IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Commission G1 Binary and Multiple Star Systems
• Member of Commission G2 Massive Stars
• Member of Inter-Division G-H-J Commission Stellar Clusters throughout Cosmic Space and Time

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 25 Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 27 Variable Stars (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 34 Interstellar Matter (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (until 2015)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.1 - Editorials notices, 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.5 - Accretion, accretion disks, 2.21 - Molecular processes, 2.27 - Radiation
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical, 3.11 - Telescopes: radio
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous, 4.4 - Surveys
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.7 - Proper motions, 5.8 - Reference systems
6 - The Sun: 6.2 - Sun: activity, 6.7 - Sun: evolution
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.9 - Near Earth Objects
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.7 - Stars: circumstellar matter, 8.10 - Stars: formation, 8.18 - Stars: jets, 8.31 - Stars: protostars
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.1 - ISM: abundances, 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction, 9.7 - ISM: evolution, 9.9 - ISM: HII regions, 9.11 - ISM: jets and outflows
10 - The Galaxy: 10.1 - Galaxy: abundances, 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution, 10.6 - Galaxy: formation
11 - Galaxies: 11.1 - Galaxies: abundances, 11.10 - Galaxies: formation, 11.34 - Galaxies: star formation
12 - Cosmology: 12.3 - Cosmology: miscellaneous, 12.4 - Cosmology: observations, 12.11 - Cosmology: large-scale structure of Universe