IAU Directory of World Astronomy
Registration Guide (English)
Introduction
People have long sought a single website that provides directory services for worldwide astronomical organisations as well as information about their events. Therefore, we decided to make it happen—to set up a directory to facilitate the connection between astronomical organisations and the public, to help the public find information about events, and to help different organisations meet and interact with each other.
Purpose
This site functions as a platform for the global astronomical community to meet, and also acts as an information portal for the public to learn about astronomy activities internationally and locally. The website’s second phase will be launched in late 2014. This will include an event calendar, which astronomical organisations can easily use to publish and promote their events through this one-stop service for the general public. Moreover, this site also serves as the gateway for the organisation to pre-register to join organisation-based campaigns run by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Currently, organisations wishing to participate in the NameExoWorlds contest shall register on this website.
Scope / Eligibility
All worldwide professional astronomical bodies (such as societies of professional astronomers, astronomical observatories, and universities), public astronomical organisations (such as planetariums, science centres, amateur astronomy clubs, and online astronomy platforms) or non-profit organisations with an interest in astronomy (such as high schools and cultural clubs) can register on this website. For a full list, please see our FAQ.
Moreover, registered public astronomical organisations, membership-based online astronomy platformsand astronomy-interested organisations are eligible to participate in the NameExoWorlds contest.
How to register?
Eligible organisations can register to use this site in the following steps:
1. Create an account for your organisation by inputting your organisation’s information and contact persons’ information such as website and physical address.
2. During the process, identify your organisation category according to suitable types of organisation described above. No change in category is permitted after registration.
3. Submit relevant documents for verification.
4. Verify the email address and login to your account to complete the registration.
5. The IAU will review the application and approve the registration within one month.
6. When verification is complete, you can log in to submit your organisation's events on our calendar. (This function will be launched in the second phase of development in late December this year).
All information provided should be in English. Registrations in other languages will be rejected.
Verification
For registration, organisations shall provide
(1) organisation's website demonstrating its activity or interest in astronomy, and a verifiable non-profit status;
(2) documents that could verify to its official status such as registration record/certificate/authorization letter with official letter heads;
(3) photo of a previous astronomy-related event they conducted.
Why join us?
For astronomical organisations, increase your exposure, participate in IAU campaigns, connect with the general public, and promote your events. For the general public, this is a one-stop portal that provides you with information of astronomical events around the world and with a database of astronomical organisations worldwide.
Moreover, registering in this directory entitles you to participate in the IAU NameExoWorlds contest to name an exoplanetary system.
Registrations
/ What is the primary scope of your organisation?(e.g. If your organisation has 30% international members, but 70% of national members, it is still regarded as a national organisation)Local
Multi-cities
National
Multi-national
Worldwide International
/ Which is the best descriptor of your organisation? (Pick one only)
Professional Astronomical Bodies
Societies of Professional Astronomers
Research Institutes/Universities/Colleges (Astronomy, Physics or related Departments)
Space Agencies
Astronomical Research Observatories/Facilities
/ Public Astronomical Organisations
- Planetariums, Museums or Science Centres
- Public Astronomical Observatories
- Societies of Astronomy Educators and Communicators
- University Students’ Astronomy Clubs
- High School Students’ Astronomy Clubs
- Other Kind of Astronomy Clubs
/ Astronomy-Interested Organisations
Primary Schools
Middle Schools
High schools
Universities/Collages without Astronomy/Physics programmes
Cultural Clubs
Community Groups (e.g. Boy Scouts/Girl Guides/Local Community Centres)
Societies of Artists/Authors/Composers/Performers/Photographers/Sci-fi Fans
Societies for General Sciences
Societies for Archeology/Geology
Societies for Engineering/Meteorology/Physics
Environmental Groups
Others
/ LOGIN INFORMATION
Username
[You can use letters and numbers]
Password
[Use at least 8 characters]
Confirm Password
/ ORGANISATION INFORMATION
Name of organisation
Your organisation’s language Please Select
Physical address Country/Region
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
City
State/ProvinceZip Code
Latitude and longitudeSelect In Google Map
/ Year of establishment
No. of club members
No. of staff members
No. of students
No. of visitors per year
Contact email address
Contact phone number
Website address
Social media page(if any)
Google plus
Flickr
/ Usual age of member/participant
Under 13
13 - 18
18 - 25
25 - 35
35 - 45
45 - 55
55+
Short description of the organisation
(around 100 words)
Tags
(e.g. Stargazing, Observation, 0.5m telescope, Teacher Training, Comet Hunting, Full Dome, Space Art)
/ CONTACT PERSONS INFORMATION
Primary Contact Person
Name of contact person
Contact phone numberCountry code-Number
Position
Secondary Contact Person(if any)
Tertiary Contact Person(if any)
NEXT
/ VERIFICATION
Please list one astronomical event you have organised
When did the event take place?
