IAU gathers almost 600 Members (Institutions, Organisations, Affiliates and Associates) from over 120 countries..
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) was founded in 1919.
Its mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects, including research, communication, education and development, through international cooperation..
It was established in 1919 as the first of a series of international unions for the advancement of specific branches of science.
Its professed mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects through international cooperation..
About the IAU.
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) was founded in 1919.
Its mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects, including research, communication, education and development, through international cooperation..
July 28, 1919The International Astronomical Union (IAU) was founded in 1919.
Its mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects, including research, communication, education and development, through international cooperation..
President: Benjamin Baillaud (1848–1934)
He was the founder of the Bureau International de l'Heure, one of the two original IAU subsidiaries..
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) celebrates the first astronomical use of the telescope by Galileo – a momentous event that initiated 400 years of astronomical discoveries and triggered a scientific revolution which profoundly affected our worldview..
The IAU's mission is to promote and safeguard astronomy in all its aspects (including :
Education and development) through international cooperation.
Science is best advanced when there is mutual trust
Respect and integrity
And when it is conducted in environments free from harassment.
It is a unit of length approximating the Sun-Earth distance (of about 150 million kilometres) which is of convenient use in astronomy.
According to its definition adopted by the XXVIIIth General Asssembly of the IAU ( IAU 2012 Resolution B2 )
The astronomical unit is a conventional unit of length equal to 149 597 870 700 m exactly.
The International Astronomical Union ( IAU; French:
Union astronomique internationale
UAI) is a non-governmental organisation with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects
Promoting astronomical research
And development through global cooperation.
It was founded in 1919 and is based in Paris
"Address:
IAU – UAI Secretariat 98-bis Blvd Arago F–75014 PARIS FRANCE" and "The IAU Secretariat is located in the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Offices n°270
271 and 283."
The UAI is a leader in facilitating the development of urban agricultural ecosystems.
We specialise in establishing a multitude of diverse urban farming operations throughout the Inner City of Johannesburg and strive to create accelerated
Shared and sustainable growth.
UAI on the Internet: online astronomy for everyone.
The web site www.uai.it since 1995 hosts all the information relating to the life of the association
the Research Sections
the activities of the Outreach
Education and Light Pollution Committees
UAI Delegations and major events organized from UAI.
Remote telescopes.
