DIVISION IX / COMMISSION 25 / WORKING GROUP: INFRARED ASTRONOMY

• Published in: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Vol. 6; no. T27B; pp. 229 - 232
• Main Authors: Milone, Eugene F., Young, Andrew T., Bell, Roger A., Bessell, Michael, Boyl, Richard P., Cohen, Martin, Fry, David J.I., Garrison, Robert, Glass, Ian S., Graham, John, Granada, Anahi, Hillenbrand, Lynn, Kurucz, Robert L., McLean, Ian, Mountain, Matthew, Riecke, George, Riffel, Rogerio, Samec, Ronald G., Schiller, Stephen J., Simons, Douglas, Skrutskie, Michael, Stagg, C. Russell, Sterken, Christiaan L., Thompson, Roger I., Tokunaga, Alan, Volk, Kevin, Wing, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2010
• Subjects: Associations; Astronomy; Contributed Papers; Infrared imaging systems; Meetings; Argentina, Buenos Aires; USA, Maryland, Baltimore

The formal origin of the IRWG occured at the Buenos Aires General Assembly, following a Joint Commission meeting at the IAU GA in Baltimore in 1988 that identified the problems with ground-based infrared photometry. The situation is summarized in Milone (1989). In short, the challenges involved how...