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Membre de la SCNAT

La Société suisse d’astrophysique et d’astronomie (SSAA) a pour but de promouvoir les études et la recherche dans les domaines de l’astrophysique et de l’astronomie, de développer en Suisse l’information mutuelle et la collaboration entre les astronomes et de soutenir leurs efforts scientifiques communs.

Image : ESO

About the SSAA

Stellar Nursery Blooms into View
Image : ESO

The Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (SGAA/SSAA), founded 9 November 1968, is a professional society, member of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (scnat) and part of its platform Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics (MAP).

The purpose of the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy is to

  • promote research and education in the field of astrophysics and astronomy;
  • participate in the training of scientists by organising specialist courses;
  • support the mutual orientation, co-operation and joint scientific scientific endeavours of astronomers in Switzerland;
  • inform interested parties about the concerns and requirements of astronomical research;
  • develop contacts with foreign institutions.

Contacts

  • Dr. Margit Haberreiter
    Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos / World Radiation Center (WRC)
    Dorfstrasse 33
    7260 Davos Dorf

  • Oliver Müller
    EPFL
    Laboratoire d’astrophysique de l’EPFL (EPFL SB IPHYS LASTRO)
    BSP 320 (Cubotron UNIL)
    Rte de la Sorge
    1015 Lausanne


The SSAA members Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz are laureates of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019.
The SSAA members Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz are laureates of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019.Image : adapted from Nobel Media 2019 / Niklas Elmehed