Equitable and high-quality scientific education is essential for fighting social inequalities and misinformation. The CosmoAmautas project aims to address this need and use astronomy to contribute to an accessible and decentralized scientific education in Peru.
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CosmoAmautas is possible thanks to the support of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Office of Astronomy for Development, which is a joint project of the IAU and the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) with the support of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI). We thank the Open Astronomy Schools programme for the donation of ten telescopes, which are currently being used in the after-school AstroClubs. We thank ESO, ESA and CONIDA for their generous donation of astronomy-related material, such as posters, stickers, booklets and telescope models. This Comment was written on behalf of the CosmoAmautas team, whose members and collaborators include (in addition to the co-authors) S. Casas, E. Calcina, V. Navarrete, A. Verán, N. Málaga and M. Zeballos. We thank A. Verán and M. Kaasinen for content advice and proofreading. G.C.R. acknowledges the ESO Fellowship Program and a Gruber Foundation Fellowship grant sponsored by the Gruber Foundation and the International Astronomical Union.
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Calistro Rivera, G., Bardalez Gagliuffi, D., Alvarado Urrunaga, D. et al. The CosmoAmautas project for equitable scientific education in Peru. Nat Astron 6, 170–172 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01605-2
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