Links to Interesting Websites

Link Index

• Members' Personal Web Sites
• Equipment
• Publications and Organizations
• Astronomy Clubs and Groups

Members' Personal Web Sites

• Charlie Fredrickson (Long time [and most revered] member, former five term President)
• Jim Mayes (Long time member)
• Ben Kolstad (Long time member)
• Jim Kimball (Long time member)
• Fred Lehman (Long time member)

Equipment

• Adirondac Video Astronomy
• Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird
• Digital Astronomy
• Jim's Mobile Inc (JMI)
• Kendrick Astro Instruments
• ScopeTronix Astronomy Products
• The Telescope Warehouse
• Eyepiece Protectors
• Winchester Electronics
• Astronomical League's Online Store
• Celestron Telescopes
• Meade Telescopes
• Orion Telescopes and Binoculars

Publications and Organizations

• The Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO)
• Astronomy Magazine
• Sky and Telescope Magazine
• International Dark Sky Association (IDA)
• Sky View Virtual Observatory
• Space Telescope Electronic Information Service
• The Sky Guide
• Astronomical League
• Astronomical League Observing Clubs
• Astronomical League Store
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
• American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)

Astronomy Clubs and Groups

Africa

South Africa

• Astronomical Society of South Africa (Durban, South Africa)
• Rhodes University Astronomy Society (Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa)

Asia

China

• Hong Kong Astronomical Society (Hong Kong)

India

• Amateur Astronomers Association of Delhi (Delhi)
• Jyotirvidya Parisanstha (Pune)

Israel

• Israeli Astronomical Association (Israel)

Japan

• Society for Teaching and Popularization of Astronomy (Tokyo)

Jordan

• Jordanian Astronomical Society (Amman)

Pakistan

• Lahore Astronomical Society (Lahore)

Australia & New Zealand

Australia

• Astronomical Society of Frankston (Frankston, Victoria)
• Astronomical Association of Queensland (St. Lucia, Queensland)
• Astronomical Society of South Australia (Adelaide, South Australia)
• Brisbane Astronomical Society (Brisbane, Queensland)
• South East Queensland Astronomical Society (Springwood, Queensland)
• Southern Astronomical Society (Beenleigh, Queensland)

New Zealand

• Astronomical Society of New Zealand (Wellington)
• Local Affiliated RASNZ Societies

Europe

Austria

• Burgenländischen Amateurastronomen (Austria)

Belgium

• Wega: Leuven Astronomical Society (Leuven)
• Société Astronomique de Liège (Liège)

England

• Altrincham & District Astronomical Society: NWGAS Member (Altrincham, Lancashire)
• Blackpool and District Astronomical Society (Blackpool, Lancashire)
• Bolton Astronomical Society (Bolton, Lancashire)
• British Astronomical Association (London)
• Chester Astronomical Society (Chester, Cheshire)
• Cleveland and Darlington Astronomical Society (Cleveland and Darlington)
• Furness and South Lakeland Astronomical Society (Furness, Cumbria)
• Gwynedd Astronomical Society (Bangor, North Wales)
• Leicester University Astronomy Society (Leicester)
• Liverpool Astronomical Society (Liverpool, Lancashire)
• Macclesfield Astronomical Society (Jodrell Bank)
• Manchester Astronomical Society (Manchester, Lancashire)
• North West Group of Astronomical Societies: NWGAS (N.W. England)
• Preston and District AStronomical Society (Preston, Lancashire)
• Salford Astronomical Society (Salford, Lancashire)
• Society for Popular Astronomy (London)
• South Downs Astronomical Society (Chichester)
• South East Kent Astronomical Society (Canterbury, South East Kent)
• Southport Astronomical Society (Southport, Lancashire)
• UK Amateur Astronomy (United Kingdom Amateur Astronomy Organizations)
• West Yorkshire Astronomical Society (Pontefract, York)
• Wycombe Astronomical Society (Buckinghamshire)

Finland

• Astronomical Association Jyvaskylan Sirius (Jyvaskylan, Central Finland)
• Finnish Amateur Astronomy (Finland)

France

• Association Astronomique du Soissonnais (Soissons)
• Bienvenue à Ciel d'Anjou (Angers)
• Société Astronomique de France (Paris)

Germany

• Astronomical Society of Augsburg: Astronomische Vereinigung Augsburg (Diedorf)
• Nürnberger Astronomische Arbeitsgemeinschaft e.V (Nürnberg)

