Octavian Mihai Badescu
Astronomical Institute of Romanian Academy
Astrometry
Street Cutitul de Argint 5
040557 Bucharest
Romania
Phone: +40 021 335 68 92
Organization website: http://www.astro.ro
NCA adherence: Romania
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
IAU Status
Active Member
Affiliation(s) within the IAU
Past affiliation(s) within the IAU
- Past Member of Commission 8 Astrometry (until 2015)
- Past Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (until 2015)
- Past Member of Division I Fundamental Astronomy (until 2012)
- Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)
Other affiliation(s)
Areas of interest
1 - General: 1.4 - Miscellaneous, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.7 - Atomic data
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.1 - Atmospheric effects, 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.5 - Methods, 3.9 - Techniques, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous, 4.2 - Atlases, 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.1 - Astrometry, 5.2 - Celestial mechanics, 5.4 - Ephemerides, 5.8 - Reference systems, 5.9 - Time
6 - The Sun: 6.2 - Sun: activity, 6.12 - Sun: general, 6.18 - Sun: magnetic fields, 6.24 - Sun: solar-terrestrial relations
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.7 - Meteorites, meteors, meteoroids, 7.8 - Minor planets, asteroids, 7.9 - Near Earth Objects , 7.10 - Planets and satellites:
8 - Stars: 8.13 - Stars: general