Worldwide Organizations

Vehicle Assembly and Launch Control
at Kennedy Space Center

Organizations like NASA and the IAU have promoted astronomy education since they were formed. Not every astronomical organization was mentioned in this topic - there are so many organizations exist that they could not all be studied in this course. Most cities and states have organizations for amateur astronomers. If you are interested in astronomy, joining a society or organization is not a hard task. Search for a local group in your area and, maybe one day, you will be on a committee that gets to name a groundbreaking discovery.