Welcome to the Archival Webpage for the
Electronic Forum on
Designations of Stellar Companions
whose AIM was to develop a simple, unambiguous, flexible, and computer
friendly designation scheme for stellar companions (including planets).
A Multi-Commission Meeting on Designations of Stellar Components
sponsored by
Commissions 5 and 26 was held 11 August 2000 during
the XXIVth General Assembly
in Manchester, UK.
Members from 9 supporting commissions participated
and as a
result the following C type IAU Resolution was drafted
and adopted by
Commissions 26 and 42, and also later ratified
by Commissions 5 and 8+24 at
their respective business meetings.
The text of the Final Resolution is available.
About a year before IAU GA XXV, the team (re. the Washington Double
Stars of the
U. S. Naval Observatory) will report
to Colin Scarfe, President of Commission 26
on their progress.
Shortly thereafter a panel of members from commissions 26,
42, and
the new WG on planetary systems will convene to review the situation and
make recommendations for future actions at the next IAU GA in
Sydney Australia.