EMAIL CONTACT ADDRESSES OF INTEREST GROUPS IN AMATEUR ASTRONOMY edited by Veikko Makela Last update 13.2.1995 Note! This list is NOT catalog of individual amateur astronomers, but a list of different kind working groups, sections etc. These email addresses belong to group leaders, organizers and contact persons of the groups. There are also some persons, who are distributing important material for working groups. This list available via anonymous FTP from: FTP://ftp.funet.fi/pub/astro/textdoc/ecomm/contact.lis --ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES--------------------------------------------------------- T. S. Kelso USA tkelso@afit.af.mil Mike McCants ASO, USA mike@comshare.com Ted Molczan CANADA molczan@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca Jan Persson SAAF, SWEDEN janper@saaf.se Bart de Pontieu VVS, BELGIUM bdp@mpe.mpe-garching.mpg.de Bruce P. Watson COMMPOST, USA wats@scicom.alphacdc.com Leo Wikholm Ursa, FINLAND Leo.Wikholm@compart.fi --ASTROMETRY-------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Kretlow LMAN, GERMANY kretlow@hrz.uni-siegen.dbp.de --ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA--------------------------------------------------------- Mike Boschat CANN, CANADA andromed@atm.dal.ca Sirko Molau SHB, GERMANY Sirko.Molau@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de Jurgen Rendtel AKM, GERMANY jrendtel@aip.de --ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY-------------------------------------------------------------- Mikko Syrjalahti Ursa, FINLAND Mikko.Syrjalahti@hut.fi --ASTROPHYSICS------------------------------------------------------------------ Jorge Anicama AA-PUCP, PERU a8410992@pucp.edu.pe --AURORAE----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jani Katava Ursa, FINLAND janijk@evitech.fi --CCD--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kaj Mustikkamaki Ursa, FINLAND Kaj.Mustikkamaki@hut.fi --CLUB ACTIVITIES--------------------------------------------------------------- Larry Klaes ASA, USA klaes@verga.enet.dec.com Eric Weber BAA/AT, AUSTRIA weber@zdfzs@una.ac.at --COMETS------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jorgen Danielsson SAAF, SWEDEN jordan@saaf.se Bjorn H. Granslo ICQ/NO, NORWAY granslo@argo.uio.no Daniel W.E. Green ICQ, USA green@cfa.harvard.edu Jost Jahn ICQ/DE, GERMANY j.jahn@abbs.hanse.de Timo Nyberg Ursa, FINLAND Timo.Nyberg@ursa.fi Krisztian Sarneczky HAA, HUNGARY sky@iris.elte.hu Rob L.W. van de Weg DSC, NETHERLANDS vandeweg@cs.utwente.nl --COMPUTERS,SOFTWARE------------------------------------------------------------ Jordi Iparraquirre AAB, CATALONIA ipa@sicyd.es Klaus Jandl BAA/AT, AUSTRIA (via Eric Weber) weber@zdfzs.una.ac.at Kari Kuure Ursa, FINLAND karkuure@freenet.hut.fi --DEEP SKY---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Bunge NDSOS, USA rbunge@access.digex.com Riku Henriksson Ursa, FINLAND riku@sci.fi Rune Solberg DSE, NORWAY Rune.Solberg@nr.no --EDUCATION--------------------------------------------------------------------- Katherine Becker AAE, USA kbecker@nde.unl.edu Mike Wright South Africa swrim@sirius.ru.ac.za --ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION & SYSOPS--------------------------------------------- Peter Bluhm ABBS, GERMANY bluhm@abbs.hanse.de Marco Carrubba Genesis, ITALY carrubba@ghost.sm.dsi.unimi.it Matthias Cramer AGZU,SWITZERLAND astro_mgr@ezinfo.vmsmail.ethz.ch Larry Klaes EJASA, USA klaes@verga.enet.dec.com Anders Lindquist SAAF, SWEDEN andersl@saaf.se Veikko Makela Ursa, FINLAND Veikko.Makela@helsinki.fi Nick Stevens Starbase I, UK starbase1@cix.compulink.co.uk Yoshiro Yamada YSC, JAPAN yamada@ysc.go.jp --GALILEAN MOONS PHENOMENA------------------------------------------------------ Sirko Molau AKS, GERMANY Sirko.Molau@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de Matti Suhonen Ursa, FINLAND Matti.Suhonen@ursa.fi --HALO