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To Astronomy and beyond: Office of Astronomy for Development

A short summary of the OAD’s vision, goals and why we use Astronomy as our tool – written by our current visiting fellow from India, Ramasamy Venugopal.

https://staringattheuniverse.wordpress.com/2015/02/04/international-astronomical-union-office-of-astronomy-development-iau-oad/

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