Contents

• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Foreword
• Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania: Staff directory 2002
• Report OACt 2002 Summary/Highlight
• Research
  • Solar Physics
    • Systematic patrol of photospheric and chromospheric activity
    • Solar wind and coronal mass ejections
    • Spectroscopic diagnostic and modelling of coronal structures
    • Highly energetic transient events in the solar atmosphere
    • Emergence and evolution of solar active regions
    • Sunspots rotation
    • Internal structure and dynamics
    • Dynamo theory of solar activity
    • The 3 Italian Solar Research Meeting
  • Stellar physics
    • Magnetic activity and variability
    • Stellar oscillations and asteroseismology
    • Chemical composition studies and chemically peculiar stars
    • Formation and evolution of stars
    • Search for extra-solar planets
  • Extra-galactic Astrophysics and Cosmology
    • Cosmology: Galaxy Formation
    • Cosmology: Universe models
    • Extra-galactic astrophysics: U B V photometry of BL Lac objects, Gamma Ray burts observation
  • Laboratory of experimental astrophysics and Solar System physics
    • Background
    • Experimental facilities
    • Results
  • Catania Observatory Laboratory for Detectors (COLD)
    • CCD controller update
    • New technology detectors
    • Collaboration with Industries
    • Support for CCD Cameras and control systems
    • International project collaboration
  • Computational technologies for astrophysics
    • Introduction
    • FLY: a parallel tree-code for cosmological N-Body simulations
    • Scientific Visualization
    • Grid Computing
    • Conclusion
  
  
• Projects and Collaborations
  • Space projects
  • National and international projects
  • Staff involved in projects
  • Collaborations
  
  
• Facilities and Services
  • Buildings
  • Training and courses attended by the staff members
  • Acquisition of new instrumentation and facilities
  • Library
  • Computing Center and local network
  • Opto-mechanical workshop and telescopes' automation
    • Telescope automation
    • Opto-mechanical laboratory
  • CCD image acquisition
  • Photometric data acquisition and reduction
  • The "Mario G. Fracastoro" station on Mt. Etna
  • Solar observation facilities
  
  
• Out-reach and Education
  • Out-reach Office
    • Public conferences
    • Visits to the Observatory
    • Special events
  • Advanced course on detector technology
  • University Courses and high level Educational Activity
  • Ph.D. Students
  
  
• Staff members
  • Staff on 31 December 2002
  
  
• List of Publications 2002
  • Papers on refereed Journals
    • In press
  • Invited talks
    • In press
  • Contributed papers to international meetings
    • In press
  • Electronic publications, short articles, technical reports
  
  
• Sommario del bilancio OACt 2002
• Index