stub. pls add links to Astro organizations FB pages. please note target audience...public, astronomers, or local folks, or whatever.
Topical Facebook Groups
- Astronomers - Closed group for professional astronomers
- Professional Astronomy - A second, closed group for professional astronomy. Slightly different rules of engagement.
- Astrostatistics - A place to talk about astrostatistics, statistics, data-mining, visualization, and programming in all languages.
- Equity & Inclusion in Physics & Astronomy - Closed group for the physics and astronomy practioners to discuss issues of equity & inclusion in our fields, such as racism, sexism, and many other -isms/-phobias
- LGBTIQ Physicists, Astrophysicists & Astronomers and Allies - Closed group for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Questioning (LGBT LGBTIQ) Physicists, Astrophysicists, and Astronomers and Allies.
- Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs - Group for professional astronomers to discuss these objects
- Mystery Spectra - Group for professional astronomers to discuss spectra
- Python users in Astronomy
- Time Domain Astronomy - Public group for relevant news and info about time-domain astronomy.
- Pulsars - Closed group for pulsar enthusiasts.
- Active Galactic Nuclei - Closed group for discussion of AGN related topics
- Variable Star Astronomy - Closed group. Discussion of variable star astronomy.
- Cataclysmic Variables - Cataclysmic Variables, accretion and the like. Closed group.
- Massive Stars - Closed group for discussion of massive stars related topics.
- Circumstellar Disks and Planet Formation - Closed group for discussion of planet system formation, accretion, disks, etc.
- Molecules in Galaxies - Closed group. Molecular astrophysics and star formation in extragalactic environments.
- IAU Commission 154 - Particularly for discussion of optical interferometry. Takes its name from the (now-closed) IAU commission.
- Astronomer, Woman, Mom - Closed group for discussion of balancing research, academic and family life, particularly dedicated to women and families.
- High Energy Astrophysics Picture of the Week - Public group for posting pretty pictures relating to high-energy astrophysics.
- XSPEC - Public group for topics related to XSPEC, the beloved X-ray spectral fitting program.
- GALFIT News and Discussion Forum - Closed group for enthusiasts of GALFIT, the galaxy fitting program.
- Python Users in Astronomy - Closed group. Discussion related to Python in astronomy.
- Galaxy Zoo - Community Page for the famed crowd-sourcing project and related topics.
- Astronomical Transients - Public group for things that go bump in the night.
- Astrobiology - Closed group for discussion of astrobiology.
- Exoplanet Imaging - Public group. Discussion of topics related to imaging of exoplanets and exoplanetary systems.
- Astrostatistics - Closed group. Discussion of statistics, their use and misuse, and routines/packages.
- Jobs for Astronomers - Closed group for connecting with job seekers both in and outside of traditional academic astronomy paths.
- Hubble Source Catalog - Open-access user's group to discuss the Hubble Source Catalog (HSC).
- Time Domain Astronomy - Closed group for professional astronomers interested in the subject (and others of similar technical and observational standing)
- AstroVisualizations - Closed group for astronomers to improve talks and papers by getting feedback on figures and visualizations.
- Variable Star Astronomy - Closed group for amateur and professional astronomers to share their passion for variable stars.
- Student Astronomers - Closed group for students studying astronomy at all levels to discuss research problems and academic matters.
Organizations on Facebook
- AURA - Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
- AAS - American Astronomical Society
- NSBP - National Society of Black Physicists, its membership includes many astronomers
- CASCA GSC/CED - Canadian Astronomical Society/Société Canadienne d'Astronomie Graduate Student Committee/Comité des Étudiants Diplômés
- ESA Fans - European Space Agency Gans
- MAST - Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes
- AAS HEAD - The High Energy Astrophysics Division of AAS
- Chandra X-ray Observatory - Follow for images and educational tidbits about X-ray astronomy
Astronomy-Related Facebook Pages
- Jedidah Isler, PhD - Dr. Isler's public Facebook page