Office of Astronomy Documents

If you want to find out in detail what the OAE is, about our concept for fostering the infrastructure of good astronomy education and about our plans for the future, here are a number of documents that will tell you more. Note: As our concept evolves, so will our implementation plans. Please keep that in mind as you read the less recent documents.

Documents from the build-up phase, January 2020–present

• Letter to applicants for hosting an OAE Center or OAE Node (7 July 2020) 55.6 kB
• The roles of OAE Centers and OAE Nodes (5 July 2020) 66.48 kB
• Overview of Topics of OAE Reviews (8.7.2020) 58.04 kB
• OAE Presentation at the Global Hands-On Universe Conference 2020 (22 August 2020) 6.22 MB

Slides from the Shaw Prize-IAU Workshop in Paris (slightly updated)

• The Heidelberg Proposal for the OAE 709.1 kB
• Standards and Best Practices 406.63 kB
• Structure and Planned Activities of the new OAE 1.12 MB
• Building the new OAE 726.59 kB