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Astronomy in Iran*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Yousef Sobouti
Yousef Sobouti*
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan, P.O. Box 45195-1159, Iran email: sobouti@iasbs.ac.ir
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Abstract

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This paper summarizes the present situation concerning astronomy in Iran. Shiraz University introduced astronomy in the mid-1960s and established the Biruni Observatory. Astronomy is also carried out at Tabriz University and in Meshed, Zanjan, Tehran, Babol and other places. The Astronomical Society of Iran is flourishing, and is about 30 years old. Site-testing is underway for a National Observatory of Iran, which will be equipped with a 2-m class optical telescope. Iran publishes Nojum, the only astronomical monthly magazine of the Middle East, which is presently in its fifteenth year.

Keywords

Astronomy in Iran
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Special Session SPS5: Astronomy for the developing world , August 2006 , pp. 147 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

References

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