2025 Symposium on Telescope Science (in person)

The purpose of the Symposium is to emphasize small-telescope research and amateur-professional collaboration.  It will include papers related to variable stars, asteroids, exoplanets, supernova, and related topics; with amateurs and professionals discussing instrumentation, software, hardware, and the latest techniques in data acquisition and analysis. If you want to see how small telescope research is contributing to astronomical science, learn more about photometry, astrometry, spectroscopy, imaging, and the newest hardware and software techniques, this is the conference you are looking for!  SAS-2025 will be held in-person in southern California, and with an interactive online participation via Zoom.  Details, including the Call for Abstracts, are in the November, 2024 Newsletter, available on our website (SocAstroSci.org) at SAS-Newsletter-Nov-2024 .

This page is for the in-person Symposium description and Registration. 

Your Registration fee includes:

• Technical Papers sessions (Friday and Saturday).
• Lunchtime forums on small-telescope science topics
• Sponsor Display room
• Bound copy of the Proceedings

Additional-cost options are also available on the Registration form (2nd page):

• Welcome reception hors-d'oeuvres on Thursday evening ($10).
• Closing Reception hors-d'oeuvres on Saturday evening ($10)
• SAS Membership $25
• Workshop #1  no charge (Thursday morning):  Student published astronomical research.
• Workshop #2  $50 (Thursday afternoon).  Scientific Observations with Smart Telescopes. 

** 10% early-bird discount will be applied at checkout to registrations received before March 31st **

To Register for the "in person" Symposium, click the button above (or go to https://socastrosci.app.neoncrm.com/eventReg.jsp?event=99&).

==> If you want to attend only the Thursday Workshops:  Use the button above, register as "Non Member" and use Coupon Code "Thursday" (case-sensitive).  This will subtract the Symposium fee from your bill at checkout.

This is not the place to register for "on-line participation".  If you want to register for the on-line interactive meeting, go to Online participant (2025) 

Symposium Registration does not include lodging.  You can make reservations at the conference hotel at:  ontarioairport.doubletree.com