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Education and Research in Astronomy in Central America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

M. C. Pineda De Carias
M. C. Pineda De Carias*
Affiliation:
Central American Astronomical Observatory of Suyapa Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. Honduras e-mail: [email protected]

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Recently, important efforts have been made to organize and consolidate the Assembly of Central American Astronomers (AAAC), an organization created to contribute to the development of astronomy and astrophysics in Central America, with the help of international cooperation; the Central American Courses in Astronomy and Astrophysics, have been hosted each year by a different national university in Central America (1995: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras, 1996: Universidad de El Salvador, 1997: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, and 1998: Universidad de Panama). These courses aimed to provide an exchange of knowledge and experience among university staff and students interested in continuing studies in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Regional Observational Campaigns have been organized to train young astronomers in the use of astronomical equipment and observational techniques. It seems that the broad development of astronomy and astrophysics in Central American as a whole, will be possible only when nuclei of astronomers in each of the countries concerned begin to develop many more activities, countries As part of the III Central American Course on Astronomy and Astrophysics (III-CURCAA, April 1997, Guatemala), in a forum about Education and Research in Astronomy in Central America, several important conclusions were stated. In this paper we present the six most relevant conclusions discussed there.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part B), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 885 - 887
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998

References

Pineda de Carias, M.C., Cifuentes, E. (1997). Memoria del III Curso Centroamericano de Astronomia y Astrofisica, Publicacion de la Asamblea de Astronomos de America Central, in press.Google Scholar
Pineda de Carias, M.C., Elias Diaz, J. H., (1996). Memoria del II Curso Centroamericano de Astronomia y Astrofisica (II-CURCAA) y de la III Asamblea de Astronomos de America Central (III-AAAC), Publicacion de la Asamblea de Astronomos de America Central Google Scholar