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Graphical illustrations of geographical distributions, ages and sizes of astronomy-related organizations are presented from comprehensive and up-to-date samples extracted from master files with validated data (StarGuides/StarWorlds). More detailed results for professional institutions, associations, planetariums, and public observatories are also presented and comment ed, as well as Specific distributions for astronomy related publishers and commercial-software producers.
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Heck, A. (2000). Astronomy-Related Organizations: Geographical Distributions, Ages and Sizes. In: Heck, A. (eds) Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 256. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0926-3_2
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