Out-of-this-world Award 2008 update

We have a winner!
Astronomy magazine selected the Cincinnati Observatory Center’s (COC) as the winner of the 2008 Out-of-this-World Award for outstanding programming.

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The Out-of-this-world Award focuses on ongoing programs — not one specific event — by an educational or civic organization. The award recognizes a group’s sustained efforts to involve its local community in the science and hobby of astronomy. The prize money is to be used for future astronomy outreach activities.

The 2007 award went to the Aldrich Astronomical Society in Winchendon, Massachusetts. The club used its winnings to purchase equipment and books, and develop demonstration tool kits.

Huntsville, Alabama
Von Braun Astronomical Society

Bentonville, Arkansas
Life Way Christian School Astronomy Club

Prescott, Arizona
Prescott Astronomy Club

Tucson, Arizona
Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association

Lancaster, California
Antelope Valley Astronomy Club

Moreno Valley, California
Riverside Astronomical Society

Pasadena, California
Scope 101

Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs Astronomical Society

New Milford, Connecticut
John J. McCarthy Observatory

Jacksonville, Florida
Northeast Florida Astronomical Society

Forsyth, Georgia
Flint River Astronomy Club

Honaunau, Hawaii
Galaxy Garden