Iceland

• Amateur Astronomical Society of Seltjarnarnes (Seltjarnarness [near Reykjavík, Iceland)

Ireland

• Astronomy Ireland (Dublin)
• Cork Astronomy Club (Cork)
• Trinity Astronomy and Space Society (Dublin University Astronomy and Space Society, Trinity College, Dublin)

Italy

• Associazione Astronomica Cassino (Cassino)

Malta

• Astronomical Society of Malta (Valletta)

Scotland

• Astronomical Society of Edinburgh (Edinburgh)

Slovenia

• National Centre for Astronomy (Novo Polje near Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia)

Switzerland

• Swiss Astronomical Society (Switzerland)

Spain

• Agrupacion Astronomica Aragonesa (Zaragoza)
• Agrupacion Astronomica de Gran Canaria, (Las Palmas, Canary Islands)
• Agrupacion Astronomica de Huesca (Huesca)
• Agrupacion Astronomica de Madrid (Madrid)
• Agrupacion Astronomica de Tenerife (Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands)
• Astronomical Society Antares (Madrid)
• Grup d'Estudis Astronomics (Barcelona)

Sweden

• Malmö Astronomi- & RymdfartsSällskap (Southern Sweden)

Switzerland

• Swiss Astronomical Society (Neukirch, Switzerland)

North America

Alabama

• Auburn Astronomical Society (Auburn)
• Birmingham Astronomical Society (Birmingham)
• Von Braun Astronomical Society (Huntsville)

Arizona

• Coconino Astronomical Society (Flagstaff)
• East Valley Astronomy Club (Phoenix)
• Huachuca Astronomy Club (Sierra Vista)
• Phoenix Astronomical Society (Phoenix)
• Prescott Astronomy Club
• Saguaro Astronomy Club (Metro Phoenix)
• Sun City West Astronomy Club (Sun City)
• Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (Tucson)
• University of Arizona SEDS (Tucson)

Arkansas

• Central Arkansas Astronomical Society (Roland)

British Columbia (Canada)

• Fraser Valley Astronomical Society (Fraser Valley, British Columbia)

California

• Antelope Valley Astronomy Club (Palmdale)
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific (San Francisco)
• Central Valley Astronomers (Fresno)
• Eastbay Astronomical Society (Oakland)
• Fremont Peak Observatory Association (San Juan Bautista)
• Halls Valley Astronomical Group (San Jose)
• Kern Astronomical Society (Bakersfield)
• Los Angeles Astronomical Society (Los Angeles)
• Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society (Concord)
• Oceanside Photo and Telescope Astronomical Society (Oceanside)
• Orange County Astronomers (Orange)
• Polaris Observatory Association (Lockwood Valley)
• Peninsula Astronomical Society (Mountain View)
• Sacramento Valley Astronomical Society (Sacramento)
• San Diego Astronomy Association (San Diego)
• San Francisco Amateur Astronomers (San Francisco)
• San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers (San Francisco)
• San Jose Astronomical Association (San Jose)
• San Mateo County Astronomical Society (San Mateo)
• Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (Santa Barbara)
• Santa Cruz Astronomy Club (Santa Cruz)
• Seven-0-Five Astronomers (University of California)
• Sidewalk Astronomers (San Francisco)
• Stanford Astronomical Society (Stanford)
• Tri-Valley Stargazers Astronomy Club (Livermore)
• Ventura County Astronomical Society (Simi Valley)

Colorado

• Colorado Springs Astronomical Society (Colorado Springs)
• Denver Astronomical Society (Denver)
• Front Range Astronomical Super-Cluster (Denver)
• Longmont Astronomical Society (Longmont)
• Northern Colorado Astronomical Society (Fort Collins)

Connecticut

• Astronomical Society of New Haven (New Haven)
• Boothe Memorial Astronomical Society (Stratford)

Delaware

• Delaware Astronomical Society (Wilmington)
• Delmarva Stargazers (Smyrna)

