AAL committees

AAL currently has four committees advising AAL on astronomy facilities:

• Antarctic Astronomy Advisory Committee (AAAC) which was created as an independent committee in early 2007, and was incorporated as an AAL committee on 31st October 2007.
• European Southern Observatory Working Group (ESOWG) which was created in 2009 by AAL in conjunction with the NCA.
• High Performance Computing Working Group (HPCWG) which was created in 2009.
• Optical Telescopes Advisory Committee (OTAC) which was created in 2010.

National Committee for Astronomy

AAL has observer status as a "Corresponding Scientific Organisation" with the National Committee for Astronomy.