L'Astronomie Afrique, the first astronomy webzine in Africa
Abstract
The French Astronomical Society (SAF) is pleased to announce the launch of the first online magazine dedicated to astronomy and space and intended for sky lovers in Frenchspeaking Africa. L'Astronomie Afrique, a web magazine, quarterly, free and accessible to all, will be produced with the SAF's knowhow acquired over more than a century of publishing their monthly magazine L'Astronomie, but also thanks to the collaboration of many African and French-speaking astronomers within the framework of the Africa Initiative for Planetary and Space Sciences (AFIPSS), the Uranoscope of France, the Senegalese Association for the Promotion of Astronomy (ASPA), the African Astronomical Society (AfAS) and the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics (SF2A). L'Astronomie Afrique offers to its readers a dossier on different themes and news of astronomy in Africa. It will also give tips on observing, planetary ephemerides and major events to be observed every 3 months. Sponsor of L'Astronomie Afrique, Hubert Reeves says: "L'Astronomie Afrique is a great opportunity to promote astronomical activity in the African community and to enable young people to find careers in this field that we love so much." This magazine is a contribution to the new dynamic around astronomy on the African continent and we hope that it will delight all the sky enthusiasts with the passion we all share.
- Publication:
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AFAS2 2021: Conference of the African Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- March 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021afas.confE..69B