Santiago Vargas Dominguez
— National Astronomy Education Coordinator
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Observatorio Astronómico
Av. Carrera 30 # 45-03 Ciudad Universitaria
Bogota
Colombia
Organization website: http://ciencias.bogota.unal.edu.co/oan
NCA adherence: Colombia
Last updated:
October 8, 2024
IAU Status
Active Member
Affiliation(s) within the IAU
Past affiliation(s) within the IAU
- Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission E1 Solar Radiation and Structure (2021-2024)
- Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission E1 Solar Radiation and Structure (2018-2021)
Areas of interest
1 - General: 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.18 - Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), 2.25 - Plasmas, 2.28 - Radiative transfer
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.6 - Site testing, 3.9 - Techniques, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.3 - Eclipses, 5.7 - Proper motions
6 - The Sun: 6.2 - Sun: activity, 6.3 - Sun: atmosphere, 6.4 - Sun: chromosphere, 6.7 - Sun: evolution, 6.10 - Sun: flares
7 - Planetary systems: 7.5 - Interplanetary medium, 7.9 - Near Earth Objects
8 - Stars: 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.13 - Stars: general
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.9 - ISM: HII regions
10 - The Galaxy: 10.8 - Galaxy: general
11 - Galaxies: 11.12 - Galaxies: general
12 - Cosmology: 12.4 - Cosmology: observations