Astronomical Camp "Letenka 2011"
From 21 to 24 July 2011 the international Astronomical Camp (AC) was organized on Letenka which is located in the National Park Fruška Gora, Serbia. The camp was organized by "Astronomski magazin" ("Astronomical magazine") and was sponsored by the Secretariat for Science and Technological Development of Vojvodina and the Department of Physics from Novi Sad.
The camp is attended by people interested in astronomy. The camp is organized every year on different locations where the observations by amateur telescopes are feasible. The participants came from Serbia, Macedonia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the day various lectures were organized whereas during the night several observational activities were performed.
Dr. Oliver Vince from Astronomical Observatory was invited to give a lecture about the Astronomical Station Vidojevica and project BELISSIMA. The lecture was given on July 23rd, 2011 and is available here. This presentation was the first official presentation of the BELISSIMA project to amateur astronomers of Serbia. The questions posed after the presentation show that participants were very interested in details of the Work Package 4 related to the popularization of astronomy and about the possibility of usage of the 60cm which is in function and the future 1.5-class telescope in educational/scientific purposes.
Dr. Oliver Vince presents AS Vidojevica and project BELISSIMA
