Looking for an Astronomy club near Benson / Sonita AZ area

[Compubyte]

Hi Folks, 

I'm new to the forum .. 

I use to be into Astronomy 30+ years ago.. loved it.. saturated in it.. but.. then computers came out.. and instead of utilizing them for astronomy. I got caught up into technology. programming and building reparing computers. .and as you know that field is always changing so your always trying to keep up.. 

Sadly I lost touch with astronomy .. and the sky.. so after 30+ years of not being in it.. i'm looking to get back into it. and have noticed there have been changes in the field eg.. they have SCT telescopes now.. DOBSOIANS scopes etc..  

SO living in New Hampshire at the moment, and moving down to Tucson AZ area.. heard there were a 'few' clubs in that area.. 

any one know of these groups in that area. and what sizes they are?

thanks

Frank

[laser_jock99]

Have you looked on Cloudy Nights Forum ? It's more US orientated.

[brantuk]

There seem to be a fair few in that area - I'm sure you'll find a local one near where you are moving to here:

http://www.go-astronomy.com/astro-clubs-state.php?State=AZ

Hth

[Putaendo Patrick]

Plenty of astronomical activity in the Tuscon area! The Tuscon Amateur Astronomy Association might be a good place to start, and they can probably tell you if there are smaller and/or special interest groups nearer to where you will actually be living:

https://tucsonastronomy.org/

Here are some details of a few other interesting astronomy places in the area to visit as well:

http://www.visittucson.org/things-to-do/day-trips/astronomy/