In 1924 an observatory was built in Corfu by the Frenchman, Felix Chemla Lamech. Three years later, in 1927, the 'Astronomical Society of Greece' was founded in Corfu. Unique in Greece, in 1927 it started to issue the newsletter 'Urania' in Greek, French and occasionally in German and English. The Society's significant achievements made Corfu world-famous in this field, and it was duly honoured by the Academy of Athens in 1932. We should point out that the name of Felix Lamech was given to one of the Moon's craters and that of the Corfiot astronomist Ioannis Fokas to a crater on Mars.
The Society is active in many fields: it organises observations of the night skies, holds film shows, arranges lectures and speeches by distinguished Greek scientists for the general public and is available for co-operation in any kind of training for further education as well as furthering alternative forms of development (astrotourism). The Society participates in Greek and European conferences, and has undertaken the organisation of the Second Pan-Hellenic Convention of Amateur Astronomists and Astronomical Societies, which took place on 27th and 28th October 2001 in Corfu with international support.
For further information, please visit their official website.