Total Solar Eclipse 2008 - Russia

Hi Michael,

You 'd better book a flight first (any flight), now that air-tickets are still available, and then look for a hotel room.
I would advise you to send e-mails to travel agencies, rather than hotels.
Try the travel agency Olympia Reisen Sibir eng.olympia-reisen.ru/
and send mail to contact@olympia.nsk.su The person to be contacted is Ms(?) Olesia Varnanidou. They will inform you of any available rooms in Novosibirsk or in the district.

Our schedule:
Departure from Athens on 29th - Arrival at Novosibirsk on 30th 05:30 am.
Departure from Novosibirsk on 2nd 06:30 pm - Arrival at Athens on 3rd.
So we stay 3 nights in Sibir.

Yes, we will have a shuttle-bus for our transports, the cost is 300+smth euro (14-15 people share that cost).
As for the observing site, there is no hurry, the shadow path is 350 km wide and it passes through a vast region, Novosibirsk being well inside it. You could watch from anywhere. But we are planning to go for an investigating expendition at the countryside and look for a suitable observing spot the day before the eclipse. Of course you are wellcome to come along during the eclipse, or in any case and anyway join our group!

Good luck!

Hi Albert,
I am afraid the only way to stay at a university room is to have an official invitation from the faculty.

Hi dfnsk, thanx for the translation!
Where will you be staying during the eclipse?

And is this the site of the TAL factory? --> www.astrovox.gr/forum/download.php?id=4577 (Google .kmz) at Zaelcovskaya?

Hi Albert,
I am afraid the only way to stay at a university room is to have an official invitation from the faculty.

Hi dfnsk, thanx for the translation!
Where will you be staying during the eclipse?

And is this the site of the TAL factory? --> www.astrovox.gr/forum/download.php?id=4577 (Google .kmz) at Zaelcovskaya?

Home i live in akademgorodok.
And for the eclipse itself - didn't decide yet . Probably we'll go with friends on the cars to some place near Novosibirsk-Barnaul highway and near Ob sea.
(by the way, you all are welcome )

Yes, this the TAL factory. Metro Station Zaelcovskaya is exactly on the sqaure.

(by the way, you all are welcome )

sure!

Michael, did you have any luck with rooms in the university?

I've heard no more on this issue.

Whatever else happens, I hope the weather picks up a little! It's -27degC over there now! :shock: