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The IAU C41 Working Groups and their contribution to international history of astronomy research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2019

Wayne Orchiston
Wayne Orchiston*
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland 4350, Australia email: wayne.orchiston@gmail.com
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IAU Commission 41 (History of Astronomy) was founded in 1948, and between 1991 and its termination in 2015 this Commission hosted seven different Working Groups (one of which was shared with Commission 40 (Radio Astronomy). In this paper we list the objectives of these seven Working Groups and track their progress. We conclude by evaluating the role that each C41 Working Group played in furthering research on the history of astronomy.

Keywords

IAU Commission C41 (History of Astronomy)working groupsarchivesastronomical chronologyastronomy and World Heritagehistoric radio-astronomyhistorical instrumentsJohannes Keplertransits of Venus
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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S349: Under One Sky: The IAU Centenary Symposium , December 2018 , pp. 332 - 356
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2019 

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