Astronomy in Brazil S.O. Kepler & Maria de Fátima O. Saraiva Department of Astronomy - UFRGS Olimpíadas Brasileiras de Astronomia Brazilian Astronomical Society 1919 Solar Eclipse, Sobral, Ceará, confirms General Relativity First observatory in Southern hemisphere Astronomer Georg Markgraf Friburgo palace, Recife 1639-1643 Dutch Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen Piedade Observatory UFMG Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica Pico dos Dias, Minas Gerais, 1981 http://www.lna.br National Observatory (ON) Rio de Janeiro http://www.on.br 1827, 1922 Valongo Observatory Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) http://www.valongo.ufrj.br Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais http://www.das.inpe.br 2.5% Gemini 8m telescopes 33% Soar 4.1m telescope Chile Itapetinga Radio Observatory, 1971 Instituto Astronômico e Geofísico USP http://www.iag.usp.br 1941 1908, 19 cm Gautier telescope Oldest in original place Hypertext Astronomia e Astrofísica http://astro.if.ufrgs.br Department of Astronomy - UFRGS Professor & Senior Researcher USP 17 ON 8 INPE 5 UFRJ(OV+IF) 1 UFRGS 7 UFRN 2 UNESP(FEG+RC) 2 LNA(+SOAR) UNIVAP UFMG 1 UFSC 3 UESC UNICSUL UFSM Un. Mackenzie 1 UEFS UERJ UNIPAMPA UERN UNB UNIFEI UEL CBPF UFPR UFABC Unochapecó UFPel UNIFESP UCS UFF UNIVASF UFJF UEPG UFMT UFSCar CEFET-SP UTFPR Fund.Sto.André Exterior-PostDoc Total 47 Professor & Researcher 5 6 2 6 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 Professor PostDoctoral PhD & Fellow MsC Students 14 15 67 11 7 30 16 4 17 10 1 18 2 4 18 3 1 19 6 4 11 7 5 5 1 4 3 1 5 6 4 2 6 1 2 4 1 1 5 4 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 37 128 15 61 199 118 62 44 36 31 26 24 13 12 11 9 8 7 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15 473