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December 2017



  IAU Members Announcements


Call for Nominations for the 2018 Gruber Prize

13 November 2017: The Gruber Foundation invites nominations on behalf of individuals whose achievements in the fields of Cosmology, Genetics, and Neuroscience make them suitable candidates for recognition through the 2018 Gruber International ...

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Letters of Intent for Scientific Meetings in 2019

28 September 2017: The program of IAU scientific meetings (Symposia, Focus Meetings, Division Meetings, Regional Meetings) is one of the most important methods by which the IAU pursues its goal of promoting astronomy ...

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  IAU Press Releases


Hands in the Stars: The First International Comparative List of Astronomical Words in Sign Languages

7 December 2017: The first international comparative list of astronomical words in sign languages is now available. As part of this proposal, the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Astronomy for Sign Languages has been translated ...




  IAU Public Announcements


Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2017 #23 (December #1)

6 December 2017: The Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2017 #23 is now online. It is produced by the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach and brings to the general public the latest information about events ...

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Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2017 #22 (November #2)

21 November 2017: The Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2017 #22 is now online. It is produced by the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach and brings to the general public the latest information about events ...

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The IAU approves new type of designation for interstellar objects — After astronomers recently discovered a new type of interstellar object, the IAU Executive Committee approved a new designation to use for these objects. From now on the letter “I” is used to indicate “interstellar”.

14 November 2017: On 19 October 2017, Dr. Robert Weryk, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Astronomy, of the University Hawaii-manoa, discovered a moving object using the Pan-STARRS telescope. At the time ...

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Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2017 #21 (November #1)

2 November 2017: The Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2017 #21 is now online. It is produced by the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach and brings to the general public the latest information about events ...

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Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2017 #44 (October #2)

20 October 2017: The Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2017 #44 is now online. It is produced by the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach and brings to the general public the latest information about events ...

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The IAU Office of Astronomy for Development Newsletter #18 is available online

18 October 2017: The IAU OAD Newsletter #18 is now online. It is issued quarterly by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development and some highlights of this issue are: OAD 2017 Call ...

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IAU congratulates all teams involved in first observations of light from a gravitational wave source

17 October 2017: The International Astronomical Union (IAU) enthusiastically congratulates the entire LIGO–Virgo collaboration, ESO, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the NASA Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the ESA INTErnational Gamma Ray ...

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Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2017 #43 (October #1)

2 October 2017: The Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2017 #43 is now online. It is produced by the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach and brings to the general public the latest information about events ...

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CAPjournal Issue 22 Now Available — The IAU’s Journal on Communicating Astronomy with the Public

26 September 2017: The 22nd issue of the Communicating Astronomy with the Public journal is out now! In this issue you will find articles exploring the value and challenges of communicating in venues ...

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Highlights

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Scientific Dates & Deadlines

19 - 23 Feb 2018
IAUS 340: Long-term datasets for the understanding of solar and stellar magnetic cycles

14 - 18 May 2018
IAUS 342: Perseus in Sicily: from black hole to cluster outskirts

20 - 24 Aug 2018
IAUS 345: Origins: From the Protosun to the First Steps of Life

20 - 21 Aug 2018
FM13: Global Coordination of International Astrophysics and Heliophysics Activities from Space and Ground




Administrative & Commission Reform Dates & Deadlines

15 Dec 2017
DEADLINE for Submission of Full Proposals for 2019 Symposia

15 Dec 2017
DEADLINE for Nominations for the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize

15 Dec 2017
DEADLINE for Applications for National Membership

15 Dec 2017
Draft Budget to be Distributed by the EC to the National Members




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