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