Astrometry Prospects at Córdoba Observatory.

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Nov 2003

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Astronomy in Latin America, Second Meeting on Astrometry in Latin America and Third Brazilian Meeting on Fundamental Astronomy,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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A better understanding of Astrometry prospects at Córdoba Observatory will be taken out through a historical review and the results recently achieved. The Córdoba Observatory was founded in 1871 in Córdoba City for initiative of President Domingo F. Sarmiento almost simultaneously with National Academy of Science and Meteorological Observatory. Its first director was Benjamin A. Gould. The original name of the observatory was Observatorio Nacional Argentino that has made remarkable contributions to Astrometry specially during its first sixty years after its foundation. The Córdoba Zone of Astrographic Catalog is an example of these contributions. After that period the interest and the activity in Astrometry was slowly decaying up to dissapearing at the end of 70s. This phenomenon was not exclusive of Córdoba Observatory but it ocurred in many observatories around the world. The period 1871-1979 will be later on referred as "ancient times". However a lot of astrometric plates taken from the begining of the century to the ending of astrometric activity remain unmeasured and not completely exploited. CdC plates for example. In spite of that gradual abandon of Astrometry practice, lectures in Astrometry at undergraduate university level kept going on all the time maintainning the knowing about the importance of this branch of Astronomy and some interest in it, in particular for myself.

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