Royal Astronomical Society

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research (mainly carried on at the time by 'gentleman astronomers' rather than professionals). It became the Royal Astronomical Society in 1831 on receiving its Royal Charter from William IV. A Supplemental Charter in 1915 opened up the fellowship to women. It is the UK adhering organisation to the International Astronomical Union and a member of the Science Council.

Publications

One of the major activities of the RAS is publishing refereed journals. It currently publishes five world-leading primary research journals, MNRAS in astronomy and (in association with the Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft) GJI in geophysics, and A&G, which publishes review and other articles of wide interest in a 'glossy' format. The full list of journals published by the RAS, with abbreviations as used for the NASA ADS bibliographic codes is:

Related Topics:
Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft - NASA

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• Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society (MmRAS): 1822 – 1978
• Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS): Since 1827
• Geophysical Supplement to Monthly Notices (MNRAS): 1922 – 1957
• Geophysical Journal (GeoJ): 1958 – 1987
• Geophysical Journal International (GeoJI): Since 1988
• Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society (QJRAS): 1960 – 1996
• Astronomy & Geophysics (A&G): Since 1997