Florida

• Alachua Astronomy Club (Alachua)
• Astronomical Society of Bay County, Florida (Bay County)
• Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches (Palm Beach Florida)
• Brevard Astronomical Society (Cocoa)
• Central Florida Astronomical Society (Orlando)
• Central Florida Astronomical Society -- Daytona Beach Affiliate (Daytona Beach)
• Chiefland Astronomy Village (Chiefland)
• Escambia Amateur Astronomers' Association (Pensacola)
• Everglades Astronomy Club (Naples)
• Greater Ocala Astronomy Club (Ocala)
• Kennedy Space Center Amateur Astronomers (Titusville)
• Local Group of Deep Sky Observers (Bradenton)
• Museum Astronomical Resource Society (Tampa)
• The Northeast Florida Astronomical Society (Osceola)
• Northeast Florida Astronomical Society Yahoo Club (Jacksonville)
• St. Petersburg Astronomy Club (St. Petersburg)
• Southern Cross Astronomical Society (Miami)
• South Florida Amateur Astronomical Association (Fort Lauderdale)
• South West Florida Astronomical Society (Fort Myers)
• Tallahassee Astronomical Society (Tallahassee)
• Treasure Coast Astronomical Society (Fort Pierce)
• University of Central Florida Astronomy Society (Orlando)
• Winter Haven Astronomy Club (Winter Haven)

Georgia

• Astronomical Society of the Atlantic (Atlanta)
• Atlanta Astronomy Club (Atlanta)
• Flint River Astronomy Club (Griffin)
• North Georgia Astronomers (Gainesville)
• Oglethorpe Astronomical Association (Savannah)

Hawaii

• Hawaiian Astronomical Society (Honolulu)

Idaho

• Boise Astronomical Society (Boise Idaho)
• Magic Valley Astronomical Society (Jerome)

Illinois

• Bradley Amateur Astronomy Club (Bradley University, Peoria)
• Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society (Champaign-Urbana)
• Chicago Astronomical Society (Chicago)
• Lake County Astronomical Society (Libertyville)
• Naperville Astronomical Association (Naperville)
• Peoria Astronomical Society (Peoria)
• Ryerson Astronomical Society (University of Chicago, Chicago)
• Skokie Valley Astronomers (Skokie/Chicago)
• University of Illinois Astronomical Society (Champaign-Urbana)

Indiana

• Cincinnati Astronomical Society (Cincinnati)
• Evansville Indiana Astronomical Society (Evansville)
• Fort Wayne Astronomical Society. (Fort Wayne)
• Indiana Astronomical Society (Indianapolis)
• Michiana Astronomical Society (South Bend)
• Wabash County Astronomical Society (Wabash)
• Wabash Valley Astronomical Society (West Lafayette)

Iowa

• Ames Area Amateur Astronomers (Ames)
• Des Moines Astronomy Club (Des Moines)
• Des Moines Astronomical Society (Des Moines)

Kansas

• Astronomical Society of Kansas City (Blue Springs)
• Astronomy Associates of Lawrence (Lawrence)
• Heartland Astronomical Research Team (Topeka)
• Kansas Astronomical Observers (Wichita)
• Northeast Kansas Amateur Astronomers' League (Topeka)
• Salina Astronomy Club (Salina)

Kentucky

• Big South Fork Star Gazers (Pine Knot)
• Bluegrass Amateur Astronomy Club (Lexington)
• Louisville Astronomical Society (Louisville)
• Western Kentucky Amateur Astronomers (Dawson Springs)

Louisiana

• Baton Rouge Astronomical Society (Baton Rouge)
• Pontchartrain Astronomy Society (New Orleans)

Maine

• Astronomical Society of Northern New England (Kennebunk)
• Central Maine Astronomical Society (Newcastle)

Maryland

• Baltimore Astronomical Society (Baltimore)
• Goddard Astronomy Club (Greenbelt)
• Greenbelt Astronomy Club (Greenbelt)
• Harford County Astronomical Society (Bel Air)
• Howard Astronomical League of Central Maryland (Columbia)
• JFK Astronomy Club (Silver Springs)
• Applied Physics Laboratory Amateur Astronomy Club (Baltimore)
• Maryland Students for the Exploration & Development of Space (University of Maryland)
• National Capital Astronomers (Washington D.C.)
• Southern Maryland Astronomical Society (Nanjemoy)
• Westminster Astronomical Society (Westminster)

Massachusetts

• Aldrich Astronomical Society (Worcester)
• Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston (Boston)
• Amherst Area Amateur Astronomers Association (Amherst)
• Astronomical Society of Southern New England (Westport)
• Five Colleges Astronomy Club (Amherst)
• Martha's Vineyard Amateur Astronomy Club (Martha's Vineyard)
• North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club (Groveland)
• Pittsfield Astronomy Club (Pittsfield)
• Springfield STARS Club (Springfield)

