Board of Directors
Board members
| Sponsoring Country |
Board of Director Member |
Executive Committee* |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Armenia | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Austria | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Belgium | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Bulgaria | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Chile | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Croatia | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Czech Republic | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Denmark | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Member |
| Estonia | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Finland | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| France | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Member |
| Germany | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Greece | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Hungary | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Vice Chairperson |
| Ireland | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Italy | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Lithuania | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Chairperson |
| Netherlands | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Norway | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Poland | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Portugal | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Serbia | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Slovak Republic | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Spain | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Member |
| Sweden | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Switzerland | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Member |
| Ukraine | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Non-Sponsoring Partner |
Board of
Director Member |
|
 ESO |
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| Observer Partner | Representative | |
| Georgia | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |
| Uruguay | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
* The Editor-in-Chief and the Letters Editor-in-Chief are consultative members
Last update of the Board members on: 11/04/2025
Duties and meetings
The Board of Directors:
- Owns the copyright of the journal through the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
- The Members of the Board are appointed by the scientific organizations of the adhering countries.
- Decides on general publication policy.
- Appoints the Editors, who are responsible for deciding what is published in the journal.
- Places contracts for the publication of the journal with the help of the ESO.
Annual meeting of the Board of Directors
- The Editors present the Editors report for the preceeding year.
- The finances of the Board of Directors for the following year are approved. These include the national contributions paid by the member countries, and the budget for the editorial offices
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The
Board of Directors agrees with the publishers the number of pages to be
published in the following year. The price per page to be published is
specified by the contract with the publisher which is signed every five
years. The institutional subscription for the following year is then determined by the number of pages to be published.
Member countries
The below map shows the current geographic reach of the countries in the A&A Agreement (“sponsoring countries”). Authors from sponsoring countries benefit from free publication in the Journal. Page charges apply otherwise.
