Astronomy Clubs and Organizations

Astronomy is looking up.

Local Astronomy Clubs

• Northern Virginia Astronomy Club.
• The Analemma Society.
• Baltimore Astronomical Society.
• Cumberland Astronomy Club, in Cumberland, MD.
• Delmarva Star Gazers.
• The Goddard Astronomy Club, in Maryland.
• Greenbelt Astronomy Club.
• The Howard Astronomical League, in Columbia, MD.
• The Howard County Celestial Searchers, for students, kindergarten through grade eight. Sponsored by the astrodentist.
• Maryland Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.
• National Capitol Astronomers.
• The River Valley Stargazers Astronomy Club, in College Park.
• Southern Maryland Astronomical Society, south of Indian Head.
• The Tri-State Astronomers, in Hagarstown, MD.
• The Washington Area Astronomers, a forum for professional astronomers and astrophysicists, has come to an end.

Other Astronomy Clubs

Alabama

• The Auburn Astronomical Society, in Auburn.
• The Birmingnam Astronomical Society, in Birmingham.
• The Von Braun Astronomical Society, in Huntsville.

Alberta

• The Big Sky Astronomical Society, in Vulcan.
• The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada in Edmonton.

Arizona

• The Arizona Earth Space Research Club, near Mesa.
• The Astronomers of Verde Valley, in Cottonwood.
• AstroVerde, the Astronomers of Verde Valley, Northern Arizona.
• The Coconino Astronomical Society, near Flagstaff.
• The East Valley Astronomy Club, in Phoenix.
• The Huachuca Astronomy Club, in Sierra Vista.
• The Phoenix Astronomical Society.
• The Prescot Astronomy Club.
• The Saguaro Astronomy Club, in Phoenix.
• The Sirius Lookers: The Sedona Astronomy Club.
• The Sun City West Astronomy Club, in Sun City West.
• The Tuscon Amateur Astronomy Association.
• The University of Arizona Astronomy Club. Since the regular website is now under construction, here is a temporary website.

Arkansas

• The Arkansas/Oklahoma Astronomical Society, in Fort Smith.
• The Central Arkansas Astronomical Society, near Little Rock.
• The Christian Association of Stellar Explorers, in Siloam Springs.

British Columbia

• The Fraser Valley Astronomers Society, in Abbotsford.

California

• The Andromeda Society of the Morongo Basin, in Yucca Valley.
• The Antelope Valley Astronomy Club, in north-eastern Los Angeles County.
• The Astronomers of Humboldt, at Humboldt State University, in Arcata.
• The Astronomical Association of Northern California, in Berkeley.
• The Astronomical Club at UC Davis, in Davis.
• The Astronomical Society of the Desert, in the Coachella Valley.
• The Astronomy Connection (Bay Area).
• The Cabrillo Astronomy Club.
• The Celestial Observers of Chatsworth.
• The Central Coast Astronomical Society, in San Luis Obispo County.
• The Central Valley Astronomers, in Fresno.
• The China Lake Astronomical Society.
• The Eastbay Astronomical Society, in Oakland. Stargazing since 1924.
• The Fremont Peak Observatory Association, in San Juan Bautista.
• The First Light Astronomy Club, Temecula Valley High School. Currently out-of-order.
• Group 70, AKA the Large Amateur Telescope Project, temporarily in Fremont.
• Asterism - The Halls Valley Astronomical Group, in the hills east of San Jose.
• The Kern Astronomical Society, in Bakersfield. Here is an older page.
• The Kern River Valley Astronomy Club, in Kernville.
• The Lake County Astronomers.
• The Local Group of Santa Clarita Valley.
• The Los Angeles Astronomical Society.
• The Los Angeles Sidewalk Astronomers. Official Sidewalk Astronomers Organization Web Site.
• The Los Angeles Valley College Astronomy Club.
• The Merced Society for Telescope and Astronomy Recreation.
• The MIRA Observers Group of the Monterey Bay/Central Coast area, affiliated with the Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy.
• The Mount Diablo Astronomical Society, in Concord.
• The Mount Diablo Observatory Association, in Pasadena. Stargazing on Mount Diablo.
• The Mount Wilson Observatory Association, in Pasadena.
• The Mountain Skies Astronomical Society, at Lake Arrowhead.
• The Orange County Astronomers, in Costa Mesa.
• The Peninsula Astronomical Society, in Los Altos Hills.
• The Polaris Observatory Association, at Mt. Pinos.
• The Pomona Valley Amateur Astronomers, meeting at Harvey Mudd College.
• The Riverside Astronomical Society, in Riverside.
• Quasar San Bernardino Valley Astronomers.
• The Sacramento Valley Astronomical Society, in Sacramento.
• The San Diego Astronomy Association.
• The San Francisco Amateur Astronomers.
• The Sidewalk Astronomers of San Francisco, also Ray Cash's page.
• The San Jose Astronomical Association, in San Jose.
• The San Mateo Astronomical Society.
• The Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit. This is apparently no more.
• The Santa Cruz Astronomy Club.
• The Santa Monica Amateur Astronomy Club.
• The Sonoma County Astronomical Society, in Santa Rosa.
• The South Bay Astronomical Society, in El Segundo.
• The Southern California Observers, in Ventura County.
• The Tri-Valley Stargazers, in Livermore.
• The Tule River Amateur Astronomers, in Springville.
• The Ukiah Astronomical Society, meeting at Taylor Observatory. , in Kelseyville.
• The Ventura County Astronomical Society, in Simi Valley.
• The Western Amateur Astronomers, an organization of organizations.

