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List of astronomical societies

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

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  • Airdrie Astronomical Association
  • 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)
  • Astronomy Centre, One of the UK's largest facilities for amateur observation, operational since 1982.
  • Athenaeum Astronomy Association an astronomical society based in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
  • Breckland Astronomical Society an astronomical Society based in Great Ellingham, Norfolk, UK
  • Birmingham Astronomical Society, in Birmingham, Alabama
  • British Astronomical Association (BAA), the senior national association of amateur astronomers in the UK.
  • Cardiff Astronomical Society
  • 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)
  • Liverpool Astronomical Society, Liverpool, England, UK
  • Louisville Astronomical Society
  • LYRA, a group of amateur astronomers based in Lowestoft and Yarmouth, England
  • Macarthur Astronomical Society, a group of amateur astronomers based in south-western Sydney, Australia
  • Manchester Astronomical Society, Manchester, England, UK
  • Mexborough and Swinton Astronomical Society, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
  • 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
  • Nibiru Sociedad Astronomica , Mexico City, Mexico.
  • 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
  • Unione Astrofili Italiani the biggest association of amateur astronomers in Italy.
  • Wakefield and District Astronomical Society, Wakefield, England
  • Whakatane Astronomical Society in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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  • Astronomical Society Islands, Nunavut, Canada

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