, ma è raro che un'idea, quale che sia la sua origine, venga scartata a priori.       

     Forse con il passare del tempo questo entusiasmo passerà perché ci farò l'abitudine o perché prima o poi potrà capitarmi anche qualche esperienza meno piacevole, ma spero che ciò che conterà non sarà mai solo vincere, ma continuare a partecipare mettendoci sempre tutta me stessa.       

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astronomer South

Today is a day like any other, for many ... but for me the day I chose to write my piece on this blog. I could have chosen any day, but today my "life astronomer" would have been different.
I think because of this weekend's elections: the excitement that breath walking to my country I am reminded why I left him sixteen years ago, but also reflect on the reasons why there are still "obsessed" bound.
I started to study astronomy at Bologna, I think, but I could choose any another degree course, provided far away from here! And 'that the high school science teacher had made us excited about astronomy, but the fact that it was the only other option (along with the DAMS) is not present at the University of Naples Federico II, makes it even more fascinating!
then I ran away from me who looked "strange" for the African necklaces that I loved so much, or the colorful hats that gave me such confidence, that the respectable reviews << oh my God! she and others only two women in a bar frequented mainly by men>>; from ...
now times have changed: the bar of my country have increased exponentially, as the girls attending them, and I see again the reasons for my escape.
I reached the awareness of being escaped from the death of ideology is that I slammed in my face every time you come the local elections ... a death that has engulfed even my "friends" more expensive! By corrupt politicians and mafia, the mob held sway in this land of Gomorrah, dall'abbrutimento of new generations, by injecting poison into the air every day of the "land of fires", the land raped by decades of toxic waste, from ' submissive acceptance of a people always under blackmail ... in this land of my poor job. Yet I
this Earth la adoro, e me ne rendo conto dalla rabbia assordante che provo quando una discarica abusiva di pneumatici brucia per giorni, e senti tua madre al telefono che ti dice <<… non riusciamo a respirare...> >. Come una disperata scrivo un articolo e cerco di diffondere la notizia non solo tra la gente che “la respira”, ma soprattutto fuori… perchè non ne sentirete mai parlare dai mezzi di informazione di massa.
Par contre ... cerco tutto il bello che ancora esiste in questi luoghi: nei canti degli anziani, nei balli intorno ai fuochi di sant’Antonio, nelle tammorre e castagnette che suonano per ore ed ore nelle ronde, le sole ronde buone che esistano! Le ronde di musicanti suonano instancabili nelle nostre feste popolari, while young and old dance together, and any generational distance is flattened. Is constantly looking for simplicity and genuine human relations, quality who are still in my South
Unfortunately, the degradation has become structural, and much we do not resist here, in the ex-Campania Felix.
But I will not surrender, I am continuing my research, and run ... but in the opposite direction compared to years ago. When I have two days off I take refuge in Salento, which has become my adopted homeland, a South where it still makes sense to talk about "quality of life."
walking through the olive and red earth, I dip in the blue waters of the Otrantian coast, sipping coffee with almond milk ice at the bar timeless Badisco Porto, for hours contemplating the landscape from the rocks of Sant'Emiliano Tower, the most beautiful in the world to me.
My friends tell me salentini <<… perché tu non ci vivi…>>.
Far from the South learns to love him, tell him.

Yesterday a friend told me to be proud to have a friend astronomer, he boasts that when he tells people. I am a little 'me sad, not for him mind you ... but for some reason I am reminded of the times when answering the question <<... e tu che fai?> > I immediately regret having said the truth! .. But because I did not say "shampista!
I'm not here to list the myriad of possible responses of my interlocutors, but I assure you that I often felt I'm a freak!
I love my work, I struggled and sweated a lot to become a researcher for an indefinite period, I believe that when there is more that I know do, so that we can live ... but for love, I am a woman like many others!
Simply, I would say, South astronomer, who loves him in a visceral and will continue to fight for its rebirth.

Melania Del Santo