IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Division D WG Supernovae

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Division VIII WG Supernovae
• Past Member of Commission 29 Stellar Spectra (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 50 Protection of Existing & Potential Observatory Sites (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division IV Stars (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division IX Optical & Infrared Techniques (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach, 1.11 - Standards
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.6 - Astroparticle physics, 2.12 - Equation of state
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.4 - Light pollution, 3.6 - Site testing, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.4 - Surveys
6 - The Sun: 6.1 - Sun: abundances
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.13 - Stars: general, 8.16 - Stars: horizontal-branch, 8.29 - Stars: Population III, 8.37 - Stars: supernovae
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction, 9.13 - ISM: lines and bands
10 - The Galaxy: 10.1 - Galaxy: abundances, 10.9 - Galaxy: globular clusters: general, 10.15 - Galaxy: open clusters and associations, 10.17 - Galaxy: stellar content
11 - Galaxies: 11.1 - Galaxies: abundances, 11.6 - Galaxies: distances and redshifts, 11.7 - Galaxies: dwarf, 11.11 - Galaxies: fundamental parameters, 11.23 - Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds
12 - Cosmology: 12.2 - Cosmology: cosmological parameters, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy, 12.9 - Cosmology: distance scale, 12.12 - Cosmology: inflation, 12.13 - Cosmology: dark ages, reionization, first stars