Astronomy Day
Award
Past winners
Astronomy Day Headquarters: 
Gary Tomlinson
Astronomy Day Headquarters
30 Stargazer Lane
Comstock Park MI 49321
(616) 784-9518
E-mail: gtomlins@sbcglobal.net
ASTRONOMY
DAY AWARD WINNER
1980
Winner
- Grand
Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association, Grand
Rapids MI
1981
Winner
- The Sir
Isaac Newton Astronomical Society, Kane PA
1989
Winner
- Northwest
Suburban Astronomers, Barrington IL
Honorable Mention:
- Charles
Hayden Planetarium of the Boston Museum of Science
- Bay's
Mountain Amateur Astronomers, Kingsport TN
- The Wilderness
Center Astronomy Club, Massillon OH
- American
Samoa Astronomical Society, Pago Pago, American
Samoa
- Penn State
Astronomy Club, State College PA
1990
Winner
- Royal
Astronomical Society of Canada-Toronto Centre,
Toronto CANADA
Honorable Mention:
- Charles
Hayden Planetarium of the Boston Museum of Science
- Mountain
Skies Astronomical Society, Lake Arrowhead CA
- Northwest
Suburban Astronomers
- The Wilderness
Center Astronomy Club
- Lehigh
Valley Amateur Astronomical Society
1991
Winner
- Buffalo
State Astronomical Society, Buffalo NY
Honorable Mention:
- Charles
Hayden Planetarium of the Boston Museum of Science
- Mountain
Skies Astronomical Society, Lake Arrowhead CA
1992
Winner
- Charles
Hayden Planetarium, Boston MA
Honorable Mention:
- Spokane
Astronomical Society
- United
Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey/amateur Astronomers,
Inc
Winner
- Sonoma
County Astronomical Society, Santa Rosa CA
Honorable Mention:
- Charles
Hayden Planetarium of the Boston Museum of Science
- Sonoma
County Astronomical Society, Santa Rosa CA
- Morehead
Planetarium, Chapel Hill NC
- Saguaro
Astronomy Club, Phoenix AZ
1994
Winner
- Astronomy
in Montclair, Montclair NJ
Honorable Mention:
- Charles
Hayden Planetarium of the Boston Museum of Science
- Sacramento
Valley Astronomical Society, Rocklin CA
- Castro
Valley, CA
- Sonoma
County Astronomical Society, Santa Rosa CA
- The Royal
Astronomical Society of Canada-Toronto Centre
- Greenbelt
Astronomy Club, MD
- McLeannan
County Astronomy Club, Lorenz TX
1995
Winner
- The Local
Group, Clarita Valley CA
Honorable Mention:
- Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry, Portland OR
- Charles
Hayden Planetarium of the Boston Museum of Science
- Sheboygan
Astronomical Society, Sheboygan WI
- Don Harrington
Discovery Center/Amarillo Astronomy Club
- Berks
County Amateur Astronomical Society, Kutztown
PA
- Zavala
Magnet School, Odessa TX
- Northern
Cross Science Foundation, Port Washington WI
- Ancient
City Astronomy Club, Palm Coast FL
1996
Winner
- Ventura
County Astronomical Society, Simi Valley CA
Honorable Mention:
- Ancient
City Astronomy Club, Palm Coast FL
- Charles
Hayden Planetarium of the Boston Museum of Science
- The Louisville
Astronomical Society
- The Newark
Museum
- West Kentucky
Amateur Astronomers
- Don Harrington
Discovery Center/Amarillo Astronomy Club
- Sheboygan
Astronomical Society, Sheboygan WI
1997
Winner
- The Oglethorpe
Astronomical Association, Savannah GA
Honorable Mention:
- Chester
County Astronomical Society
- Neville
Public Museum Astronomy Society
- Ancient
City Astronomy Club, Palm Coast FL
- Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry, Portland OR
- Charles
Hayden Planetarium of the Boston Museum of Science
- Sirius
Astronomy Society, ALGERIA
- Sheboygan
Astronomical Society, Sheboygan WI
- Ventura
County Astronomical Society, Semi Valley CA
- Pontchartrain
Astronomy Society, Westwego LA
- EMDSO,
Washington Missouri
Winner
- Sheboygan
Astronomical Society, Sheboygan WI
Honorable Mention:
- Neville
Public Museum Astronomical Society
- Ancient
City Astronomy Club
- Oglethorpe
Astronomical Association
- Silver
Lake Regional High School
- Northwest
Wisconsin Stargazers
- Charles
Hayden Planetarium of the Boston Museum of Science
- Central
Valley Astronomers
1999
Winner:
- Puerto
Rico Astronomy Society, San Juan, PR
Honorable Mention:
- Chester
County Astronomical Society
- Neville
Public Museum Astronomy Society
- Ancient
City Astronomy Club
- Oglethorpe
Astronomical Association
- Albuquerque
Astronomical Society
- Silver
Lake Regional High School
- Sacramento
Valley Astronomical Society
- Northeast
Wisconsin Stargazers
- Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry
- Charles
Hayden Planetarium of the Boston Museum of Science
2000
Winner:
- Charles
Hayden Planetarium of the Boston Museum of Science
