J. Allyn Smith
Austin Peay State University
Dept. Physics, Engineering, & Astronomy
P.O. Box 4608
Clarksville TN 37044
Tennessee (TN)
United States
Phone: +1 931 221 6104
Organization website: http://www.apsu.edu/
NCA adherence: United States
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
IAU Status
Active Member
Affiliation(s) within the IAU
Past affiliation(s) within the IAU
- Past President of Commission B6 Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry (2021-2024)
- Past Vice-President of Commission B6 Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry (2018-2021)
- Past Steering Committee Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science (2021-2024)
- Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission B6 Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry (2021-2024)
- Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission B6 Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry (2018-2021)
- Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission B6 Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry (2015-2018)
- Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 25 Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry (2012-2015)
- Past Member of Commission 25 Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry (2012-2015)
- Past Member of Commission 26 Double & Multiple Stars (until 2015)
- Past Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (until 2015)
- Past Member of Commission 45 Stellar Classification (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)
Areas of interest
1 - General: 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach, 1.11 - Standards
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.4 - Light pollution, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.4 - Surveys
8 - Stars: 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.22 - Stars: luminosity function, mass function, 8.39 - Stars: white dwarfs
10 - The Galaxy: 10.8 - Galaxy: general, 10.15 - Galaxy: open clusters and associations