The Cosmic Diary is not just about astronomy. It's more about what it is like to be an astronomer.
The Cosmic Diary aims to put a human face on astronomy: professional scientists will blog in text and images about their lives, families, friends, hobbies and interests, as well as their work, their latest research findings and the challenges that face them. The bloggers represent a vibrant cross-section of female and male working astronomers from around the world, coming from five different continents. Outside the observatories, labs and offices they are musicians, mothers, photographers, athletes, amateur astronomers. At work, they are managers, observers, graduate students, grant proposers, instrument builders and data analysts.
Throughout this project, all the bloggers will be asked to explain one particular aspect of their work to the public. In a true exercise of science communication, these scientists will use easy-to-understand language to translate the nuts and bolts of their scientific research into a popular science article. This will be their challenge.
Mariana Barrosa (Portugal, ESO ePOD)
Nuno Marques (Portugal, Web Developer)
Lee Pullen (UK, Freelance Science Communicator)
André Roquette (Portugal, ESO ePOD)
Jack Oughton (UK, Freelance Science Communicator)
Alice Enevoldsen (USA, Pacific Science Center)
Alberto Krone Martins (Brazil, Uni. S. Paulo / Uni. Bordeaux)
Kevin Govender (South Africa, S. A. A. O.)
Avivah Yamani (Indonesia, Rigel Kentaurus)
Henri Boffin (Belgium, ESO ePOD)
Hey. I has been some time already! But as my advisors told me in a quite serious tone last year, in some moments during our life we need to define priorities and hold to them. So I needed to take a long breath and work quite a lot in my thesis projects (yes, plural). Finally, I will now start to write the thesis itself! Happy new year! 
The Origin of the Thesis
Je suis a la recherche d’un logement pour le mois de Novembre, quand je serai encore une fois a la ville de Bordeaux! En principe, je devais être logé a l’Observatoire, comme toujours, cependant cette fois-ci toutes les chambres de la résidence de l’Obs. sont pleins!
Now that the IAU GA is over, I am back in my home town, São Paulo! If you don’t know this incredible city, there is a video on YouTube which describes what one can expect from this place of superlatives! Check it out!
A AG acabou. A última semana foi bastante corrida, com diversas sessões em que eu gostaria ir, mas infelizmente não podemos estar em dois ou mais lugares diferentes ao mesmo tempo!
Entrada da UAI - GA de 2009 no Rio.
O Rio é sem dúvida uma “cidade maravilhosa, cheia de encantos mil”, como já dizia a música! E sem dúvida alguma, ir para a praia em um final de semana é um de seus melhores encantos.
Já estamos na metade da primeira semana da UAI. Mal acredito como está passando rápido!
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro. (Foto por Daniel Sansão)
Hoje foi o segundo dia da AG da UAI. A primeira palestra foi muito boa e funcionou mais ou menos como um review sobre o Symposium Icy Bodies of the Solar System. Aliás, isso é uma novidade que eles estão testando nessa reunião da UAI: no início do dia é apresentado uma palestra sobre cada um dos Symposia. Mas o que são os Symposia?
Playmobil army, by k~owl (CC, Flickr).
E enfim chegou a hora da Assembléia Geral da IAU, ou apenas GA como é mais conhecida. Mas o que é a IAU?
Logo da Assembléia Geral da IAU/UAI em 2009.
E aqui estou, mais uma vez na França, um lugar que gosto muito! Como acho que já disse por aqui antes, meu doutorado é realizado em um esquema de co-tutela, no qual sou considerado como aluno de duas universidades: no Brasil da USP, e na França de Bordeaux 1. Aqui na terra do vinho, trabalho no Observatoire de Bordeaux (nome histórico do atual Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux).
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100HA and Radioastronomy
The 100 Hours of Astronomy are a success around here! More than 200 activities are happening all-over the country, what means that we are in the honourable second place of the world in terms of “number of events”.
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Alberto Krone Martins,
25 years old, born in São Paulo, Brazil
Biography:
Alberto is a professional and amateur astronomer. He is an adept piano player and also a skilled computer programmer, both abilities he began learning as a child. In 2001 he got together with some like-minded friends and founded what is now one of the largest amateur astronomy institutions in Brazil.
Place of work: Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil / Observatoire de Bordeaux, Université de Bordeaux I, France
The University of São Paulo is argued to be the most important centre of academia in Latin America. Its alumni include multiple Brazilian presidents, famous writers, actors and scientists. It has campuses placed all around Brazil, such as in Bauru, Lorena, Piracicaba, and Pirassunung.
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Magnificent São Paulo is Brazil’s richest city, with its motto “I am not led, I lead”. It exerts a global influence on culture, trade and academia. Its ethnically diverse metropolitan area mixes Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, and Japanese cultures, among other influences, and the city has a thriving literary and musical scene.
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