The tenth Neon Observing school (school at the telescope) will take place at: 
  Asiago Observatory (Italy) from Sept. 10 to 22, 2012

The principles are the same as in previous schools: introductory lectures on topics of general interest,  work in small groups, 
execution of a real research project,  presentation of the results at the end of the school.

Observations will be made with: - The Cima Ekar 1.82m  telescope for photometry and spectroscopy
-The Galileo 1.2m  Telescope  for spectroscopy 

For practical (and travel) information, see the Asiago Web page

            Program (close to final):

Day 1 (Sunday Sept. 9): Arrival of the students
Day 2-4: Introductory lectures and preparation of the observations

Basics of telescope optics and image analysis (R. Hook, ESO)
Photometry (E. Iodice, Napoli)
  Spectroscopy (M. Dennefeld, IAP-Paris)
 

Introduction to reduction techniques (Tutors)

Night 3-8: Observations
Days 3-12:  Data reduction and analysis

Tutors: P. François,  J. Mendez, L. Morelli, A. Siviero, M. Valentini
 
Additional lectures are foreseen  during the rest of the school:
Archival data
Adaptive Optics
VLT and ELT instrumentation
The history and evolution of telescopes
European observing facilities
etc...

Day 13 (Friday, Sept. 21th): Presentation of the results; round table discussion on prospects in astrophysics
Day 14 (Sept. 22th): Departure

Details about this particular school (schedule, practical information, etc...) will be posted regularly here.
For general information about the Neon schools, see the NEON Web page

Deadline for registration was:   April 20th,  2012

The  list of selected  participants has been released early June  2012 .