Keywords: IAU National Members.svg 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 own based on http //www iau org/administration/membership/national/ www iau org/administration/membership/national 2015-08-15 Valid SVG none <br> inkscape margin 10px 2px; Rfassbind International Astronomical Union |