Canada, National Organizations

• The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
• The Toronto Sidewalk Astronomers.

Colorado

• The Arkansas Valley Astronomical Society, Buena Vista.
• The Aurora Astronomical Association.
• The Black Canyon Astronomical Society, in Montrose.
• The Colorado Springs Astronomical Society, hosts to the. Rocky Mountain Star Stare.
• The Denver Astronomical Society.
• The Gunnison Valley Astronomical Association, in Lake City.
• The Longmont Astronomical Society.
• The Northern Colorado Astronomical Society.
• The Rocky Mountain Astronomy Club, in Pueblo.
• The Western Colorado Astronomy Club, meets at Mesa State College, in Mesa County.

Connecticut

• The Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford has Saturday mirror-making workshops.
• The Astronomical Society of Greenwich.
• The Astronomical Society of New Haven.
• The Boothe Memorial Astronomical Society, in Stratford.
• The Mattatuck Astronomical Society, in Waterbury.
• The Thames Amateur Astronomical Society, in Gales Ferry.
• The Westport Astronomical Society.

Delaware

• The Delaware Astronomical Society.
• The Delaware Valley Amateur Astronomers.
• Delmarva Star Gazers, meeting in Smyrna.

Florida

• The Alalucha Astronomical Club, North Central Florida.
• The Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches, in West Palm Beach.
• The Brevard Astronomical Society.
• Central Florida Astronomical Society, in Orlando.
• The Chiefland Astronomical Village, in Chiefland.
• The Escambia Amateur Astronomers' Association, in Pensacola.
• The Everglades Astronomical Society, in Naples.
• The Florida Institute of Technology Astronomical Society, in Melbourne.
• The Greater Ocala Astronomy Club.
• The Kennedy Space Center Amateur Astronomers, in Titusville.
• The Local Group of Deep Sky Observers, in Bradenton.
• The Museum Astronomical Resource Society (MARS) Astronomy Club, in Tampa.
• The Northeast Florida Astronomical Society, in Jacksonville.
• The Saint Petersburg Astronomy Club.
• The South Florida Amateur Astronomers Association, in Sunrise.
• The South West Florida Astronomical Society, in Fort Myers.
• The Southern Cross Astronomical Society, in Miami.
• Tallahassee Astronomical Society, in Florida.
• The Treasure Coast Astronomical Society.
• Winter Haven Astronomy Club, between Tampa and Orlando in Polk County.

Georgia

• The Atlanta Astronomy Club, in Atlanta.
• The Astronomy Club of Augusta.
• The Flint River Astronomy Club, serving Metro Atlanta.
• The North Georgia Astronomers, in in Gainsville.
• The Oglethorpe Astronomical Association, in Savannah.

