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Home Campaigns Astrometrica Hall of Fame Staff LCO Register -- Log in Welcome to IASC International Astronomical Search Collaboration The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) is a citizen science program. It provides high quality astronomical data to citizen scientists around the world. They are able to make original astronomical discoveries and participate in hands-on astronomy. This service is provided at no cost! IASC participants around the world Congratulations to the students of the National Dali Senior High School (Taiwan)! In 2014, these students discovered the trans-Neptunian object 2014 GE45. This is a large 200-km ball of ice and rock located at an average distance of 56 AU from the Sun, out past the orbit of Pluto. Through the International Astronomical Union, it has been officially named Zhulong by the students at the school. Students who participated in the October All Bolivia Asteroid Search Campaign Students from Vorobyovy Gory, Russia, who participated in the November International Asteroid Search Campaign Students from Kovtuny Educational Complex Zolotonosha District, Ukraine, who participated in the Spring International Asteroid Search Campaigns Members of Team Avang, Iran, who participated in the Spring International Asteroid Search Campaigns IASC announcements Welcome to the International Astronomical Search Collaboration! (IASC = "Isaac") The All Bolivia Asteroid Search Campaign, All Nepal Asteroid Search Campaign, All Panama Asteroid Search Campaign, All Sri Lanka Asteroid Search Campaign, Canary Islands Asteroid Search Campaign, Louis Cruls Asteroid Search Campaign, STEM & Space Asteroid Search Campaign, SEDS Asteroid Search Campaign, Spaceport India Asteroid Search Campaign, and International Asteroid Search Campaign are now underway. Happy Hunting! It is important that you understand how to use Astrometrica , identify true and false signatures (i.e., not all moving things are asteroids), and prepare a clean and accurate MPC report. If you can do these things, your citizen science group will be successful in discovering new Main Belt asteroids and making important near-Earth object observations. Upcoming IASC Campaigns Start Date End Date Campaign Name Friday, June 12, 2020 Friday, July 10, 2020 All India Asteroid Search Campaign Friday, June 12, 2020 Friday, July 10, 2020 All Iran Asteroid Search Campaign Friday, June 12, 2020 Friday, July 10, 2020 International Asteroid Search Campaign Monday, July 13, 2020 Monday, August 10, 2020 All India Asteroid Search Campaign Monday, July 13, 2020 Monday, August 10, 2020 All Iran Asteroid Search Campaign Monday, July 13, 2020 Monday, August 10, 2020 International Asteroid Search Campaign If your citizen science group would like to participate in an IASC search campaign contact the IASC Coordinator, Mrs. Cassidy Davis by email at: iascsearch@hsutx.edu . Campaigns usually fill up 30 days prior to their starting date. IASC (pronounced "Isaac") is a collaboration of: tags below -- Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, TX) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (University of California, Berkeley) Global Hands-On Universe Association (Lisbon, Portugal) Sierra Stars Observatory Network (Markleeville, CA) Tarleton State University (Stephenville, TX) Yerkes Observatory (University of Chicago) National Astronomical Observatories of China (Beijing, China) Pan-STARRS (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii) Faulkes Telescopes Project (Wales) G.V. Schiaparelli Astronomical Observatory (Italy) Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY) Astronomers Without Borders (Calabasas, CA) Space Generation Advisory Council (Vienna, Austria) Target Asteroids! (University of Arizona) Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter (University of Arizona) Astrometrica (H. Raab, Austria) Las Cumbres Observatory Telescope Network (Santa Barbara, CA) Catalina Sky Survey (University of Arizona) NOJUM Magazine (Iran) Dark Energy Survey (University of Michigan) Haus der Astronomie, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (Heidelberg, Germany) China Hands-On Universe (Beijing, China) NUCLIO (Lisbon, Portugal) Asociacion Larense de Astronomia (Lara State, Venezuela) Clube de Astronomia Louis Cruls (Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil) Center for Theoretical Physics (Polish Academy of Sciences) National Astronomical Observatory of Bulgaria (Rozhen) Nepal Astronomical Society (Nepal) Astronomical Research Institute, Sri Lanka (ARIS) For more Citizen Science opportunities available through NASA, please visit: Citizen Scientists NASA Solve © 2020 - International Astronomical Search Collaboration -- privacy policy -- By continued use of this site you agree to our cookie policy....