How to Become a Member

AASI Membership application

Download and fill out the AASI Membership Application (located above) and bring it to the next meeting or mail it to our treasurer.

Membership runs from July 1 to June 30 each year. We are liberal in mid year memberships. Ask us if you are interested.

Membership Categories:

$35.00 – Family Membership
$25.00 – Individual Membership
$12.00 – Student Membership

Membership Benefits:

The Southern Illinois Stargazer – the newsletter of AASI
Automatic membership in the Astronomical League
The Reflector – the monthly publication of the Astronomical League
Discounts at the Astronomical League Store
Private Club Observations
Discount subscription to Astronomy magazine
Discount subscription to Sky and Telescope magazine
Voting rights on all club business
Access to our lending library (books and equipment)

Activities Include

Club Observations
A time for members to work on their own projects, from lunar observing and asteroid occultations to the Messier Catalogue and Hickson galaxy groups.

Public Observations
A chance to do outreach and spread the word about astronomy, while showing the public the planets, the Moon, the Sun, double stars, galaxies, clusters, and nebulae.

Monthly meetings
Held at Pagliai’s Pizza in Carbondale, IL on the second Monday of each month, meetings are informal, informational, and inspiring. Members and guests present a variety of topics from the practical (cleaning a mirror) to the technical (quantum mechanics); from the historical to the folklore.