- Oglethorpe
Astronomical Association
Honorable Mention:
- Sacramento
Valley Astronomical Society
- Neville
Public Museum Astronomical Society
- Escambia
Amateur Astronomers' Association
- Northeast
Wisconsin Stargazer
2001
Winner:
- Sudekum
Planetarium at the Cumberland Science Museum
Best New Idea:
- Alachua
Astronomy Club (Solar System hay ride, Planet
putt-putt)
Most for its
Size:
- Stonebelt
Stargazers
- Junior
Engineering Technical Society of Freeport High
School
Quality Events
Year After Year:
- Charles
Hayden Planetarium of the Boston Museum of Science
Honorable Mention:
- Northeast
Wisconsin Stargazes
- Sacramento
Valley Astronomical Society
- Oglethorpe
Astronomical Association
2002
Winner
Best New Idea
- Back Bay
Amateur Astronomers (Lunar phase on the day you
were born)
- Buhl Planetarium
& Observatory (collaboration with Pittsburgh
Symphony)
Most for its
Size
- Sangamon
Astronomical Society
- Statesboro
Astronomy Club
Quality Events
Year after Year
- Sacramento
Valley Astronomical Society
- The Oglethorpe
Astronomical Association
Honorable Mention
- Sudekum
Planetarium
- Ottawa
Valley Astronomy & Observers Group
- Museum
Astronomical Resource Society
2003
Winner
- The Oglethorpe
Astronomical Association
Best New Idea
- Durham
Region Astronomical Association (letting the public
pose for pictures beside large telescope)
- Cassiopeia
Saarlouis e.V. (Hosting at a hotel with live Jazz
and a buffet to accompany observing)
- Raleigh
Astronomy Club & North Carolina Museum of
Natural Sciences (Kids activity-calculating age
on other planets)
- Ottawa
Valley Astronomy & Observers Group (Souvenir
print out of live CCD sky observing)
Most for its
Size
Quality Events
Year after Year
- Sudekum
Planetarium
- Sacramento
Valley Astronomical Society
Honorable Mention
- Prince
Sultan University
- Cradle
of Aviation Museum, Long Island Children's Museum,
Long Island Museum of Science and Technology,
Long Island Space Society, Amateur Observers of
NY, Woodland Middle School, Weber Middle School
Winner
- Georgia
Southern Planetarium/Statesboro Astronomy Club
Best New Idea
- Iranian
Astronomy Society-Amateur Branch/Farzanegan High
School (people centered ecliptic & ages on
other planets)
- The Evansville
Museum of Arts, History and Science (simultaneous
star parties located within 6 miles of any city
resident)
- Adventure
Science Center/Sudekum Planetarium (involving
Sister City)
Most for its
Size
- Flint
River Astronomy Club
Quality Events
Year after Year
Honorable Mention
- The Oglethorpe
Astronomical Association
- Santa
Barbara Astronomical Unit
- The Local
Group of Santa Clarita Valley
- Prescott
Astronomy Club
- The Harmony
Institute
- Cassiopeia
Saarlouis e.V.
- Texas
Astronomical Society of Dallas
- York College
of Pennsylvania
2005
Winner
- Long Island Museum of Science and Technology (LIMSAT): Idea and Prototype
Nassau County Firefighter's Museum and Education Center: Elaboration and Execution Cradle of Aviation Museum: Host and 2005 Team Leader (and best new idea-involving firefighters-space spin offs)
Best New Idea
- Cradle
of Aviation Museum, host; Long Island Museum of Space and Technology, idea and Nassau County Firefighter's Museum and Education Center, execution (involving firefighters-space
spin offs)
- AstroDay
Institute (AstroDay Excellence in Teaching Award)
Most for its
Size
- Cumberland
Astronomical Society
- Tri County
Astronomers (Junior Engineering Technical Society
of Freeport High School)
Honorable Mention
- Cuyahoga
Astronomical Association
- The Evansville
Museum of Arts, History and Science
- Starlight
Observers League
- Salt Lake
Astronomical Society
- Royal
Astronomical Society of Canada-Niagara Centre
- Texas
Astronomical Society of Dallas
- The Clay
Center for Science and Technology
2006
Winner
- The Iranian
Astronomical Society
Best New Idea
- AstroDay
Institute (using IR camera for mementos and spectra
education)
Most for its
Size
- Norman
North High School Astronomy Club
Honorable Mention
- The Irish
Astronomical Society
- The Texas
Astronomical Society of Dallas
- Salt Lake
Astronomical Society/Clark Planetarium/University
of Utah/Harmons
- Black
Hawk Astronomy Club
- Planetarium
Science Center (Alexandria, EGYPT)
- Kalamazoo
Astronomical Society
- Tri-City
Astronomy Club
- The Oglethorpe
Astronomical Association
- Cuyahoga
Astronomical Association
- Roanoke
Valley Astronomical Society
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