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The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) is a citizen science program that provides high-quality astronomical data to citizen scientists around the world. These citizen scientists are able to make original astronomical discoveries and participate in hands-on astronomy. This service is provided at no cost!
Asteroid Search Campaigns are the primary focus of IASC. A "campaign" is a month-long event in which teams search for asteroids. If you are new and would like more information on the asteroid search campaigns, please use the Register link.
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.
Team members from the Astronomers Without Borders Nigeria team who participated in the May 2021 International Asteroid Search Campaign
Participants from the Laguna College + Seven Lakes Citizen Scientists Team who participated in the May 2021 International Asteroid Search Campaign
Congratulations to José Angel Mora Robles, Antares José Mora Sánchez, and Isaac Buitrago from the team Centro Astronómico Caronte in Venezuela! During the most recent All Venezuela Asteroid Search Campaign they found this distant star in the Milky Way Galaxy. It is thought to be an M dwarf star undergoing a massive flare.
Team members from Agrupamento de Escolas Dra Laura Ayres, Portugal, who participated in the May 2021 NUCLIO Asteroid Search Campaign
Members of the Ghana Planetarium Science Center team who participated in the August 2021 International Asteroid Search Campaign
Team leader of the AOYA team from Iraq that participated in the August 2021 International Asteroid Search Campaign
Members of the Sirius Astro Club team from Benin who participated in the August 2021 International Asteroid Search Campaign
Members of the Kuşadası team from Turkey who made a provisional discovery in July 2020.
Team members from the Chandrayaan -(3) team in India who participated in the January 2021 Spaceport India Asteroid Search Campaign
The All Bangladesh Asteroid Search Campaign, Canary Islands Asteroid Search Campaign, All Colombia Asteroid Search Campaign, All Israel Asteroid Search Campaign, All Nepal Asteroid Search Campaign, All Serbia Asteroid Search Campaign, Astrophile Asteroid Search Campaign, CB Devgun Memorial Asteroid Search Campaign, China Hands-On Universe Asteroid Search Campaign, Hands-On Universe India Asteroid Search Campaign, Haus der Astronomie Asteroid Search Campaign, MARSG India Asteroid Search Campaign, MCTI 2022 Asteroid Search Campaign, NUCLIO Asteroid Search Campaign, Ignited Minds-SA Citizens Saptarishi India Asteroid Search Campaign, SEDS Sri Lanka Asteroid Search Campaign, Spaceport India Asteroid Search Campaign, STEM & Space Asteroid Search Campaign, UDistrital Asteroid Search Campaign, and International Asteroid Search Campaign are now underway. Happy Hunting!
Current Teams: 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. Remember, the Quick Start Guide can help you with all of these goals. If you can do these things, your citizen science group will be successful in detecting new Main Belt asteroids and making important near-Earth object observations.
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| Start Date | End Date | Campaign Name | |
| Friday, May 27, 2022 | Monday, June 20, 2022 | All India Asteroid Search Campaign | FULL |
| Friday, May 27, 2022 | Monday, June 20, 2022 | All Uruguay Asteroid Search Campaign | |
| Friday, May 27, 2022 | Monday, June 20, 2022 | International Asteroid Search Campaign | FULL |
| Friday, May 27, 2022 | Monday, June 20, 2022 | MCTI 2022 Asteroid Search Campaign | FULL |
| Friday, June 24, 2022 | Monday, July 18, 2022 | All India Asteroid Search Campaign | |
| Friday, June 24, 2022 | Monday, July 18, 2022 | All Iran Asteroid Search Campaign | |
| Friday, June 24, 2022 | Monday, July 18, 2022 | International Asteroid Search Campaign | FULL |
| Friday, June 24, 2022 | Monday, July 18, 2022 | MCTI 2022 Asteroid Search Campaign | FULL |
If your citizen science group would like to participate in an IASC search campaign please visit the Registration page.
Campaigns usually fill up 30 days prior to their starting date.