Hawaii

• The Hawaiian Astronomical Society.

Idaho

• The Boise Astronomical Society.
• The Magic Valley Astronomical Society.

Illinois

• The Astronomical Association of Southern Illinois, in Carterville.
• The Astronomical Society at the University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign. They have workshops in mirror grinding and telescope making.
• The Champaign Urbana Astronomical Society.
• The Chicago Astronomer Forum.
• The Chicago Astronomical Society, founded in 1862.
• The Decatur Area Astronomy Club.
• The Fox Valley Astronomical Society.
• The Lake County Astronomical Society, in Ingleside.
• The Naperville Astronomical Association, in southwest Chicagoland.
• The Northern Illinois Stargazers, in Dixon.
• The Northwest Suburban Astronomers, Hoffman Estates.
• The Peoria Astronomical Society, in Peoria.
• The Ryerson Astronomical Society, at the University of Chicago.
• The Sangamon Astronomical Society, in Springfield.
• The Skokie Valley Astronomers, in Chicago.
• The Twin City Amateur Astronomers, in Bloomington-Normal.

Indiana

• Calumet Astronomical Society in Northwest Indiana and Chicago.
• Evansville Astronomical Society in Evansville, Indiana.
• The Fort Wayne Astronomical Society.
• The Indiana Astronomical Society. From time to time the IAS has classes in telescope making.
• Michiana Astronomical Society in South Bend. What is the status? It's still in the Michiana Free-Net internal index.
• Wabash Valley Astronomical Society in Lafayette.
• Warsaw Astronomical Society in Winona Lake.

Iowa

• The Ames Area Amateur Astronomers.
• The Cedar Amateur Astronomers, in Cedar Rapids.
• The Des Moines Astronomical Society.
• The Des Moines Astronomy Club.
• The Southeastern Iowa Astronomy Club, in Burlington.

Kansas

• The Astronomy Associates of Lawrence.
• The Heartland Astronomical Research Team, in Topeka.
• The Kansas Astronomical Observers, in Witchita.
• The Northeast Kansas Amateur Astronomers' League, Inc., in Topeka.
• The Salina Astronomy Club, in Salina.

Kentucky

• The Big South Fork Star Gazers, in Pine Knot.
• The Bluegrass Amateur Astronomy Club, in Lexington.
• The Eastern Kentrucky Astronomy connection, in Van Lear and Staffordsville.
• The Louisville Astronomical Society, in Louisville.

Lousiana

• The Baton Rouge Astronomical Society, in Lousiana.
• The Pontchartrain Astronomical Society, in South Lousiana and Mississippi.
• The Shreveport/Bossier Astronomical Society, in Shreveport Lousiana.

Maine

• The Central Maine Astronomical Society, in Whitefield, Maine.
• The Astronomical Society of Northern New England, in Kennebunk.
• The Penobscot Valley Star Gazers, in Central Maine.

Maryland

• The Harford County Astronomical Society.
• The Westminster Astronomical Society of Maryland.

Massachusetts

• The Aldrich Astronomical Society, Worcester.
• The Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston.
• The Amherst Astronomy Club.
• The Astronomical Society of Southern New England, in Westport.
• The Bay Colony Astronomical Society, in Plymouth.
• The Boston University Astronomical Society, in the Astronomy Dept., in Boston, Massachusetts.
• The Cape Cod Astronomical Society, in Yarmouth.
• The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club, in Gloucester.
• The North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club.
• The Springfield Stars Club.

Michigan

• The Capitol Area Astronomy Club meets at Abrams Planetarium in Lansing.
• The Eastern Michigan University Astronomy Club, in Ypsilanti, with access to Sherzer Observatory.
• The Ford Amateur Astronomy Club, at Henry Ford Community College, in Dearborn.
• The Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association.
• Grand Traverse Astronomical Society.
• Shoreline Amateur Astronomical Association, in western Michigan.
• Student Astronomical Society, at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor.
• The University Lowbrow Astronomers, in Ann Arbor.
• The Warren Astronomical Society.

