Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 2006
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Astronomy for the Developing World, 26th meeting of the IAU, Special Session 5, 21-22 August, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic, SP
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
This talk outline the main features of this programme developed by the International astronomical Union (IAU) since 1967 and its perpective at the time of the development of virtual observatories. The main goal of this programme is to support astronomy in developing countries in organizing a School during 3 weeks for students with typically a M.Sc. degree. The context in which the ISYA were developed changed drastically those past 10 years. From a time where the access to any large telescope was difficult and mainly organized on a nation-basis, nowadays the archives are developed at the same time that any major telescope, ground-based one or in space, and they are accessible from everywhere the concept of virtual observatory reinforcing this access. The technological development of the telecommunications and of the world wide internet connections do not remove all the difficulties among which the problem of the isolation of the scientist working in a small institution. In this context the role of the ISYA will be addressed.
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