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Starting with Volume 12 published in 1994 the name was changed to the current Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, reflecting a wider remit towards publishing general astronomy research papers. PASA was first published electronically in 1996 under a partnership with CSIRO publishing. [1]
The Astronomical League is an umbrella organization of amateur astronomy societies. [1] Currently their membership consists of over 330 [2] organizations across the United States, along with a number of Members-at-Large, Patrons, and Supporting members.
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The Adler Planetarium is a public museum in Chicago, Illinois, dedicated to astronomy and astrophysics.It was founded in 1930 by local businessman Max Adler.Located on the northeastern tip of Northerly Island on Lake Michigan, the Adler Planetarium was the first planetarium in the United States.
The NASA Night Sky Network – a community of more than 450 astronomy clubs across the U.S. that share their time and telescopes to engage the public with unique astronomy experiences. The ASP provides training and materials to enhance clubs outreach activities, and inspires more than four million people through their participation in 30,000 ...
The SPA aims to show that astronomy can be fun and to promote an interest in observing the sky among its members. The SPA has a number of observing sections whose work members can participate in. These cover observations of aurorae , comets , deep sky , the Moon , meteors , occultations , the planets , the Sun and variable stars .
A small observatory consisting of a 4-inch refractor and a small transit telescope was constructed by 1872. The astronomy courses were typically taught by the mathematics department and by the early 1890s, several mathematics instructors wanted to do more with astronomy. An expanded astronomy curriculum would require a new larger facility.
The ASA's journal is the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA), for which the editor-in-chief is Bryan Gaensler. PASA is an ISI -listed, fully refereed electronic-only journal for new and significant research in astrophysics, and is published on behalf of the society by Cambridge University Press .