Minnesota

• The Arrowhead Astronomical Society, in Duluth.
• The Minnesota Astronomical Society, in Minneapolis.
• The Minnesota Astronomical Society Sidewalk Astronomers.

Mississippi

• The Amateur Astronomers of Jackson.
• The Jackson Astronomical Association, in Clinton.
• The Rainwater Astronomers meet at Rainwater Observatory in French Camp.

Missouri

• The Astronomical Society of Kansas City, in Blue Springs.

Nebraska

• The Omaha Astronomical Society, in Omaha.
• The Prairie Astronomy Club, in Lincoln.

Nevada

• The Las Vegas Astronomical Society. The greatest stars of Las Vegas can't been seen on the strip!

New Hampshire

• The New Hampshire Astronomical Society, Manchester.

New Jersey

• Amateur Astronomers, Inc., in Cranford.
• The Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, in Princeton.
• The Astronomical Society of the Toms River Area (A.S.T.R.A), meeting at the Robert J. Novins Planetarium in Toms River.
• The Dark Sky Observers, in northern New Jersey.
• The New Jersey Astronomical Association, meeting at the Paul Robinson Observatory in Voorhess State Park.
• The Princeton Planetary Society, in Princeton.
• The South Jersey Astronomy Club, in Port Elizabeth.
• S.T.A.R. Astronomy, in Middletown/Red Bank.

New Mexico

• The Alamogordo Astronomy Club, South Central New Mexico, in Alamogordo.
• The Albuquerque Astronomical Society, in Albuquerque.
• The New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club, in Socorro.
• The Roswell Astronomy Club, in Roswell.

New York

• The Amateur Astronomy Association of New York, in New York City.
• The Amateur Observers' Society of New York, Inc., in Long Island.
• The Astronomical Society of Long Island.
• The Catskills Astronomy Club, in Sullivan County.
• The Kopernik Astronomical Society, in Binghamton.
• The Mid-Hudson Astronomy Association, at SUNY New Paltz.
• The Rochester Astronomy Club (Astronomy Section, Rochester Academy of Science).
• The Rockland Astronomy Club, in Rockland and Bergen Counties.
• The Syracuse Astronomical Society, for Syracuse and Central New York.

North Carolina

• The Astronomical Society of Rowan County, in Mooresville.
• The Cape Fear Astronomical Society, in Wilmington.
• The Chapel Hill Astronomical and Observational Society (CHAOS).
• The Charlotte Amateur Astronomers Club, in Charlotte.
• The Forsyth Astronomical Society, in Winston-Salem.
• The Raleigh Astronomy Club.
• The Starfax Astronomy Club, in Ashland.
• The Triad Action Astronomy Club, in Archdale, High Point and Thomasville.

Ohio

• The Astronomy Club of Akron.
• The Cincinnati Astronomical Society.
• The Columbus Astronomical Society.
• The Cuyahoga Astronomical Association.
• The Miami Valley Astronomical Society, in Dayton.
• The Millstream Astronomy Club, in Findlay.
• The Sandusky Valley Amateur Astronomy Club, near Tiffin.

Oklahoma

• The Astronomy Club of Tulsa.
• The Odyssey Astronomy Club, in Wanette.
• The Oklahoma City Astronomy Club, in Oklahoma City.
• The Tuva Astronomy Club, near Checotah.

Ontario

• The Hamilton Amateur Astronomers, associated with McMaster's W.J. McCallion Planetarium, in Hamilton.
• The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Sarnia Centre.

Oregon

• The Central Oregon Astronomical Society.
• The Eugene Astronomical Society.
• The Heart of the Valley Astronomers, in Corvallis, apparently dormant.
• The Night Sky 45 Astronomy Club, in Salem.
• The North West Astronomy Group, the Vernonia Peak Observatory, in Vernonia.
• Friends of Pine Mountain Observatory, in Bend.
• The Rose City Astronomers, in Portland.
• The Southern Oregon Skywatchers, in Ashland.
• The Umpqua Amateur Astronomers, in Roseburg.

