IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division E Sun and Heliosphere
• Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 10 Solar Activity (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 12 Solar Radiation & Structure (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 14 Atomic & Molecular Data (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division II Sun & Heliosphere (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.1 - Editorials notices, 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.7 - Sociology of Astronomy, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.3 - Astrochemistry, 2.7 - Atomic data, 2.17 - Lines, 2.20 - Molecular data
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.6 - Site testing, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical, 3.12- Adaptive optics
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.2 - Atlases, 4.3 - Catalogs
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.3 - Eclipses, 5.5 - Occultations, 5.7 - Proper motions
6 - The Sun: 6.1 - Sun: abundances, 6.3 - Sun: atmosphere, 6.12 - Sun: general, 6.21 - Sun: photosphere, 6.26 - Sun: sunspots
7 - Planetary systems: 7.3 - Comets
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.2 - Stars: atmospheres
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.1 - ISM: abundances, 9.15 - ISM: molecules
10 - The Galaxy: 10.16 - Galaxy: solar neighborhood
11 - Galaxies: 11.18 - Galaxies: ISM
12 - Cosmology: 12.5 - Cosmology: theory