Working Groups

Working Groups and Program Groups (or equivalent) are established by the Executive Committee, by Divisions, or by Commissions, to undertake certain well-defined tasks for limited time periods. Working Groups of the Executive Committee undertake essential functions on behalf of the IAU as a whole.

Inter Division Working Group		Under
Cartographic Coordinates & Rotational Elements	Brent A. Archinal	D I , D III
Natural Satellites	Jean-Eudes Arlot	D I , D III
Active B Stars	Juan Fabregat Geraldine Joan Peters	D IV , D V
Ap & Related Stars	Margarida Cunha	D IV , D V
Standard Stars	Christopher Corbally	D IV , D V
Encouraging the International Development of Antarctic Astronomy	Michael G. Burton	D IX , D X
Historic Radio Astronomy	Wayne Orchiston	D X , D XII
EC Working Group		Under
Future Large Scale Facilities	Gerard F. Gilmore	Executive Committee
Publishing	Michelle C. Storey	Executive Committee
Women in Astronomy	Anne Green	Executive Committee
International Year of Astronomy 2009	Catherine J. Cesarsky	Executive Committee
IAU General Assemblies	Jan Palouš	Executive Committee
EC Advisory Committee		Under
Advisory Committee on Hazards of Near-Earth Objects	David Morrison	Executive Committee
Division Working Group		Under
Adaptive Optics		D IX
Detectors	Tim M.C. Abbott	D IX
Galactic Center	Joseph Lazio	D VII
Large Telescope Projects		D IX
Site Testing Instruments	Andrei A. Tokovinin	D IX
Small Telescope Projects		D IX
Sky Surveys	Quentin A. Parker	D IX
Solar Eclipses	Jay M. Pasachoff	D II
Solar & Interplanetary Nomenclature	Edward W. Cliver	D II
International Solar Data Access	Robert D. Bentley	D II
International Collaboration on Space Weather	David F. Webb	D II
Small Bodies Nomenclature (SBN)	Jana Tichá	D III
Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)	Rita M. Schulz	D III
Massive Stars	Stanley Peter Owocki	D IV
Abundances in Red Giants	John C Lattanzio	D IV
Spectroscopic Data Archiving	R. Elizabeth Griffin	D V
Star Formation	Francesco Palla	D VI
Astrochemistry	Ewine F. van Dishoeck	D VI
Planetary Nebulae	Arturo T. Manchado	D VI
Supernovae	Wolfgang Hillebrandt Brian P. Schmidt	D VIII
Global VLBI	Jonathan D. Romney	D X
Interference Mitigation	Anastasios Tzioumis	D X
Astrophysically Important Spectral Lines	Masatoshi Ohishi	D X
Astronomy from the Moon	Sallie L. Baliunas	D XI
Particle Astrophysics	Reinhard Schlickeiser	D XI
Second Realization of International Celestial Reference Frame	Chopo Ma	D I
Numerical Standards in Fundamental Astronomy	Brian J. Luzum	D I
Astrometry by Small Ground-Based Telescopes	William Thuillot	D I
Commission Working Group		Under
Task Force on Cometary Magnitudes	Gonzalo Tancredi	C 15
Task Force on Cometary X-ray	Carey M. Lisse	C 15
Astronomical Data	Raymond P. Norris	C 5
Libraries	Uta Grothkopf	C 5
FITS	William D. Pence	C 5
Designations	Marion Schmitz	C 5
Virtual Observatories, Data Centers & Networks	Robert J. Hanisch	C 5
Task Force on Preservation & Digitization of Photographic Plates	R. Elizabeth Griffin	C 5
Densification of the Optical Reference Frame	Norbert Zacharias	C 8

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