I'm an astronomer at the  IAC 's Scientific Editorial Service, where I work as a scientific editor revising and formatting research articles for the astronomical press. I am Astronomy Adviser to the  Oxford English Dictionary and  a member of the editorial staff of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series. My main research is in Galactic structure. I  have a keen interest in the history of astronomy, chairing the IAU Johannes Kepler Working Group and co-chairing the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Kepler Task Group.

Institution:       Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Address:          E-38205 La Laguna
                                Tenerife
                                Spain
Telephone:      +34-922-605278
Fax:                 +34-922-605210
Email:            terry.mahoney@iac.es

• Structure of the Galaxy
• I am Editor-in-Chief of the Springer Gazetteer and Atlas of Astronomy
  
• Astrolexicography
• Use of language in astronomy
• The communication of astronomy
• The Life and Work of Johannes Kepler
• Life and Work of John Flamsteed
• Navigation

• Member of the  International Astronomical Union:
• Member of Commission 41 (History of Astronomy)
• Chair of Johannes Kepler Working Group under Commission 41
  
• Member of Commission 46 (Astronomy Education)
  
• Member of the Astronomy Communication Journal Working Group under Commission 55
• Fellow of the  Royal Astronomical Society

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