Michigan

• Eastern Michigan University Astronomy Club (Ypsilanti)
• Fremont High School Astronomy (Fremont)
• Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association (Grand Rapids)
• Kalamazoo Astronomical Society (Kalamazoo)
• Marquette Astronomical Society (Marquette)
• Muskegon Astronomical Society (Muskegon)
• Shoreline Amateur Astronomical Association (Holland)
• Sirius Stargazers Club of Michigan (Rockwood)
• University Lowbrow Astronomers (Ann Arbor)

Minnesota

• Arrowhead Astronomical Society (Duluth)
• Minnesota Astronomical Society (Minneapolis/Saint Paul)

Mississippi

• Jackson Astronomical Association (Jackson)
• Rainwater Astronomical Association (French Camp)

Missouri

• Astronomical Society of Kansas City (Blue Springs)
• Saint Louis Astronomical Society (St. Louis)

Montana

• Southwest Montana Astronomical Society (Bozeman)
• Yellowstone Valley Amateur Astronomers (Billings)

Nebraska

• Omaha Astronomical Society (Omaha)
• Prairie Astronomy Club (Lincoln)

Nevada

• Astronomical Society of Nevada (Las Vegas)
• Astronomical Society of Nevada (Reno)
• Boulder City Astronomy (Boulder City)
• Las Vegas Astronomical Society (Las Vegas)

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Astronomical Society (Concorde)

New Jersey

• Amateur Astronomers (Union County College, Cranford)
• Amateur Astronomers' Association of Princeton (Princeton)
• Astronomical Society of the Toms River Area (Ocean County College, Toms River)
• New Jersey Astronomical Association (Voorhees State Park, High Bridge)
• United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey

New Mexico

• Albuquerque Astronomical Society (Albuquerque)
• New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club (Socorro)

New York

• Amateur Astronomers Association of New York (New York City)
• Amateur Observers' Society of New York (Garden City)
• Astronomical Society of Long Island (Massapequa)
• Astronomy Section of the Rochester Academy of Science (Rochester)
• Buffalo Astronomical Association (Buffalo)
• Ithaca Amateur Astronomers (Ithaca)
• Mid-Hudson Astronomy Association (New Paltz)
• Mohawk Valley Astronomical Society (Clinton)
• Rochester's Astronomy Club: Rochester Academy of Science (Rochester)
• Syracuse Astronomical Society (Syracuse)
• Westchester Amateur Astronomers (Valhalla)

North Carolina

• Astronomical Society of Rowan County (Salisbury)
• Astronomy Club of Asheville (Ashville)
• Chapel Hill Astronomical and Observational Society (Chapel Hill)
• Charlotte Amateur Astronomy Club (Charlotte)
• Forsyth Astronomical Society (Winston-Salem)
• Greensboro Astronomy Club (Greensboro)
• Raleigh Astronomy Club (Raleigh)
• Tar River Astronomy Club (Rocky Mount)

North Dakota

• Northern Skies Astronomical Society (Grand Forks)

Nova Scotia (Canada)

• Cape Breton Astronomical Society (Sydney)

Ohio

• Astronomy Club of Akron (Akron)
• Black River Astronomical Society (Lorain)
• Chagrin Valley Astronomical Society (Chagrin Falls)
• Cincinnati Astronomical Society (Cincinnati)
• Columbus Astronomical Society (Columbus)
• Cuyahoga Astronomical Association (North Olmstead)
• Lima Astronomical Society (Lima)
• Miami Valley Astronomical Society (Dayton)
• Mahoning Valley Astronomical Society (Newton Falls)
• Millstream Astronomy Club (Findlay)
• Richland Astronomical Society (Mansfield)
• Stillwater Stargazers (Troy)
• Wilderness Center Astronomy Club (Wilmot)

Oklahoma

• Astronomy Club of Tulsa (Tulsa)
• Odyssey Astronomy Club (Wanette)
• Oklahoma City Astronomy Club (Oklahoma City)
• Stillwater Astronomy Club (Stillwater)

Ontario (Canada)

• Hamilton Amateur Astronomers (Hamilton)
• North Bay Astronomy Club (North Bay)
• North York Astronomical Association (Oshawa)
• York University Astronomy Club (North York)

