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Professional Associations
- Search for astronomy related persons, institutes, or addresses
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http://star-www.rl.ac.uk/astrolist/astrosearch.html
- Maintained by Stephen Rankin of the Starlink Project. Will give the names,
address, phone numbers, and some URLs for thousands of astronomers and facilities
around the world.
- American Astronomical Society
- http://www.aas.org
- This is one of the main associations for professional astronomers based
anywhere the world. There are over 6,400 individual members. The web site
provides information about their journals, committees, divisions, meetings, career
services and more.
- International Astronomical Union (IAU)
- http://www.iau.org/
- Founded in 1919. Promotes the science of astronomy in all its aspects through
international cooperation. Individual members number over 8,300 professional
astronomers from 66 countries. Serves as the internationally recognized authority
for assigning designations and names to celestial bodies and any surface features.
In other words, one can not purchase a name for a star and get it recognized in the
astronomical community --
http://www.iau.org/IAU/FAQ/starnames.html.
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)
- http://www.astrosociety.org/
- Founded in 1889, the ASP is an international nonprofit scientific and
educational organization that works to increase the understanding and appreciation
of astronomy. They have become the largest general astronomy society in the world,
with members from over 70 nations. The education section is particularly
impressive --
http://www.astrosociety.org/education.html, with some introductory overviews
and bibliographies that librarians might be interested in. Some of them are:
"Astronomy Education in the U.S.: An Overview," "Astronomy Education Bibliography,"
"Women in Astronomy: An Introductory Bibliography," and their "Astronomical
Pseudo-Science: A Skeptic's Bibliography."
- Astronomical Society of Australia
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http://www.atnf.csiro.au/asa_www/asa.html
- Formed in 1966. The web site contains links to information concerning their
membership, meetings, publications, education activities, etc. If
one is interested in learning more about astronomical activities
in Australia, they have a freely available newsletter -- http://www.atnf.csiro.au/asa_www/newsletter.html
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