IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy
• Member of Commission C4 World Heritage and Astronomy
• Member of Commission C5 Cultural Astronomy

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Inter-Commission C1-C2-C3-C4 WG Astronomy in Culture (WGAC) (2016-2024)
• Past Member of Commission 4 Ephemerides (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 8 Astrometry (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 41 History of Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 41 WG Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture (2015-2015)
• Past Member of Division I Fundamental Astronomy (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.5 - Publications, bibliography, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.7 - Sociology of Astronomy, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.5 - Methods
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.2 - Atlases, 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.3 - Eclipses, 5.4 - Ephemerides, 5.5 - Occultations, 5.8 - Reference systems, 5.9 - Time
6 - The Sun: 6.25 - Sun: solar wind
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.2 - Moon, 7.8 - Minor planets, asteroids
8 - Stars: 8.4 - Stars: binaries, 8.13 - Stars: general
10 - The Galaxy: 10.8 - Galaxy: general
11 - Galaxies: 11.12 - Galaxies: general