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In 1918, the Johannesburg Astronomical Association was created, with RTA Innes, Union Astronomer, as President. In 1922 it was decided to merge the two Associations to form the Astronomical Society of South Africa after an invitation from the Cape Association. [2] In 1956 the name was amended to become the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa.
List of Local Astronomy Clubs In the United States: [1] Society Name City State Address Website Facebook Page AL Member Auburn Astronomical Society
He received the DeBeers Medal [9] from the South African Institute of Physics in 1992 and the Gill Medal from the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa in 1983. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Feast was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society , [ 1 ] Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa . [ 12 ]
The John F.W. Herschel Medal (1988) of the Royal Society of South Africa [13] South Africa Medal (1989) of the Southern African Association for the Advancement of Science [14] Gill Medal (1992) of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa [6] Honorary fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (1994) [15]
The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) is the national centre for optical and infrared astronomy in South Africa. It was established in 1972. The observatory is run by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. The facility's function is to conduct research in astronomy and astrophysics.
Astronomical Society of South Australia; Astronomical Society of Southern Africa; Astronomical Society of Victoria; Astronomical Society Ruđer Bošković ...
The OAD is jointly funded by the International Astronomical Union and the National Research Foundation of South Africa. [3]The office consists of eleven regional offices located in Armenia, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Jordan, Nigeria, Portugal, Thailand, the Netherlands, United States, and Zambia which have similar objectives to the OAD but with regional focus.
Willem Hendrik van den Bos (25 September 1896 – 30 March 1974) was a Dutch astronomer who worked at the Union Observatory in South Africa and became its director in 1941. . He discovered nearly 3 000 new double stars, made more than 71 000 astronomical measurements and compiled a catalogue of Southern hemisphere double sta