Affiliated Institutions

The following institutions and organizations have been instrumental in fostering and conducting the Astronomy Research Seminar. We are looking to expand the Seminar to other colleges and universities across the U.S., so please contact us if you would like to get involved and bring more students authentic research experiences.

• Cuesta College, www.cuesta.edu.

• California Polytechnic State University, www.calpoly.edu.

• Concordia University, Irvine, CA, www.cui.edu. 

• Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT, www.suu.edu

• Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA, www.grossmont.edu

• San Diego Miramar College, San Diego, CA, www.sdmiramar.edu

• Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ, www.mesacc.edu

• Leeward Community College, Pearl City, HI, www.leeward.hawaii.edu

• Institute for Astronomy, Maui, HI, https://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/haleakalanew

• Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, www.psi.edu

• Orion Observatory, www.orionobservatory.org.

• Collins Educational Foundation, www.collinseducationfoundation.org. 

• Boyce Research Initiatives and and Education Foundation  (BRIEF), www.boyce-astro.org.

• National Science Foundation, www.nsf.gov

• Great Basin Observatory Cooperative (GBO): www.greatbasinobservatory.org. 

• Sierra Stars Observatory Network (SSON): sierrastars.com. InStAR has successfully used an SSON observatory in Australia to obtain asteroid astrometric and photometric data for the Seminar: http://new.sierrastars.com/Telescopes/Warrumbungle.

• Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii: www.ifa.hawaii.edu.

• American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO): www.aavso.org. 

• Sierra Remote Observatories (SRO): www.sierra-remote.com. David Rowe of Planewave Instruments (planewave.com) has graciously given InStAR access to a Planewave CDK17 telescope for the acquisition of student astronomical data. We look forward to working with Dave and Planewave to provide students with the scientific and technical skills that will aide in their education and future career success.