Categories
Conferences/Conventions, Exhibits, Lectures, Workshops

Location
Louis Cruls Astronomy Club
Main Theater
Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro 28010-400
Brazil

Times
9:00h - 20:00h

Admission Fees
Free

Description
The 6th International Meeting of Astronomy and Astronautics will happen on 18-20 April in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. A special opening ceremony will take place on 18 April at 9:00h a.m.. The meeting will include special presentations, workshops, exhibitions, Digital Mobile Planetarium Sessions, astronomy clubs exhibitions, International Competition, Star Party and many activities... The event in being organized by Louis Cruks Astronomy Club with the support of UNESCO office in Brazil, Brazilian Space Agency, Program UNAWE, Astronomers without Borders, Star Peace and Global Teacher Training Program.
We are offering free lodging. Make your registration. We will receive abstracts until 3rd March, 2013
You will be very welcome!!!

History
In April,1998, we organized the first International Meeting of Astronomy and Astronautics. Since this year we organize in April a new edition of the event. Information about the five events already organized are available at http://meeting.passeiopeloceu.org/index5.html

In the events we organized we had the presence of: Apollo Astronauts Dr. Buzz Aldrin, and Dr. Charlie Duke, Brazilian Astronaut Marcos Pontes, Russian Cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov, and Oleg Kotov, as well as Space Explorer Anousheh Ansari.
Dr. Narendra Bhandari (India Space Agency), Dr. Rosaly Lopes (NASA), Dr. José Bezerra (Brazilian Institute of Aeronautics and Space), Mr Virgiliu Pop (Romanian Space Agency), Dr Robert Zubrin (Mars Society - USA), Mr Gennady Saenko (ROSCOSMOS), Dr. Jin Zhu (China - Director of Beijing Planetarium)
Mr. Robert Naeye (Editor in Chief Sky and Telescope), Mr. Babak Tafreshi (TWAN - Iran), Mr Tamas Ladanyi (TWAN - Hungary), Mr. Mike Simmons (President Astronomers without Borders), Mr. Nazar Sallam (Abu Dhabi - UAE), Mr Johannes Stubler (AWB - Austria), Mr. Julio Vannini (Nicarágua), Dr. Manuel de la Torre (Bolívia), Mr. Michael Uberty (AWB – New York),Mrs. Joan Chamberlin (Leader of Southern Gems Project - Citizen Sky), Mr Dirk Ross (AWB- Japan), Mr. Manoj Pai (India - Ahmedab Astronomy Club), Dr. Malcolm Smith (Cerro Tololo - Chile), Dr. Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão (Brazil - National Observatory), MSc. Marcomede Rangel Nunes (National Observatory). MSc. Rosa Doran (International Coordinator of Galileo Teacher Training Program – GTTP), Prof. Julio Blanco (Coordinator of GTTP
in Uruguay), Dr. Carolina Ödman (Coordinator UNAWE program)
Prof. Enrique Torres (Coordinator of Educational Programs in CIDA – Venezuela), Dr. Oscar Alvarez (Cuba), Dr. Gonzalo Tancredi (Uruguay), MSc. Andrea Sanchez (Uruguay), Dr. Mário Novello (Institute of Cosmology, Relativity and Astrophysics – ICRA –
CBPF), Dra. Maria Elizabeth Zucolotto (National Museum), Dr. Martin Makler (ICRA-CBPF - Brazil) and many others Brazilian Astronomers and representative of Brazilian Institutions and Astronomy Clubs.
Louis Cruls Astronomy Club is one of the most famous Brazilian Astronomy Club http://calc.

Additional Information
None

Contact Information
meeting@passeiopeloceu.org

Website
http://meeting.passeiopeloceu.org