IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.7 - Sociology of Astronomy, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.4 - Light pollution, 3.6 - Site testing, 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical, 3.13 - Interferometry
6 - The Sun: 6.2 - Sun: activity
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.2 - Moon, 7.3 - Comets, 7.7 - Meteorites, meteors, meteoroids, 7.8 - Minor planets, asteroids
8 - Stars: 8.2 - Stars: atmospheres, 8.3 - Stars: chromospheres, 8.4 - Stars: binaries, 8.5 - Stars: black holes, 8.6 - Stars: brown dwarfs
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.5 - ISM: cosmic rays, 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction, 9.7 - ISM: evolution, 9.8 - ISM: general, 9.16 - ISM: planetary nebulae
10 - The Galaxy: 10.1 - Galaxy: abundances, 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution, 10.6 - Galaxy: formation, 10.8 - Galaxy: general, 10.9 - Galaxy: globular clusters: general
11 - Galaxies: 11.2 - Galaxies: active, 11.5 - Galaxies: clusters, 11.7 - Galaxies: dwarf, 11.15 - Galaxies: interactions, 11.17 - Galaxies: irregular
12 - Cosmology: 12.1 - Cosmology: cosmic background radiation, 12.2 - Cosmology: cosmological parameters, 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy, 12.8 - Cosmology: diffuse radiation