IASC Logo The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) is a citizen science program. It provides high quality astronomical data to citizen scientists around the world. They are able to make original astronomical discoveries and participate in hands-on astronomy. This service is provided at no cost!

IASC participants around the world

Members of Egyptian Society for Astronomy Hunters team who participated in the November/December 2022 International Asteroid Search Campaign

Team members from the Afaghrahbar Azabaijan team in Iran who participated in the 2023 International Asteroid Search Campaigns

Members of the SIS team from Morocco who participated in the September/October 2023 Pan Africa Asteroid Search Campaign

Team members from the Kfar Kanna team who participated in the March/April 2023 All Israel Asteroid Search Campaign.

Team members from the AstroSalle - ASM team in Colombia who participated in the August/September 2023 All Colombia Asteroid Search Campaign

Students from team DSPS DSC Aryabhatta in India who participated in the July/August 2023 CB Devgun Memorial Asteroid Search Campaign

Students from the Avance Colegio e Cursos team in Brazil who participate in the International Asteroid Search Campaigns

Students from Brazil who participated for the first time in the July/August 2023 MCTI Asteroid Search Campaign

IASC announcements

The All India Asteroid Search Campaign, All Iran Asteroid Search Campaign, CB Devgun Memorial Asteroid Search Campaign, MCTI 2024 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.

Upcoming IASC Campaigns

Start DateEnd DateCampaign Name
Thursday, August 1, 2024 Monday, August 26, 2024 All Bolivia Asteroid Search Campaign
Thursday, August 1, 2024 Monday, August 26, 2024 All Iran Asteroid Search Campaign
Thursday, August 1, 2024 Monday, August 26, 2024 All Nepal Asteroid Search Campaign
Thursday, August 1, 2024 Monday, August 26, 2024 CB Devgun Memorial Asteroid Search Campaign
Thursday, August 1, 2024 Monday, August 26, 2024 International Asteroid Search Campaign
Thursday, August 1, 2024 Monday, August 26, 2024 MCTI 2024 Asteroid Search Campaign
Thursday, August 1, 2024 Monday, August 26, 2024 Pan-Africa Asteroid Search Campaign
Thursday, August 1, 2024 Monday, August 26, 2024 Spaceport India Asteroid Search Campaign
Thursday, August 1, 2024 Monday, August 26, 2024 STEM & Space Asteroid Search Campaign
Thursday, August 1, 2024 Monday, August 26, 2024 UDistrital Asteroid Search Campaign

If your citizen science group would like to participate in an IASC search campaign contact the IASC Director, Dr. J. Patrick Miller by email at: iascsearch@hsutx.edu.

Campaigns usually fill up 30 days prior to their starting date.

IASC (pronounced "Isaac") is a collaboration of:

  • Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, TX)
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (University of California, Berkeley)
  • Global Hands-On Universe Association (Lisbon, Portugal)
  • Tarleton State University (Stephenville, TX)
  • Yerkes Observatory (University of Chicago)
  • Pan-STARRS (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii)
  • Faulkes Telescopes Project (Wales)
  • G.V. Schiaparelli Astronomical Observatory (Italy)
  • Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY)
  • Astronomers Without Borders (Calabasas, CA)
  • Space Generation Advisory Council (Vienna, Austria)
  • Target Asteroids! (University of Arizona)
  • Astrometrica (H. Raab, Austria)
  • Las Cumbres Observatory Telescope Network (Santa Barbara, CA)
  • Catalina Sky Survey (University of Arizona)
  • NOJUM Magazine (Iran)
  • Dark Energy Survey (University of Michigan)
  • Haus der Astronomie, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (Heidelberg, Germany)
  • China Hands-On Universe (Beijing, China)
  • NUCLIO (Lisbon, Portugal)
  • Asociacion Larense de Astronomia (Lara State, Venezuela)
  • Clube de Astronomia Louis Cruls (Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil)
  • Center for Theoretical Physics (Polish Academy of Sciences)
  • National Astronomical Observatory of Bulgaria (Rozhen)
  • Nepal Astronomical Society (Nepal)
  • Astronomical Research Institute, Sri Lanka (ARIS)