Activities of the SEV/LIADA (Abstract)

Volume 38 number 2 (2010)

Raúl Roberto Podestá

Mariía Dolores Suárez Podestá

Abstract

(Abstract only) For the Ligo de Asronomia Iberoamericana (LIADA) 2009 was a busy year, and discussions were initiated for the creation of a Variable Star Section (la Seción de Estrellas Variables, SEV). In June 2009 SEV was formed, which is the “Variable Star Section, League of IberoAmerican Astronomy.” The growth was exponential, and observers from various countries began reporting their work. The SEV has produced a work program, developed it further, and is armed with a Web page, which shows all the observations reported. The courses on variable stars, through ON LINE, have had extraordinary success, thus fulfilling the SEV objectives for observers: dissemination of data, education, and technical and scientific training.