Background
Hidayat, Bambang was born on September 18, 1934 in Kundas, Indonesia.
Astronomer educator association executive
Hidayat, Bambang was born on September 18, 1934 in Kundas, Indonesia.
Doctor of Philosophy in Astrophysics, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio, 1965.
Director Bosscha Observatory, 1968—1983. Assistant professor astronomy Institut Teknologi Bandung (Bandung Institute of Technology), Indonesia, 1968—1974, associate professor astronomy Indonesia, 1974—1976, full professor astronomy Indonesia, 1976, professor emeritus astronomy Indonesia. Chairman Indonesian-Japan Astronomy Program, 1980—1994, Indonesian-Dutch Astronomy Program, since 1982.
Vice president International Astronomical Union, 1994—2000.
Member Royal Commission Al Albait University, Mafraq, Jordan, 1993. Fellow: Islamic Academy Sciences. Member: Indonesian Physics Society (co-founder), Indonesian National Academy Sciences (current president), Indonesian Astronomical Society (founder 1978), Royal Astronomical Society, American Astronomical Society.
Married Estiti Hidayat (deceased 1995). 2 children.