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WELCOME TO THE NIGHT SKY NETWORK!

The Night Sky Network is a nationwide coalition of amateur astronomy clubs bringing the
science, technology, and inspiration of NASA's missions to the general public.
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We share our time and telescopes to provide you with unique astronomy experiences at science
museums, observatories, classrooms, and under the real night sky.
For more information, please review the Night Sky Network
FAQ list.
To contact an astronomy club involved in the Network, use
Find Clubs in the USA.
To apply for membership in the Night Sky Network, please complete the
application form.
The Night Sky Network is sponsored and supported by:
- JPL's PlanetQuest public engagement program. PlanetQuest is a part of JPL's Exoplanet
Exploration Program, which encompasses several of NASA's extra-solar planet-finding missions,
including the Keck Interferometer, the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM), the Terrestrial Planet
Finder (TPF), the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI), and the Michelson Science
Center. Learn more about PlanetQuest:
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/.
- The NASA Education Forum on the Structure and Evolution of the Universe (SEU), based at the
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, is a national center for teaching and learning about NASA's
SEU theme. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/seuforum/
- The Origins Education Forum, based at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, is an
association of the education and public outreach programs of the NASA missions seeking to
understand and characterize the origins of the universe, planets, and life.
http://origins.stsci.edu/
- NASA's Kepler Discovery Mission, NASA Grant NAG 2-6066 to SETI Institute.
http://kepler.nasa.gov/
- NASA Education Forum on Solar System Exploration:
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/educ/
- NASA Education and Public Outreach at Sonoma State University: GLAST, Swift and
XMM-Newton missions
http://epo.sonoma.edu
- Suzaku Mission E/PO Program at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
http://suzaku-epo.gsfc.nasa.gov
- The non-profit Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), one of the nation's leading
organizations devoted to astronomy and space science education, developed and is managing the
Night Sky Network in cooperation with NASA. Learn more about the ASP:
http://www.astrosociety.org
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