Abstract
International collaboration had been characteristic for astronomy long before the creation of the IRC and the IAU. There were, for instance, the Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog projects since 1868; the Astrographic Catalogue (“Carte du Ciel”) project started in 1887; the International Association for Geodesy based on a Convention of 1896 and in 1907 extended for a new period of 10 years [1]; Kapteyn’s Plan of Selected Areas agreed upon in 1906; and, as a recent most comprehensive development, the International Union for Co-operation in Solar Research created in 1904, briefly referred to as the Solar Union.
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Blaauw, A. (1994). Earlier 20th Century Developments; World War I. In: History of the IAU. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0978-9_2
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