Category Archives: Latin America + Caribbean

Overview of the project (2015)

Project leader: Jose Peña, jhpena@astro.unam.mx Location: Tonanzintla, Mexico Target group: Latin American physics and astronomy undergraduate students Project description: The Latin American School of Observational Astronomy is a short course at the observatory in Tonanzintla, Mexico dedicated to undergraduate-level students from Latin America. The School was originally conceived to help Central American and other Latin […]

Overview of the project (2014)

Project title: Latin American School of Observational Astronomy Project leader: Mr. Jose H. Pena Updates: https://www.facebook.com/OANTNT There is great enthusiasm for astronomy in Latin America and even interest in developing small local observatories but, unfortunately, so far there are very few astronomers in these countries who can develop new talents. In collaboration with the Instituto Nacional […]