I joined the American Astronomical Society in order to apply for an opportunity to volunteer as an assistant editor for the Historical Astronomy Division’s web page, “This Month in Astronomical History.”
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| https://aas.org/posts/news/2020/07/month-astronomical-history-june-2020 |
My responsibilities are mostly to proofread short (750 to 1500-word) submissions from professionals. The topics generally celebrate some notable date, typically birth and death dates of astronomers, as well as other memorable events. The contributing authors are usually college professors. Some are graduate and post-graduate students in university astronomy programs. A few are amateur affiliates, which is my own status within the AAS.
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| https://aas.org/posts/news/2020/10/month-astronomical-history-october-2020 |
My editors have assigned topics to me. Also, my duties include finding authors, and when I cannot do that, I write the missing calendar entry. In every case, the work is passed upward to other editors, including an AAS publications committee. I always learn a lot, whether from reviewing the works of others or from the improvements made to my work.
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| https://aas.org/posts/news/2021/04/month-astronomical-history-march-2021 |
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| https://aas.org/posts/news/2022/02/month-astronomical-history-march-2022 |
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| https://aas.org/posts/news/2022/06/month-astronomical-history-june-2022 |
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| https://aas.org/posts/news/2022/08/month-astronomical-history-august-2022 |
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| https://aas.org/posts/news/2022/10/month-astronomical-history-september-2022 |
Most people do not know that researchers pay to have their works published. Our common understanding is that your good research findings are submitted to a professional publication which then submits them to other researchers for peer review. That is true. However, just being accepted as worthy is not enough. Therefore, university department budgets include money for subsidized publications, just as they pay for travel to conferences or research sites. That does not apply to the Historical Astronomy Division: we do not charge for publication; however, our platform is entirely electronic, not print; so our costs are minimal.
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| https://aas.org/posts/news/2022/12/month-astronomical-history-december-2022 |
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| https://aas.org/posts/news/2023/01/month-astronomical-history-january-2023 |
Also not widely known, even among the literati, is that for the American Astronomical Society if you have a doctorate in astronomy or astrophysics and all you do is teach at university, you cannot (usually) be a full voting member: you are (only) an Educator Affiliate, more akin to an Amateur Affiliate or Alumni Affiliate. Full voting members are primary investigators, the ones who submit grant proposals and hire post-doctorate researchers, doctoral candidates, and other students.
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