Société astronomique de France

Société astronomique de France
Founded 28 January 1887
Founder Camille Flammarion
Type Non-profit association
Purpose To promote the development and practice of astronomy
Headquarters 3, rue Beethoven, Paris 75016, France
President
 Patrick Baradeau
Website https://www.saf-lastronomie.com

The Société Astronomique de France (SAF), the French astronomical society, is a non-profit association in the public interest organized under French law (la loi du 1er juillet 1901). Founded by astronomer Camille Flammarion in 1887, its purpose is to promote the development and practice of astronomy.

Activities and services

Open to all, SAF includes both professional and amateur astronomers as members, from France and abroad.

The Society publishes:

SAF organizes:

Observatoire de la Sorbonne
Observatoire Camille Flammarion

The monthly conferences are usually convened in the lecture hall of Agro ParisTech, and the other events are held at SAF headquarters in the 16th arrondissement of Paris).

On a regular basis, SAF offers the opportunity for the public to explore the night sky from two observatories:

The Society has a workshop on optics that also meets at the Observatoire de la Sorbonne.

SAF organizes the yearly astronomical meetings Rencontres Astro Ciel, which allows hundreds of astronomy enthusiasts to get together for two or three weeks under the starry sky of Provence.

The Society also has a extensive library that includes both historical and modern works, and is available for research and consultation.

Commissions

SAF's specialized commissions are:

History

SAF was first established on 28 January 1887 at 28 rue Serpente, Paris 75006 at l'Hôtel des Sociétés Savantes (Hotel of Learned Societies) and hosted in a room of the Maison de la Chimie at 28 rue Saint-Dominique, Paris 75007.[1]

Past SAF presidents have included Tisserand, Janssen, Poincaré, Danjon and Lyot.[2]

Name Profession Years served
Camille Flammarion SAF Founder, astronomer, author 1887-1889[3]
Hervé Faye Astronomer 1889-1891[4]
Anatole Bouquet de la Grye Hydrographic engineer, geographer, astronomer 1891-1893[5]
Félix Tisserand Astronomer 1893-1895[6]
Jules Janssen Astronomer 1895-1897[7]
Alfred Cornu Physicist 1897-1899[8]
Octave Callandreau Physicist 1899-1901[9]
Henri Poincaré Mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, philosopher of science 1901-1903 [10]
G. Lippman 1903-1905 [11]
E. Gaspari Astronomer, hydrographic engineer 1905-1907 [12]
H. Deslandres 1907-1909 [13]
B. Baillaud 1909-1911 [14]
Fernand Baldet Astronomer 1939-1946
Jean Kovalevsky Astronomer 1970-1973
Jean-Claude Pecker Astronomer 1973-1976
Bruno Morando Astronomer 1976-1979
Audouin Dollfus Astronomer 1979-1981
Philippe de la Cotardière Writer, science journalist 1987-1993
Roger Ferlet Astrophysicist 1997-2001
Philippe Morel 2005-2014
Patrick Baradeau Historian 2014–Present

Today's journal l'Astronomie descends from a series of successive journals associated with SAF (the first one, published by Camille Flammarion, preceded the establishment of SAF by 3 years):

Awards and prizes

The society has offered the following awards and prizes over the years to its members and to notable personalities in the world of astrophysical research in France or abroad (many of the these have not been given for many years and are only of historical interest):[15]

Asteroid (4162) SAF

French astronomer André Patry of the Observatoire de Nice named Asteroid (4162) SAF in the society's honor after he discovered the body on 24 November 1940.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 1900, p. 1.
  2. ↑ Minor Planet Center
  3. ↑ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 1900, p. 9.
  4. ↑ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 1900, pp. 9-10.
  5. ↑ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 1900, p. 10.
  6. ↑ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 1900, p. 11.
  7. ↑ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 1900, pp. 11-12.
  8. ↑ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 1900, p. 12.
  9. ↑ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 1900, p. 13
  10. ↑ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 1910, pp. 13-14
  11. ↑ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 1910, p. 14
  12. ↑ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 1910, p. 15
  13. ↑ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 1910, pp. 15-16
  14. ↑ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 1910, p. 16
  15. ↑ http://www2.saf-lastronomie.com/prixmed.htm
  16. ↑ Minor Planet Center

External links

Web sites of SAF commissions:

See also

List of astronomical societies

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