This article aims at clarifying the profile of the academic community who has worked on Astronomy Education. It presents a short background on the field which reveals that the interest in the area has increased in the national scenario, as well as research on Astronomy Education. The data were obtained from the researches´ Lattes Platform résumé' who are involved in astronomy studies, and revealed that of 1,085 subjects involved, 187 have activities in this specific field. Most of them graduated from Brazilian southeastern universities where they have also taught. It was also observed that the number of researchers who have worked on science communication have graduated in Physics and their PhD degrees are in Physics and Astronomy. On other hand the ones who have dealt with research and production in Astronomy Education graduated in Physics but their PhD was in the educational area.
Astronomy Education; Academic research; Academic community; Lattes Platform
