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Welcome to the WWW homepage of Division IV of the
International Astronomical Union

The IAU Division IV organizes astronomers studying the characteristics of stars, interior and atmospheric structure, evolution of stars of all masses, ages, and chemical composition...

Five commissions are part of Division IV:
    Commission 26: Double and Multiple Stars
    Commission 29: Stellar Spectra
    Commission 35: Stellar Constitution
    Commission 36: Theory of Stellar atmospheres
    Commission 45: Stellar Classification

There are 4 Division Working Groups, of which two jointly with Division V

Working Group on Abundances in Red Giants
Working Group on Massive Stars

Joint Div IV/V Working Group on Active B stars
Joint Div IV/V Working Group on Chemically Peculiar and Related Stars

Comments and suggestions on the contents of this page are welcome to ccorbally@as.arizona.edu
Updated October 8, 2009