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The Role of Amateur Astronomers in Astronomy Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

J.R. Percy
J.R. Percy*
Affiliation:
Erindale College, University of Toronto, Mississauga ON, CanadaL5L 1C6

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Let us begin by defining “amateur astronomer”. According to a dictionary, an amateur astronomer is “someone who loves astronomy, and cultivates it as a hobby”. At IAU colloquium 98 (The Contributions of Amateurs to Astronomy), Williams (1988) discussed this issue at length. He proposed that, to be an amateur astronomer, one must be an astronomer - able to do astronomy with some degree of skill; he then defined an amateur astronomer as “someone who carries out astronomy with a high degree of skill, but not for pay”.

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Section Five
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 162: New Trends in Astronomy Teaching , 1998 , pp. 205 - 210
Copyright
Copyright © 1996

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