To: Editors of astronomical magazines,
Astronomical societies, Web masters and
friends of the IAYC

IAYC 2008 - Second announcement

Once more the International Workshop for Astronomy e.V. is engaged in
organising an astronomical youth camp for young people from all over
the world, the "International Astronomical Youth Camp" (IAYC). I am
writing to you as I think you, the readers of your magazine, or the
members of your club could be interested in hearing about the IAYC
that this year will take place in Sayda, Germany.

In case you also got this email last year, and helped us in spreading
this information, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you
for your support. The IAYC 2007 that took place in Tremesek, Czech
Republic has been a big success and we spent 3 fantastic weeks with
our participants under a marvellous sky! This year we will return to
Sayda, a place where we have organised the camp in 2004. We hope we
can count on your support again to spread the word of this years camp.

Below this e-mail you will find our official announcement of the IAYC
2008. In case you have the possibility to publish this announcement in
your club magazine or distribute it in any other way among the members
of your club or other interested people, we would be very thankful for
that.

In case you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

With kind regards,

Klaas Vantournhout, President
e-mail : klaas@iayc.org

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IAYC 2008, July 20th - August 9th
44th International Astronomical Youth Camp
Sayda, Germany

Every year, for 39 years now, the International Astronomical Youth
Camp (IAYC) takes place somewhere in Europe. About seventy people from
many different countries live together for three weeks. They are aged
between 16 and 24 years old and share the same interest:
astronomy. The IAYC is different from most astronomical camps for two
reasons: the international character and the fact that you do your own
small research project, not just accepting facts but rather
discovering them yourself. The IAYC is also not like a hotel where one
follows a summer school or an astronomy course. Every participant with
his or her own cultural background forms an important piece in the
complex puzzle of camp life.

This years camp will take place in the "Jugendgastehaus Mortelgrund",
a youth hostel in the South East of Germany. The house is located
about 2,5 km from the small village of Sayda, which has about 2.300
inhabitants. It is a pleasant wooded area in the "Erzgebirge", about
45km from Dresden.

The IAYC is an international youth camp with participants from about
20 different countries. As a participant you work for three weeks in
one of the 8 working groups - together with other young people - on
astronomy related projects. These projects are done in a working group
of your choice and also depend on your own interest. The working
groups themselves will be led by young scientists from the IAYC team
and concentrate on a specific field in astronomy. This year these
are: Ancient Astronomy, Astrogenises, Basics of Astronomy, Compact
Objects, Extragalactic astrophysics, Observational Astronomy, Radio
Astronomy and Imaging processing. Of course apart from the
astronomical program, there are many non-astronomical activities such
as group games, sport events, singing evenings, hiking tours and an
excursion.

The accommodation for the IAYC 2008 will be a very pleasant youth
hostel called "Jugendgastehaus Mortelgrund". The house offers plenty
of space for all participants and working groups and there will also
be a darkroom available to the people who want to develop
astropictures. At walking distance there is a field which can be used
for observations. The remote location of the house promises excellent
observing conditions.

Since it is an international camp, the camp language is English. You
should be able and willing to speak English throughout the camp
although it is not necessary to speak English fluently. Anyone from 16
to 24 years old and able to communicate in English may participate in
the IAYC 2008. The fee for accommodation, full board and the whole
program, including the excursion, will be 550 Euro. For interested
persons who are in the situation of not being able to pay the camp fee
themselves, a limited number of grants is available.

More information about IAYC 2008 and the working groups is available
on our website <http://www.iayc.org/next_camp.php>. There you can
also download the application form.

If you have any questions or wish to order, free of charge, an
information booklet including an application form, please contact:

Ana Brajovic
Svetog Save 20/1a
11000 Beograd
Serbia
tel.: +381 642 623182
e-mail: info@iayc.org

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International Astronomical Youth Camp
IAYC 2008, Sayda, Germany
website : http://www.iayc.org/
more info : info@iayc.org