Image: IAU National Members

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Description: National members of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). National members are professional astronomical communities representing their country's affiliation with the IAU. As of August 2015, there are 74 national members, with Colombia being the most recent one. Among others, this includes:

the Australian Academy of Science

the Chinese Astronomical Society the French Academy of Sciences

the Indian National Science Academy

the National Academies (United States)

the National Research Foundation of South Africa

the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Argentina) KACST (مدينة الملك عبدالعزيز للعلوم والتقنية) (Saudi Arabia) the Council of German Observatories the Royal Astronomical Society (United Kingdom) the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand

the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

the Russian Academy of Sciences

the Science Council of Japan

and many other societies, organizations and academies from sixty other countries.
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