Pennsylvania

• The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburg.
• The Astronomical Society of Harrisburg, PA, Inc..
• The Amateur Astronomers of Beaver County, western Pennsylvania.
• The Berks County Amateur Astronomical Society.
• The Bucks-Mont Astronomical Association, host to Stella Della Valley Starfest, in Pennsylvania.
• The Central Pennsylvania Observers, host to the Black Forest Star Party at Cherry Springs State Park aka Stargazer's Paradise in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
• The Chesmont Astronomical Society, in Limerick.
• The Chester County Astronomical Society, in Avondale.
• The Delaware Valley Amateur Astronomers, near Philadelphia
• The Erie County Mobile Observers Group.
• The Lackawana Astronomical Society, in Northeast Pennsylvania.
• The Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society, in Allentown.
• The Oil Region Astronomical Society, sponsor of the Astroblast Star Party, in Reno.
• The Penn State Astronomy Club, in University Park.
• The Rittenhouse Astronomical Society, in Philadelphia.
• The Sir Isaac Newton Astronomical Society, in Kane.
• The Susquehanna Valley Amateur Astronomers, in Lewisburg.
• The Villanova Astronomical Society, in Villanova.
• The York County Astronomical Society, in York, host of the Mason-Dixon Star Party, near Hanover.

Rhode Island

• The Skyscrapers, Inc., the Amateur Astronomical Society of Rhode Island.

South Carolina

• The Carolina Stargazers, in Rock Hill.
• The Clemson Area Amateur Astronomers.
• The Midlands Astronomy Club, Inc., near Columbia
• The Roper Mountain Astronomers, in Greenville.

South Dakota

• The Black Hills Astronomical Society, in Rapid City.
• The Sioux Empire Astronomy Club, in Sioux Falls.

Tennessee

• The Bayes Mountain Astronomy Club, in Kingsport.
• The Bristol Astronomy Club, in Bristol, TN.
• The Cumberland Astronomical Society, in Gallatin.
• The Knoxville Observers.
• The Memphis Astronomical Society.
• Middle Tennessee Astronomical Society, in an undisclosed location.

Texas

• The Austin Astronomical Society, in Austin.
• The Fort Bend Astronomy Club, in Sugar Land.
• The Fort Wayne Astronomical Society, Inc.
• The Fort Worth Astronomical Society.
• The Houston Astronomical Society, in Houston.
• The Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society, in Deer Park.
• The North Houston Astronomy Club.
• The San Antonio Astronomical Association.
• The San Antonio Astronomical Observers Group.
• The Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas.
• The UT Astronomy Students Association, at the University of Texas at Austin.

Utah

• The BYU Astronomical Society.
• The Ogden Astronomical Society.
• The Salt Lake Astronomical Society.
• The Utah Valley Astronomy Association.

Vermont

• The Hildene Astronomy Club, Manchester.
• The Springfield Telescope Makers, sponsors of Stellafane.
• The Vermont Astronomical Society, sponsored by the University of Vermont, in Burlington.

Virginia

• The Back Bay Amateur Astronomers, in Hampton Roads, Virginia Beach.
• The Astronomy Club of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg. The page is a bit outdated. Does the club still exist?
• The Blue Ridge Astronomy Club, in central Virginia.
• The Bristol Astronomy Club, in Bristol, TN.
• The Charlottesville Astronomical Society, in Charlottesville.
• The Norfolk Astronomical Society, in Hampton Roads.
• The Rappahannock Astronomy Club, in the Fredricksburg area.
• The Richmond Astronomical Society, in Richmond.
• The Roanoke Valley Astronomical Society, in Roanoke.
• The Shenandoah Astronomical Society, in Middletown.
• The Shenandoah Valley Stargazers, in Harrisonburg.

