Brief introduction of University Astronomical Research Association
The University Astronomical Research Association (Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, is AURA) is a non-profit organization composed of astronomical research institutions from many universities. it was established on March 29, 1957 with the support of the National Science Foundation of the United States. The purpose of this organization is to integrate the manpower and funds scattered in the universities so that they can be used efficiently and avoid repeated construction. Originally attended by 22 universities in the United States, after decades of development, its membership has more than 30, and is no longer limited to the United States.
Logo of the University Astronomical Research Association
Management body of the University Astronomical Research Association
- The National Optical observatory includes telescopes in Mount Kitt, Arizona, Mount Sacramento, New Mexico, and Mount Torlol, Chile.
- Gemini observatory, an international cooperation project involving a number of countries, has two telescopes, located in Mount Monakya, Hawaii, in the northern hemisphere, and the Parnix in Chile in the southern hemisphere.
- The main task of the Space Telescope Institute is to manage and operate the Hubble Space Telescope.
Member of the University Astronomical Research Association
University of the Americas 缩写为 U of A
- Boston University
- California Institute of Technology
- Washington Carnegie College
- Georgia State University 缩写为 GSU
- Harvard University
- Indiana University
- Yihua State University
- Johns Hopkins University
- [计] MIT
- Michigan State University
- Montana State University Pozman
- State University of New Mexico
- Ohio State University–Columbus
- Pennsylvania State University
- Princeton University(NJ)
- Rutgers University
- New York State University
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Arizona 缩写为 U of A
- University of California, Berlin
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Chicago University
- University of Colorado
- University of Florida
- University of Hawaii
- University of Illinois at Champaign
- University of Maryland
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota 缩写为 U of M
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- The University of Virginia
- Washington University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Yale University 缩写为 YU
Universities in other countries are:
- Australian National University (Australia)
- Swaben University of Science and Technology (Australia)
- Leighton University(Netherlands).
- University of Chile (Chile)
- University of God (Chile)
- National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico)