PHENOMENA---------------------------------------------------------------- Marko Pekkola Ursa, FINLAND Marko.Peekola@helsinki.fi --LIBRARIANS-------------------------------------------------------------------- Matti Suhonen Ursa, FINLAND Matti.Suhonen@ursa.fi --LIGHT POLLUTION--------------------------------------------------------------- Aija-Riitta Elo Ursa, FINLAND Aija.Riitta.Elo@helsinki.fi David L. Crawford IDSA, USA dcrawford@noao.edu --MAGAZINES,EDITORS------------------------------------------------------------- Editors Astronomy, USA 72000.2704@compuserve.com Xavier Donath AS, SWITZERLAND donath@cvax.psi.ch Editors Sky & Tel, USA 70007.2762@compuserve.com Marc Gyssens IMO (WGN) gyssens@wins.uia.ac.be Guy Hurst TA Mag, UK guyh@cluster.sussex.ac.uk Jost Jahn KPM, GERMANY j.jahn@abbs.hanse.de Larry Klaes EJASA, USA klaes@verga.enet.dec.com Sascha Krasny BAA/AT, AUSTRIA krasny@zdfzs.una.ac.at Attila Mizser HAA, HUNGARY mizser@buda.konkoly.hu Heikki Oja Ursa, FINLAND Heikki.Oja@helsinki.fi Jan Persson SAAF, SWEDEN janper@saaf.se Rune Solberg DSE, NORWAY Rune.Solberg@nr.no Luc Vanhoeck Heelal, BELGIUM 100010.706@compuserve.com John Westfall ALPO, USA 73737.1102@compuserve.com --METEORITES-------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher Spratt SoM, CANADA uc247@freenet.victoria.bc.ca --METEORS----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer Arlt IMO/VMD 100114.1361@compuserve.com Peter Brown IMO/NAS, CANADA peter@canlon.physics.uwo.ca Markku Nissinen Ursa, FINLAND Markku.Nissinen@hut.fi R. Hawkes CANADA rhawkes@mta.ca Lars Trygve Heen NAS, NORWAY ltheen@solan.unit.no Dieter Heinlein VdS, GERMANY heinlein@dhdmpi5.bitnet Aram Karalic ADJ, SLOVENIA aram.karalic@ijs.si Andre Knofel IMO/FIDAC starex@treff.gun.de Malcolm Currie BAA, UK mjc@astrophysics.starlink.rutherford.ac.uk Malcolm Currie IMO/Tel mjc@astrophysics.starlink.rutherford.ac.uk Jurgen Rendtel IMO/Vis jrendtel@aip.de Jurgen Rendtel AKM, GERMANY jrendtel@aip.de Christopher Spratt SoM, CANADA uc247@freenet.victoria.bc.ca Duncan Steel AAO, AUSTRALIA dis@aaocbn.oz.au Chris Steyaert VVS/Radio obs. 72650.3513@compuserve.com Istvan Tepliczky HAA, HUNGARY tepi@mcse.zpok.hu A. Terentjeva AC, RUSSIA ater@airas.msk.su Eric Weber BAA/AT, AUSTRIA weber@zdfzs.una.ac.at --MINOR PLANETS----------------------------------------------------------------- Brian G. Marsden IAUC/MPC, USA marsden@cfa.harvard.edu Matti Suhonen Ursa, FINLAND Matti.Suhonen@ursa.fi --MOON-------------------------------------------------------------------------- P-C Wirtanen Ursa, FINLAND Paul-Christer.Wirtanen@ursa.fi --OCCULTATIONS------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Kretlow IOTA/ES, GERMANY kretlow@hrz.uni-siegen.dbp.de Paul Schlyter SAAF, SWEDEN pausch@saaf.se Matti Suhonen Ursa, FINLAND Matti.Suhonen@ursa.fi Gyorgy Zajacz MAAG, HUNGARY h2773zaj@ella.hu --PLANETARIA-------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Johnson IPS, USA keithj@equinox.unr.edu --PLANETS----------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Daerden VVS, BELGIUM fdaerden@luc.ac.be Hitoshi Hasegawa PLANET, JAPAN hh@astec.co.jp Timo Nyberg Ursa, FINLAND Timo.Nyberg@ursa.fi Johan Warell SAAF, SWEDEN johwar@saaf.se John E. Westfall ALPO, USA 73737.1102@compuserve.com --SPACE RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY----------------------------------------------------- Jan Persson SAAF, SWEDEN janper@saaf.se Leo Wikholm Ursa, FINLAND Leo.Wikholm@compart.fi --SUN--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roberto Battaiola UAI, ITALY RBattaiola@solar.stanford.edu Pierre Cugnon SIDC, BELGIUM arille@astro.oma.be Sascha Krasny BAA/AT, AUSTRIA krasny@zdfzs.una.ac.at Tuomo Roine Ursa, FINLAND Tuomo.Roine@ursa.fi Georg Piehler SONNE, GERMANY gandalf@astrophysik.physik.uni-frankfurt.dbp.de Peter O. Taylor AAVSO, USA taylor@selvax.span.nasa.gov Jean-Claude Vial SAF, FRANCE vial@frmeu51.bitnet --TELESCOPE MAKING-------------------------------------------------------------- Jorma Lameranta Ursa, FINLAND Jorma.Lameranta/O=kotiposti/@elisa.fi --VARIABLE STARS---------------------------------------------------------------- Attila Mizser HAA, HUNGARY mizser@buda.konkoly.hu Hans Bengtsson SAAF, SWEDEN hanben@saaf.se Storm Dunlop BAA, UK sdunlop@cluster.sussex.ac.uk Guy Hurst TA Mag, UK gmh@astrophysics.starlink.rutherford.ac.uk Bjorn H. Granslo NAS, NORWAY granslo@argo.uio.no Aarre Kellomaki Ursa, FINLAND kellomak@fuksi.cc.tut.fi Janet A. Mattei AAVSO, USA aavso@cfa0.harvard.edu Michael Moeller BAV, GERMANY m.moeller@abbs.hanse.de Eran O. Ofek IAA, ISRAEL eran@wise.tau.ac.il Gyorgy Zajacz MAAG, HUNGARY zajacz@fs2.date.hu --WEATHER----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aija-Riitta Elo Ursa, FINLAND Aija.Riitta.Elo@helsinki.fi Mike Boschat CANN, CANADA andromed@atm.dal.ca -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Associations, Clubs, Groups, Institutes, Magazines etc.: AA-PUCP Theor. Astr. and Astroph., Pontificia Univ. Catolica del Peru, PERU AAE Association of Astronomy Educators, USA AAO Anglo-Australian Observatory, AUSTRALIA AAVSO American Association of Variable Star Observers, USA ABB Acrupacio Astronomica de Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain) ABBS ABBS - Astromail, Germany AC Astronomy Council, Russia ADJ Astronomsko drustvo Javornik, Slovenia AGZU Astronomische Gesellschaft Zuercher Unterland, SWITZERLAND AKM Arbeitskreis Meteore, Germany AKS Arbeitkreis Sternbedeckungen, Germany ALPO Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, USA AS Astro sapiens magazine, Switzerland ASA Astronomical Society of the Atlantic, USA ASO American Satellite Observers, USA Astronomy Astronomy Magazine, USA BAA/AT Burgenlandische Amateurastronomen, Austria BAA British Astronomical Association, UK BAV Berliner Arbeitsgemeinshaft fur Veranderliche Sterne, Germany CAAN Can Am NLC Network, Canada COMMPOST COMMPOST Astronomy Special Interest Group, USA DSC Dutch Comet Section, Netherlands DSE Deep Sky Exploration, Norway EJASA Electronic Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic, USA Genesis Genesis BBS, Italy HAA Hungarian Astronomical Association, Hungary Heelal Heelal magazine, Belgium IAA Israel Astronomical Association, Israel ICQ International Comet Quarterly, USA ICQ/xx International Comet Quarterly, national coordinators IDSA Internation Dark Sky Association, USA IMO International Meteor Organization IMO/Vis International Meteor Organization, visual commision IMO/Tel International Meteor Organization, telescopic commision IMO/FIDAC International Meteor Organization, Fireball Data Center IMO/NAS International Meteor Organization, North American section, USA IMO/VMD International Meteor Organization, Visual Meteor Database IOTA/ES International Occultation Timing Assoc., European Section, Germany IPS International Planetarium Society, USA KPM "Kometen, Planetoiden, Meteore" magazine, Germany LMAN Last Minute Astrometry Network, Germany MAAG Magnitudo Amateur Astronomers Group, Hungary NAS Norsk Astronomisk Sallskap, Norway NDSOS National Deep Sky Observers Society, USA PLANET Planetary and Lunar Astronomical NETwork, JAPAN SAAF Svensk Amatorastronomisk Forening, Sweden SAF Societe astronomique de France, France SHB Sektion Halobeobactung, Germany SIDC Sunspot Index Data Centre, Belgium Sky & Tel Sky and Telescope Magazine, USA SoM Society of Meteoritophiles, Canada SONNE Die Sonne/Vereinigung der Sternefreunde, Germany Starbase I Starbase One BBS, UK TA Mag The Astronomer Magazine, UK UAI Unione Astrofili Italiani, ITALY Ursa Tahtitieteellinen yhdistys Ursa, Finland VdS Vereinigung der Sternenfreunde, Germany VVS Vereiniging voor Sterrenkunde, Belgium YSC Yokohama Science Center, Japan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- no address yet eg. for these topics: YOUTH ACTIVITIES