IERS ICRS Center

``The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has charged the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) with the responsibility of monitoring the International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) and maintaining its current realization, the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF), and links with other celestial reference frames. Starting in 2001, these activities are run jointly by the ICRS Centre (Observatoire de Paris and U.S. Naval Observatory) of the IERS and the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry (IVS), in coordination with the IAU Working Group on the Reference System.''