Astrophysics Workshop for Amateur Astronomers

The Third High Energy Astrophysics Workshop for Amateur Astronomers currently has travel grants of up to $800 available for amateur astronomers, teachers and science educators. The workshop will be held March 21-23, 2005 at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

The goal is to educate science enthusiasts in the latest high energy astrophysics research (black holes, supernova, gamma ray bursts, etc.) so that they may take the
information back and share it with their local community in the classroom, through talks and presentations.

Information on the workshop and an online application form for the travel grants are
available at: http://www.aavso.org/aavso/meetings/hea3.shtml
            
The workshop is being organized by the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO), NASA, New Mexico State University and Sonoma State University.

Thanks to Aaron Price of the American Association of Variable Star Observers for providing this news story.