The Arab Astronomical Society (ArAS) الجمعية الفلكية العربية is a non-profit learned society that aims to advance astronomy and related sciences in the Arab world. Additionally, it seeks to support astronomical scholarship, technological development, education, and the spread of astronomical knowledge. It operates the Arab Astronomical Society School of Astrophysics (ArAS SfA).
The ArAS was founded in Marrakech, Morocco on November 30, 2016, legally recognized in Morocco in May 2017, and incorporated as a non-profit organization in the US in 2018.
Presently, the Society is working on establishing personal and material scientific infrastructure in the Arab world by training advanced undergraduate and graduate students in astrophysics and stimulating the building of new telescopes.[1]
References
- ↑ Benkhaldoun, Zouhair; Suleiman, Raid M.; Moumen, Ismael; Al-Rabban, Moza M.; Asa’d, Randa (December 2018). "The Arab Astronomical Society (ArAS): Developing Astrophysics Research in the Arab World". Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 13 (S349): 256–259. doi:10.1017/S1743921319000395. ISSN 1743-9213.
External links
- International Astronomical Union | IAU
- International Astronomical Union | IAU
- International Astronomical Union | IAU
- Benkhaldoun, Zouhair; Suleiman, Raid M.; Moumen, Ismael; Al-Rabban, Moza M.; Asa’d, Randa (1 April 2019). "The Arab Astronomical Society (ArAS): Developing Astrophysics Research in the Arab World". Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 13 (S349): 256–259. Bibcode:2019IAUS..349..256B. doi:10.1017/S1743921319000395.
- Benkhaldoun, Zouhair (May 2018). "Peering into space with the Morocco Oukaïmeden Observatory". Nature Astronomy. 2 (5): 352–354. Bibcode:2018NatAs...2..352B. doi:10.1038/s41550-018-0463-7. S2CID 135444893.