Washington

• The Battle Point Astronomical Association, in Bainbridge Island.
• The Boeing Employees' Astronomical Society, in Seattle.
• The Eastside Astronomical Society, in Belleview.
• The Everett Astronomical Society.
• The Olympic Astronomical Society, meeting at Olympic College, Bremerton.
• The Seattle Astronomical Society, in Seattle.
• The Spokane Astronomical Society, in Spokane.
• The Squak Mountain Telescope Gang, somewhere around Issaquah.
• The Takoma Astronomical Society.
• The Vancouver Sidewalk Astronomers, in Vancouver.
• The Whatcom Association of Celestial Observers, in Ferndale.
• The Yakima Astronomical Society, in Central Washington.

West Virginia

• The Astrolabe Astronomy Club, Wheeling. About 3 years out of date.
• The Astronomical Society of Southern West Virginia, on the Campus of Concord College in Athens. The club appears to be dormant.
• The Central Appalachian Astronomy Club, in Clarksburg.
• The Kanawha Valley Astronomical Society, meeting at the Breezy Point Observatory between Cross Lanes and Sissonville. Also out of action?
• The Morgan County Observatory Foundation, in Berkeley Springs.
• The Ohio Valley Astronomical Society, in Huntington.
• The West Virginia University Astronomy Club, in Morgantown.

Wisconsin

• The Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society, in West-Central Wisconsin.
• The Door Peninsula Astronomical Society, in Sturgeon Bay.
• The Holmen Astronomy Club, in Holmen.
• The La Cross Area Astronomical Society, in La Cross.
• The Madison Astronomical Society, in Madison.
• The Milwaukee Astronomical Society, in Madison.
• The Neville Public Museum Astronomical Society, in Green Bay. With current information on the Moon and Jupiter.
• The Northern Cross Science Foundation, in Milwaukee.
• The Racine Astronomical Society, in Racine.
• The Sheboygan Astronomical Society, about 50 miles north of Milwaukee.
• Try Astronomy!, Urban Stargazers of Milwaukee Listserv. As Maigret would say, this is not a club.
• The Wehr Astronomical Society, Inc., in Milwaukee.

Wyoming

• The Central Wyoming Astronomical Society, in Casper.
• The Cheyenne Astronomical Society.
• The Laramie Astronomical Society and Space Observers (LASSO).

Clubs Outside North America

Australia

• Amateur Astronomy, hosted by the University of Sydney.
• The Astronomical Society of Frankston, in Victoria.
• The Astronomical Society of South City Australia.
• The South East Queensland Astronomical Society, Inc., in Chermside, QLD.

Belgium

• The Société Astronomique de Liège.

Finnland

• The Finnish Amateur Astronomy Homepage.

Germany

• Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Ingolstadt e.V.
• Die Nürnberger Astronomische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (NAA), e.V., in Nürnberg & Nordbayern.

Japan

• The Association of Meteor Observers in and around Tokyo Area.

New Zealand

• The Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, in Wellington.

Singapore

• The Astronomical Society of Singapore.

Spain

• El Agrupació Astrómica de Barcelona.
• The Spanish Meteor Society.

Sweden

• Göteborgs Astronomiska Klubb.

Switzerland

• Les Pléiades Société d'Astronomie de St-Imier.

United Kingdom

• The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh.
• The British Astronomical Association, in London.
• The Castle Point Astronomy Club, in Rayleigh, Essex.
• The University of Leicester Astronomical Society, in Milton Keynes.
• The Manchester Astronomical Society, in Manchester.
• The Milton Keynes Astronomical Society, in Milton Keynes.
• The North West Group of Astronomical Societies.
• The Northants Amateur Astronomers , in Northamptonshire.
• The Reading Astronomical Society.

Astronomical Organizations

• The American Astronomical Society.
• The American Association of Amateur Astronomers.
• The American Association of Variable Star Observers.
• The American Meteor Society, Ltd.
• The Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers.
• The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.
• The Astronomical League.
• The Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
• The International Astronomical Union. The IAU Headlines.
• The International Dark-Sky Association. Also see DarkSky, a WWW tool for stargazers.
• The Mars Society.
• International Planetarium Society.
• The Meteoritical Society.
• The Planetary Society.
• The Planetary Studies Foundation.
• The SETI League, searching for extra-terrestrial intelligence.
• SEDS, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.
• Space Telescope Science Institute, the Hubble Space Telescope. Alternate site.

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