Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica ISSN: 0185-1101
[email protected] Instituto de Astronomía México Higuera-G, Mario A. ASTRONOMY IN COLOMBIA Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, vol. 49, julio, 2017, pp. 3-6 Instituto de Astronomía Distrito Federal, México Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57153211002 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative RevMexAA (Serie de Conferencias), 49, 3–6 (2017) ASTRONOMY IN COLOMBIA Mario A. Higuera-G.1 RESUMEN Hace m´as de dos siglos, Jos´eCelestino Mutis y Francisco Jos´ede Caldas dieron comienzo a la expedici´on as- tron´omica colombiana. En la actualidad, el pa´ıs cuenta con una comunidad superior a 50 cient´ıficos, vinculados a seis instituciones en todo el pa´ıs, y m´as de 250 estudiantes e investigadores (PhDs and Postdocs), quienes llevan a cabo investigaciones en astronom´ıa de alto impacto alrededor del mundo. ABSTRACT More than two centuries ago, Jos´eCelestino Mutis and Francisco Jos´ede Caldas initiated the Colombian Astronomical Expedition. Today, Colombia has a community of over 50 scientists, linked to six institutions nationwide, and more than 250 students and researchers (PhDs and Postdocs), having high-impact astronomical research around the world. Key Words: education — history and philosophy of astronomy 1. 1803, THE FIRST OBSERVATORY IN AMERICA´ The creation of the Astronomical Observatory, in the Spanish colony “la Nueva Granada” was the initiative of naturalist Jos´eCelestino Mutis, consti- tuting the first astronomical observatory that was built in the Americas.