Bambang Hidayat is an Indonesian scientist known for promoting astronomy nationally and internationally.12176 Hidayat (3468 T-3)

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. Accessed 27 June 2018. His work has focused on the study of binary stars and galactic structure.Introduction
of ''Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy'', p. xv. Ed.

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, 2000. The minor star Hidayat (3468 T-3), discovered in 1977, was named after him by

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and

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. He has over forty papers published to his name and has written several astronomy textbooks.Prof. Bambang Hidayat
Islamic World Academy of Sciences, 2010. Accessed 27 June 2018. He graduated from

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in 1965. Soon thereafter, he served as the director of the

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from 1968 until 1999. He also served as the Chairman of the Department of Astronomy at the

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as well as Vice President of the

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from 1994 to 2000, and has been a fellow of the

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since 1992 He is also a member of the

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, and

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, as well as the founder of the Indonesian Astronomical Society and co-founder of the Indonesian Physics Society. Hidayat helped to establish the first International School for Young Astronomers in Indonesia. When first visited by

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, himself a pioneer in establishing ISYAs, Hidayat was alone in his observatory; later, Wentzel found that Hidayat had trained a group of astronomy students to work around him as well as spurred others to work in astronomy and Indonesia's space program elsewhere.Donat Wentzel
International Schools for Young Astronomers, Astronomically Developing Countries, and Lonely Astronomers
Taken from ''New Trends in Astronomy Teaching'', p. 29. Eds. Lucienne Gouguenheim, Derek McNally, and John Peret.

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, 1998.

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External links

Oral history interview transcript for Bambang Hidayat on 23 August 1997, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hidayat, Bambang 1934 births Living people Indonesian Muslims Academic staff of Bandung Institute of Technology Case Western Reserve University alumni Indonesian astronomers

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