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Anthropology
Botany
Entomology
Herpetology
Ichthyology
Invertebrate Zoology & Geology
Ornithology & Mammalogy
27 Aug 2024
History of Scientist
Chemistry
23 Aug 2024
IAU
The list of Divisions adopted in Beijing is as follows:
- Division A Fundamental Astronomy
- Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
- Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
- Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics
- Division E Sun and Heliosphere
- Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
- Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
- Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
- Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
Regular Commissions
Commission Name | Parent Division | |
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A1 | Astrometry | Division A Fundamental Astronomy |
A2 | Rotation of the Earth | Division A Fundamental Astronomy |
A3 | Fundamental Standards | Division A Fundamental Astronomy |
B1 | Computational Astrophysics | Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science |
B2 | Data and Documentation | Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science |
B3 | Astroinformatics and Astrostatistics | Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science |
B4 | Radio Astronomy | Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science |
B5 | Laboratory Astrophysics | Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science |
B6 | Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry | Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science |
C1 | Astronomy Education and Development | Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage |
C2 | Communicating Astronomy with the Public | Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage |
C3 | History of Astronomy | Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage |
C4 | World Heritage and Astronomy | Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage |
C5 | Cultural Astronomy | Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage |
D1 | Gravitational Wave Astrophysics | Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics |
E1 | Solar Radiation and Structure | Division E Sun and Heliosphere |
E2 | Solar Activity | Division E Sun and Heliosphere |
E3 | Solar Impact Throughout the Heliosphere | Division E Sun and Heliosphere |
F1 | Meteors, Meteorites and Interplanetary Dust | Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology |
F2 | Exoplanets and the Solar system | Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology |
F3 | Astrobiology | Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology |
F4 | Asteroids, Comets & Transneptunian Objects | Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology |
G1 | Binary and Multiple Star Systems | Division G Stars and Stellar Physics |
G2 | Massive Stars | Division G Stars and Stellar Physics |
G3 | Stellar Evolution | Division G Stars and Stellar Physics |
G4 | Pulsating Stars | Division G Stars and Stellar Physics |
G5 | Stellar and Planetary Atmospheres | Division G Stars and Stellar Physics |
H1 | The Local Universe | Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe |
H2 | Astrochemistry | Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe |
J3 | Galaxies at the Epoch of Reionisation | Division J Galaxies and Cosmology |
Inter-Division Commissions
Commission Name | Primary Division | Parent Division(s) | |
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A4 | Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy | A | A , F |
B7 | Protection of Existing and Potential Observatory Sites | B | B , C |
E4 | Impact of Magnetic Activity on Solar and Stellar Environments | E | E , F , G |
H3 | Planetary Nebulae | H | G , H |
H4 | Stellar Clusters | H | G , H , J |
J1 | Galaxy Spectral Energy Distributions | J | D , G , H , J |
J2 | Intergalactic Medium | J | B , H , J |
Cross-Division Commissions
Commission Name | Parent Divisions | |
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X1 | Supermassive Black Holes, Feedback and Galaxy Evolution | D , J |
X2 | Solar System Ephemerides | A , F |
21 Aug 2024
TELESCOPES
- List of deep fields
- space telescopes
- List of space telescopes
- Lists of telescopes
- List of proposed space observatories
- List of solar telescopes
- astronomical surveys
- Category:Astronomical surveys
- astronomical catalogue
- List of astronomical catalogues
- Category:astronomical catalogues
- Timeline of astronomical maps, catalogs, and surveys
- Star catalogue
- A DIGITAL SPECTRAL CLASSIFICATION ATLAS - R. O. Gray (2000)
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/vizier/VizieR/constellations.htx#q: Displays boundaries for constellations. Enter coordinates below the list of constellations.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky:
Get images of entire sky as viewed from a given location at a specified time and date. Their Virtual Telescope shows constellations and other objects at specified coordinates.
http://www.heavens-above.com: Get sky charts and satellite schedules as seen from specified locations. This site also gives the time in various time zones/formats (local time, GMT, UTC) https://www.heavens-above.com/constellation.aspx?
https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr: If you want to find more information about a star, Simbad is often a good place to start. If you enter the position in the position search you’ll find a list of nearby objects. If there’s more than one, click on the nearest to your position and you’ll get information on measurements of the star: brightness, parallax (3261/parallax in mas is the distance in lightyears), and spectral type. With the help of astronomical text books, you can use the last to get an estimate the diameter and mass of the star. Occasionally those are directly measured too.
20 Aug 2024
Human Brain
6 Aug 2024
Earth History
- fossils
- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
- Paleontology timelines (1 C, 33 P)
- Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers (strata) and layering (stratification).
- Stratigraphy has three related subfields:
- lithostratigraphy (lithologic stratigraphy),
- biostratigraphy (biologic stratigraphy), and
- chronostratigraphy (stratigraphy by age).
- Superocean
- Oceans portal
- Paleoclimatology – Study of changes in ancient climate
- Paleoceanography – Study of the oceans in the geologic past
- Paleocontinent – A distinct area of continental crust that existed as a major landmass in the geological past
- Paleoecology – Study of interactions between organisms and their environments across geologic timescales
- Paleogeography of the India–Asia collision system
- Paleohydrology – Study of hydrology over geological time
- Paleontology – Study of life before the Holocene epoch, often involving fossils and pollen (palynology).
- Paleosol – Soil buried under sediment or not representative of current environmental conditions
- paleobiogeography