Brazilian Astronomical Society
Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira
AbbreviationSAB
Formation1974 (1974)
TypeScientific Society
HeadquartersSão Paulo, SP, Brazil
Official language
Portuguese
President
Helio Jaques Rocha Pinto
Parent organization
Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science
Websitewww.sab-astro.org.br

The Brazilian Astronomical Society (in Portuguese: Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira - SAB) is a professional astronomical society in Brazil, founded in 1974.[1]

According to its statute, the society is obliged to fulfill certain duties:

  • Congregate Brazil's astronomers;
  • Uphold the freedom to scientific research and education;
  • Uphold astronomers' rights and interests;
  • Support national science's prestige;
  • Stimulate national astronomy's research and teaching;
  • Maintain contact with similar institutes and societies, both national and abroad;
  • Promote scientific meetings, courses and conferences;
  • Publish and update a scientific bulletin about the society's activities and general news about astronomy.

In addition to symposia, working meetings and contact services, it also holds annual meetings, which have taken place in:

NumeralNumberLocationYearRef
XIX 19th Glória Hotel (Caxambu, MG) 1993 [2]
XX 20th Campos do Jordão (SP) 1994
XXI 21st Caxambu (MG) 1995
XXII 22nd São Lourenço (MG) 1996
XXIII 23rd Angra dos Reis (RJ) 1997
XXIV 24th Barra Bonita (SP) 1998
XXV 25th Caxambu (MG) 1999
XXVI 26th Portobello Hotel (Mangaratiba, RJ) 2000
XXVII 27th Grande Hotel (Águas de São Pedro, SP) 2001
XXVIII 28th Florianópolis (SC) 2002
XXIX 29th São Pedro (SP) 2003
XXX 30th Fonte Colina Verde Farm-Hotel (São Pedro, SP) 2004
XXXI 31st Vacance Hotel (Águas de Lindóia, SP) 2005
XXXII 32nd Village Eldorado Hotel (Atibaia, SP) 2006
XXXIII 33rd Recanto das Hortênsias Hotel (Passa Quatro, MG) 2007
XXXIV 34th 2008
XXXV35th2010[3]
XXXVI36thMajestic Hotel (Águas de Lindóia, SP)2011
XXXVII37th2012
XXXVIII38thAtlântico Búzios Convention & Resort (Armação de Búzios, RJ)2014
XXXIX39thMetallurgical Park Augusto Barbosa (Ouro Preto, MG)2015
XL40thRibeirão Preto (SP)2016
XLI41stSão Paulo (SP)4–8 September 2017[4][5]
XLII42ndUniversidade Cruzeiro do Sul - Campus Anália Franco, São Paulo (SP)9–12 July 2018[6]

Teaching commission

The Brazilian Astronomical Society Teaching Commission (Comissão de Ensino da Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira - CESAB) is assigned to analyze and correct educational books' potential inaccuracies on astronomy, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education (Ministério da Educação - MEC). The commission is also responsible for the organizing of the Brazilian Astronomy Olympiad and the periodic realization of astronomy courses destinated for teachers, in addition to the frequent production and publishing of articles and texts with the objective to promote and teach astronomy, such as the Brazilian Astronomy Magazine (Revista Brasileira de Astronomia - RBA), published quarterly.[7]

See also

  • List of Brazilian scientific societies associated with the SBPC

References

  1. "Nossa História – SAB - Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira". SAB - Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. "Fotos dos Eventos – SAB – Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  3. "Eventos Anteriores – SAB - Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira". SAB - Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  4. "XLI Reunião Anual da SAB @ São Paulo – SAB - Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira". SAB - Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  5. "XLI Reunião Anual da Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira - 4 a 8 de Setembro de 2017".
  6. "XLII Reunião Anual da SAB – SAB - Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira". SAB - Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  7. "Revista Brasileira de Astronomia – SAB – Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-20.


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