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Experience in Developing an Astronomy Program in Paraguay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Alexis E. Troche-Boggino
Alexis E. Troche-Boggino*
Affiliation:
Observatorio Astronomico “Alexis Emilio Troche Boggino”, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad Politécnica, 01 Agencia Postal Campus U.N.A., Central XI, Paraguay. e-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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Encouraging IAU-ISYA schools were held in Argentina (1974) and Brazil (1977 and 1995). Contacts with IAU Commission 46 were soon established and the author became the responsible person for setting up a supporting framework for astronomy in Paraguay. A proposal for an IAU-VLP program was made and the program began in 1988, running until 1994. The IAU Traveling Telescope and another telescope were borrowed for hands-on astronomy. Three students went to the Brazil ISYA in 1995 and two others began to work as astronomers abroad. Others became high-school and university instructors. A small library was opened, thanks to donations from IAU members. The need to find jobs for these young astronomers led to the further development of an Astronomy Center around the National Astronomical Observatroy.

Type
Section 2: The Current Situation in Astronomy Education
Information
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 24 , Issue 3: Special session: Astronomy for Developing Countries , 2001 , pp. 65 - 68
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2001