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Astronomy and Astronomical Education in the FSU

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Nikolai G. Bochkarev
Nikolai G. Bochkarev*
Affiliation:
Sternberg Astronomical Institute/Euroasian Astronomical Society, Universitetskij Pr. 13, 119899 Moscow, Russia

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The current situation in astronomy and astronomical education over the territory of the Former Soviet Union is traced. New facilities for radio-astronomy are being put into work – the most important of them being the two coupled 32-m dishes, VLBI network “Quasar”; a number of observatories are acquiring an international status (in the frame of CIS); The Internet is becoming available for an increasing number of astronomical institutions. Azerbaijan astronomers have overcome their isolation from the rest of the world and cooperate actively with the astronomical community.

Type
Section 3: Initiatives in Astronomy Education
Information
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 24 , Issue 3: Special session: Astronomy for Developing Countries , 2001 , pp. 168
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2001