InStAR Astronomy Research Seminar
Virtual team-based research reducing real telescope data, co-authoring a peer-reviewed paper.
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A Las Cumbres Observatory education program that gives high school student teams free access to LCO's global network of 0.4-meter robotic telescopes to observe galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters, with online training in astronomical data-analysis tools such as SalsaJ and TopCAT.
Pioneer Academics — Astronomy Research Program
Accredited online 1:1 research program culminating in an original paper for college credit.
Pulsar Science Collaboratory (NANOGrav)
An out-of-school-time citizen-science research program in which students age 13 and up receive training and then analyze real radio-astronomy data from the Green Bank and Arecibo-affiliated telescopes to search for new pulsars; several student participants have been credited as co-discoverers of real pulsars.
USA Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad (USAAAO)
Multi-round exam olympiad feeding the US international team.
Astronomy Camp (University of Arizona, Mount Lemmon)
Week-long overnight camp operating research-grade telescopes; Beginning/Advanced tracks.
Eastbay Astronomical Society
A nonprofit amateur astronomy club founded in 1924 and based at Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, offering a discounted student membership with a telescope loaner program, a Telescope Makers' Workshop, and members-only viewing nights on Chabot's historic telescopes.