More Than 1 Day
Please upload one event photo of the astronomical event you have organized
Please submit registration record
Please upload the logo of your organisation (recommend an image 220px X 170px or larger, in png, gif or jpg format)
/ Data Collection Policies
I agree on the following:
The organisation data and logo collected will be posted on this website for public access. A low-resolution version of the organisation’s logo will be displayed on the site. The personal data collected are kept strictly confidential and will not be provided in any form to a third party. I also agree that IAU can contact me for information related to the IAU including news, event updates, newsletters and/or promotional information through the personal data I have provided. The documents submitted for verification purposes will be kept strictly confidential. All the data can be used for statistical analysis. TheIAU will contact me regularly to keep the information provided up to date.
/ Please verify your humanity
BACKSUBMIT NOW
/ フォームの始まり
COMPLETEION
We have received your submission.
A verification e-mail has been sent to your e-mail address. Please follow the link in the email to complete the verification process.
If you did not receive a verification email from us, please check your junk/spam folder.Click hereto resend the verification email.
RETURN TO LOGIN PAGE
フォームの終わり
Virtual Organisation (online interactions only)
/ LOGIN INFORMATIONUsername
[You can use letters and numbers]
Password
[Use at least 8 characters]
Confirm Password
/ ORGANISATION INFORMATION
Which is the best descriptor of your website?
Discussion Forum
Astronomy Projects
Social Media pages
Others
Is your website set up with membership registration?
Yes
No
/ Your organisation’s languagePlease Select
Name of your website
Website address
What are the usual audience of your website?
General Public
Students
Amateur astronomers
Researchers
Others
Physical location of the registered domain name if it is not a social media page(check here:
Country/Region City
/ Year of establishment
No. of web administrator/content creator
No. of registered members
Total page views per month
Contact email address
Social media page(if any)
Google plus
Flickr
/ Short description of the website
(around 100 words)
Tags
(eg: Observation, High School)
/ フォームの始まり
CONTACT PERSONS INFORMATION
Primary Contact Person
Name of contact person
Contact phone numberCountry code-Number
Position
Secondary Contact Person(if any)
Tertiary Contact Person(if any)
NEXT
フォームの終わり
/ VERIFICATION
Please submit registration record
Please upload the logo of your website (recommend an image 220px X 170px or larger, in png, gif or jpg format)
/ Data Collection Policies
I agree on the following:
The organisation data and logo collected will be posted on this website for public access. A low-resolution version of the organisation’s logo will be displayed on the site. The personal data collected are kept strictly confidential and will not be provided in any form to a third party. I also agree that IAU can contact me for information related to the IAU including news, event updates, newsletters and/or promotional information through the personal data I have provided. The documents submitted for verification purposes will be kept strictly confidential. All the data can be used for statistical analysis. The
IAU will contact me regularly to keep the information provided up to date.
/ Please verify your humanity
BACKSUBMIT NOW
/ COMPLETEION
We have received your submission.
A verification e-mail has been sent to your e-mail address. Please follow the link in the email to complete the verification process.
If you did not receive a verification email from us, please check your junk/spam folder.Click hereto resend the verification email.
RETURN TO LOGIN PAGE
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