List of astronomical societies

A list of notable groups devoted to promoting astronomy research and education.

List

• Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh
• American Association of Variable Star Observers, a pro-am organization studying stars that vary in brightness.
• American Astronomical Society
• American Meteor Society, an amateur organization specializing in meteor observations.
• Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, an amateur organization
• Astronomical League, an umbrella organization of U.S. amateur astronomy societies.
• Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA), the professional body representing astronomers in Australia.
• Astronomical Society of Glasgow
• Astronomical Society of New South Wales, based in Sydney, Australia.
• Astronomical Society of South Australia
• Astronomical Society of Southern Africa
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Astronomical Society of Victoria, based in Melbourne, Australia.
• Astronomical Society Ruđer Bošković, from Belgrade, Serbia
• Astronomische Gesellschaft (German Astronomical Society)
• Birmingham Astronomical Society, in Birmingham, Alabama
• British Astronomical Association (BAA), the senior national association of amateur astronomers in the UK.
• Confederation of Indian Amateur Astronomer Association (India)
• Cornell Astronomical Society, hosts public observing nights at Cornell University's Fuertes Observatory.
• Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society - Astronomy in South East London and North West Kent, Bexley and Dartford
• Escambia Amateur Astronomers Association, Northwest Florida.
• EAAE - European Association for Astronomy Education, a European Association that promotes activities for schools, teachers and students.
• Federation of Astronomical Societies (UK)
• International Meteor Organization, an international organization dealing in meteor observations.
• Jyotirvidya Parisanstha (Pune, India)
• Kaua‘i Educational Association for Science and Astronomy (Kauai, Hawaii)
• Khagol vishwa (India)
• Khagol Mandal (Mumbai, India)
• Kopernik Astronomical Society (Vestal, New York)
• Louisville Astronomical Society
• Macarthur Astronomical Society, a group of amateur astronomers based in south-western Sydney, Australia
• Mohawk Valley Astronomical Society, Central New York, USA
• Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society, an amateur astronomical society based in the south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Network for Astronomy School Education - NASE a Program Group of IAU that works on Training Teachers
• Northern Virginia Astronomy Club
• Northumberland Astronomical Society
• Nottingham Astronomical Society, Nottingham, England, UK
• Pakistan Amateur Astronomers Society
• The Egyptian Society for Astronomy a non-profit NGO based in Cairo, Egypt.
• The Planetary Society
• Polish Astronomical Society
• Royal Astronomical Society in London
• Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
• Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
• SETI Institute
• Shreveport-Bossier Astronomical Society
• Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira (SAB), Brazil
• Société astronomique de France, the French astronomical society
• Society for the History of Astronomy
• Society for Popular Astronomy based in the United Kingdom for beginners to amateur astronomy
• Southern Cross Astronomical Society, based in Miami, Florida, US.
• Sutherland Astronomical Society based in the southern suburbs of Sydney, Australia.
• Spaceturk, an amateur organization specializing in planetary, lunar, and other solar system observations in Turkey
• Whakatane Astronomical Society in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Other uses

• Astronomical Society Islands, Nunavut, Canada

See also

• Category: Astronomy organizations by name
• Category: Amateur astronomy organizations by name