AAVSO
= American Association of Variable Star Observers
AL
= Astronomical League
ALPO
= Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
AMS
= American Meteor Society
ASP = Astronomical Society of the Pacific
BEAS = Boeing Employees' Astronomical Society
BPA = Battle Point Astronomical Association on Vashon
Island, WA
EAS = East Side Astronomical Society in Bellevue, WA
EAS = Eugene Astronomical Society
EAS = Everett Astronomical Society
FPMO = Friends of Pine Mountain Observatory
35 miles SE of Bend, OR
GSSP
= Golden State Star Party Near Adin, CA
HVA = Heart of the Valley Astronomers
in Corvallis, OR
IDA
= International Dark Sky Association
IOTA
= International Occultation Timing Association
ITS = Indian Trail Spring home of the OSP 50 miles
east of Prineville, OR
JPL
= Jet Propulsion Labs
LGGGN = Local Galaxy Group & Galactic Neighborhood
AL program sponsored by RCA
MTCC = Mt Hood Community College has a planetarium
MBSP - Mt Bachelor Star Party hosted by the SNRO |
NASA
= National Aeronautical and Science Association
NS45 = Night Sky 45 club in Salem, OR
NWAG = Northwest Astronomy Group in Vernonia, OR
NWRAL =
Northwest Region of the Astronomical League
OMSI = Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
OSP
= Oregon Star Party held 50 miles east of
Prineville, OR
PMO = Pine Mt. Observatory
S&T
= Sky & Telescope Magazine
SNRO = Sunriver Nature Center and Observatory
south of Bend, OR
SPU = Spousal Permission Units (trade of favors for permission to buy
new equipment)
SWS = Southwest Washington Stargazers in Battleground, WA
TAS = Tacoma Astronomical Society
TMSP
= Table Mountain Star Party northwest of Ellensburg, WA
VSA = Vancouver Sidewalk Astronomers
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