Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy-Mathematics Building on the Campus of National Taiwan University.
Established 2010, 7 years ago
Director You-Hua Chu
Location Taipei, Taiwan
Address 11F of Astronomy-Mathematics Building, AS/NTU. No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Website Official website

The Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (also known as the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, abbreviated as ASIAA or IAA. Chinese: 中央研究院天文及天文物理研究所) is a research institute in Academia Sinica. The Institute of Astronomy was one of the original programs founded as part of Academia Sinica in 1928 in Republic of China. The ASIAA Preparatory Office was re-established in 1993 after approval by the Academia Sinica Council, with Frank Shu chairing the advisory panel. ASIAA is currently located in the Astronomy and Mathematics Building at the National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan and also has a field office in Hilo, Hawaii. ASIAA was officially established on June 1, 2010, with Paul Ho being the first director.

Preparatory Office Directorship

  • Typhoon Lee (1993 - 1994)
  • Chi Yuan (1994 - 1997)
  • Fred Lo (1997 - 2002 August)
  • Paul Ho (September 2002 - August 2003)
  • Sun Kwok (September 2003 - 2005 August)
  • Paul Ho (September 2005 - May 2010)

Directorship

  • Paul Ho (June 2010 – August 2014)
  • You-Hua Chu (September 2014 - present)

Research

The research areas of ASIAA range from the solar system, to star formation, to galaxies and cosmology. ASIAA has either led or co-led the construction and operation of several telescopes, including, the (AMiBA Telescope to study the cosmic microwave background radiation, also known as "Lee Array"), the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey, the Submillimeter Array and many other research projects.

Projects

ASIAA is involved in several research projects, including:

Observatories

ASIAA has access to several observatories:

Education & Public Outreach

ASIAA astronomer (Tang, Ya-Wen) interacts with the public at the "Ask An Astronomer" event, a featured program of the yearly AS Open House.

Academia Sinica Headquarters organizes its Open House Day in late October or November every year. To raise awareness of science among the public, 31 branches institutes of the Academia Sinica actively participates in educational entertainment programs, one of them is the Open House event, as a result, the Academia Sinica Open House has been getting more and more popular in recent years. South-Taiwan high-schools even charter buses to send hundreds youngsters to attend. At an Academia Sinica Open House, besides giveaway beautifully printed posters, ASIAA also host public talks and Ask An Astronomer in multiple sessions.

Dr. Ken Chen (EACOA Fellow/ASIAA) is about to begin a public talk at the Open House
The "Cosmos TV" updates Taiwan public with latest astronomical research results by broadcasting videos--some are in-house produced, some with English -->Chinese subtitles translated.

See also

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