L
et's know the main organiser of Total Solar
Eclipse on August 1999 in Romania. Founded in 1992,
SARM is a national young non-profit
society with about 100 members in eight
national branches. The main aims of SARM's activity is
promoting the public outreach in
astronomy and international cooperation
in about 40 countries. SARM publish the bimonthly astronomical
journal "Us and the Sky" and set up many
national projects.
T
he main project of SARM is the astronomical camp
"Perseide", set up in August, where about
100 participants take part each year: pupils, students, amateurs,
teachers and researchers. Perseide is more than a young camp, is a
"Frame of the Sky", as Valentin Grigore,
the national president, described it.
Here are some of the
activities set up each year at Perseide:
observational camp, colloquim of astronomy,
public outreach, astronomical contest for
students, photographical exposition and
astro-poetry festival, various trips and
expeditions to exciting places. In August 1999 Perseide will
gather together hundreds of tourists and
amateur astronomers all over the world,
assisting the observations and the eclipse,
guiding tours to wonderfull places, enjoying together
the splendours of the Sky and Nature.