Holomon Education

Students of the Physics Department of AUTh are trained at the Holomon Astronomical Station in:

• Observation planning
  At Holomon Astronomical Station the students learn how to use dedicated tools to plan their observations. This includes observations of both periodic and non-periodic phenomena.

• Equipment handling
  Holomon Astronomical Station is equipped with six telescopes, four mounts and three CCD cameras. The main telescopes in use are: a Celestron C11, and a Meade LX200 EMC. The main CCD cameras used are: an Atik 11000, and an Atik 4000.

• Data analysis
  HOPS is the main photometry software that is being used the last years to analyse the observational data. For more information see the poster by Tsiaras et al. 2017. HOPS is a user-friendly package that is being used both for research purposes and as an educational tool to train students in photometry.

Bachelor theses related to the Holomon Astronomical Station: 

1. Vakoulis Ioannis. 2015 June. Monitoring of variable stars - Seeing measurements at Mt. Orliakas.
   Supervisor: J.H. Seiradakis

2. Karpouzas Konstantinos. 2015 June. An eclipsing binary system with a possible transiting companion on an S-type orbit.
   Supervisors: J.H. Seiradakis, D. Mislis

3. Anagnos Theodoros. 2014 Sep. Discovery probability of transiting extragalactic planets and habitable exoplanets statistics in the Milky Way.
   Supervisors: J.H. Seiradakis D. Mislis

4. Stergiopoulou Aikaterini. 2014 June. Photometric Observations of Asteroids.
   Supervisors: J.H. Seiradakis, Kl. Tsiganis

5. Tsiaras Angelos. 2014 June. Detection of an additional extra-solar planet and simulation of perturbations on transit light-curves.
   Supervisor: J.H. Seiradakis

6. Avdellidou Chrysoula. 2012 June. Calculation of the Rotation Period of Main Belt Asteroids.
   Supervisors: J.H. Seiradakis, Kl. Tsiganis

7. Ioannidis Panagiotis. 2012 June. Search Survey and Characterization Effort of Extra-Solar Planets from the Holomon Astronomical Station.
   Supervisor: J.H. Seiradakis

8. Karamanavis Vasileios. 2011 June. A Wide-Field Survey For Variable Stars.
   Supervisor: J.H. Seiradakis

9. Kouroubatzakis Konstantinos. 2011 June. Detection of supernova remnants in optical wavelengths – Detection of Supernova Remnants in Optical Wavelengths.
   Supervisor: J.H. Seiradakis

10. Antoniadis Ioannis. 2009 June. A survey for extrasolar Planets with the method of Transit.
    Supervisor: J.H. Seiradakis

11. Tremou Evagelia. 2007 June. HII Region detection in Local Group census.
    Supervisor: J.H. Seiradakis

12. Nestoras Ioannis. 2007 June. Photometric observations and Data Reduction of Contact Binary Systems and of SS433 Long Term Study of the Astronomical Seeing in Mount Holomon. Chalkidiki.
    Supervisor: J.H. Seiradakis

13. Pyrzas Stylianos. 2007 June. Photometric study and detection of periodicities in cataclysmic variable stars.
    Supervisor: J.H. Seiradakis

14. ​Mislis Dimitrios. 2005 Sept. Seeing measurements and detection of extra-solar planets (in Greek).
    Supervisors: S. Avgoloupis J.H. Seiradakis