Amerikaanse Sterrekundige Vereniging

Die Amerikaanse Sterrekundige Vereniging, in 1899 deur George Ellery Hale gestig, is 'n Amerikaanse Vereniging van professionele sterrekundiges en ander belangstellende individue, met sy  hoofkwartier in Washington, D.C. Die primêre doelwit van die Amerikaanse Sterrekundige Vereniging  is om die bevordering van die sterrekunde en nou verwante vakke van wetenskap te bevorder, en die sekondêre doel is die bevordering van sterrekunde-onderwys en om 'n politieke stem vir sy lede te bied. Sy huidige missie is om die mens se wetenskaplike begrip van die heelal te verbeter en te deel.
Dit is 'n nie regerings organisasie met 'n ledetal van ongeveer 7000 lede. Die President van die Amerikaanse Sterrekundige Vereniging is Megan Donahue.

Publikasies 
 Astronomical Journal
 Astronomy Education Review
 The Astrophysical Journal
 Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
 Icarus

Pryse/Toekennings 
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy
Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize
Joseph Weber Award,
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
George Van Biesbroeck Prize
Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy
Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award
Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award 
Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award
Gerard P. Kuiper Prize
Harold C. Urey Prize
Harold Masursky Meritorious Service Award
Brouwer Award
Bruno Rossi Prize
LeRoy E. Doggett Prize
George Ellery Hale Prize
Karen Harvey Prize

Presidente 
 Simon Newcomb (1899–1905)
 Edward Charles Pickering (1905–1919)
 Frank Schlesinger (1919–1922)
 William Wallace Campbell (1922–1925)
 George Cary Comstock (1925–1928)
 Ernest William Brown (1928–1931)
 Walter Sydney Adams (1931-1934)
 Henry Norris Russell (1934-1937)
 Robert Grant Aitken (1937-1940)
 Joel Stebbins (1940-1943)
 Harlow Shapley (1943-1946)
 Otto Struve (1946-1949)
 Alfred Harrison Joy (1949-1952)
 Robert Raynolds McMath (1952-1954)
 Donald Howard Menzel (1954-1956)
 Paul Willard Merrill (1956-1958)
 Gerald Maurice Clemence (1958-1960)
 Lyman Spitzer, Jr. (1960-1962)
 Carlyle Smith Beals (1962-1964)
 Leo Goldberg (1964-1966)
 Bengt Strömgren (1966-1967)
 Albert E. Whitford (1967-1970)
 Martin Schwarzschild (1970-1972)
 Bart J. Bok (1972-1974)
 Robert Paul Kraft (1974-1976)
 E. Margaret Burbidge (1976-1978)
 Ivan R. King (1978-1980)
 David S. Heeschen (1980-1982)
 Arthur D. Code (1982-1984)
 Maarten Schmidt (1984-1986)
 Bernard F. Burke (1986-1988)
 Donald Edward Osterbrock (1988-1990)
 John Norris Bahcall (1990-1992)
 Sidney C. Wolff (1992-1994)
 Frank Shu (1994-1996)
 Andrea K. Dupree (1996-1998)
 Robert D. Gehrz (1998-2000)
 Anneila I. Sargent (2000-2002)
 Catherine A. Pilachowski (2002-2004)
 Robert P. Kirshner (2004-2006)
 J. Craig Wheeler (2006-2008)
 John Peter Huchra (2008-2010)
 Debra M. Elmegreen (2010-2012)
 David Helfand (2012–2014)
 Meg Urry (2015-2016)
 Christine Jones-Foreman (2016-2017)
 Megan Donahue (2017–2018)

Eksterne Skakels 
 

Beroepsorganisasies
Sterrekundige organisasies