Oregon

• Eugene Astronomical Society (Eugene)
• Northwest Astronomy Group (Portland)
• Rose City Astronomers (Portland)

Pennsylvania

• Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
• Astronomical Society of Harrisburg (Harrisburg)
• Delaware Valley Amateur Astronomers (Philadelphia)
• Chesmont Astronomical Society (Pottsdam)
• Chester County Astronomical Society (West Chester)
• Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society (Allentown)
• Penn State Astronomy Club (College Park)
• Susquehanna Valley Amateur Astronomers (Lewisburg)
• York County Astronomical Society (York)

Prince Edward Island (Canada)

• Athena Community Astronomy Club (Summerside)

Quebec (Canada)

• Longueuil Amateur Astronomers Club (Longueuil)

Rhode Island

• Skyscrapers: The Amateur Astronomical Society of Rhode Island (Providence)

South Carolina

• Grand Strand Skygazers (Myrtle Beach)
• Midlands Astronomy Club (Columbia)
• Roper Mountain Astronomers (Greenville)

South Dakota

• Black Hills Astronomical Society (Rapid City)
• Sioux Empire Astronomy Club (Sioux Falls)

Tennessee

• Barnard-Seyfert Astronomical Society (Nashville)
• Bristol Astronomy Club (Bristol)
• Cumberland Astronomical Society (Gallatin)
• Bays Mountain Astronomy Club (Bays Mountain)
• Memphis Astronomical Society (Memphis)
• Middle Tennessee Astronomical Society (Murfreesboro)
• Society of Low-Energy Observers (Memphis)
• Smoky Mountain Astronomical Society (Knoxville)

Texas

• Association of Amateur Astronomers: Texas A&M University (College Station)
• Astronomical Society of North Texas (Texas)
• Big Bend Astronomical Society (Alpine)
• Crossroads Astronomy Club (Victoria)
• Fort Worth Astronomical Society (Fort Worth)
• Houston Astronomical Society (Houston)
• Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society, JSCAS (Houston)
• Olympus Mons Astronomy Club: University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington)
• San Antonio Astronomical Association (San Antonio)
• Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas (Dallas)
• West Texas Astronomers (Midland)

Utah

• Brigham Young Astronomical Society (Provo)
• Ogden Astronomical Society (Ogen)
• Salt Lake Astronomical Society (Salt Lake City)
• University of Utah Astronomical Society (Salt lake City)
• Utah Valley Astronomy Association (Provo/Orem)

Vermont

• Stellafane (Springfield)
• Vermont Astronomical Society (Williston)

Virginia

• Astronomy Club of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg)
• Back Bay Amateur Astronomers (Virginia Beach)
• Charlottesville Astronomical Society (Charlottesville)
• National Capital Astronomers (Washington DC)
• Northern Virginia Astronomy Club (Washington DC)
• Rappahannock Astronomy Club (Fredericksburg)
• Richmond Astronomical Society (Richmond)
• Roanoke Valley Astronomical Society (Roanoke)
• Shenandoah Astronomical Society (Middleton)
• Skywatchers Astronomy Club (Hampton)

Washington

• Everett Astronomical Society (Everett)
• Seattle Astronomical Society (Seattle)
• Spokane Astronomical Society (Spokane)
• Yakima Astronomical Society (Yakima)

West Virginia

• Greenbrier Valley Astronomy Association (Greenbrier Valley)

Wisconsin

• La Crosse Area Astronomical Society (La Crosse)
• Madison Astronomical Society (Madison)
• Milwaukee Astronomical Society (Milwaukee)
• Neville Public Museum Astronomical Society (Green Bay)
• Rock Valley Astronomical Society (Janesville)
• Sheboygan Astronomical Society (Sheboygan)

Wyoming

• Central Wyoming Astronomical Society (Casper)
• Cheyenne Astronomical Society (Cheyenne)
• Laramie Astronomical Society and Space Observers (Laramie)

South America

Chile

• Red Chilena de Astronomía (Chile)

Peru

• Seminario Permanente de Astronomia y Ciencias Espaciales (Lima)

Uruguay

• Asociación de Aficionados a la Astronomía (Montevideo)

All links are provided "as is", and the Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches assumes no responsibility for their content or use.

The world-wide list of astronomy clubs was originally compiled by Dr. Howard L. Cohen of the Alachua Astronomy Club in Gainsville, Florida