Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 25, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 12.

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Astronomical Society of the Pacific

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific was organized in San Francisco on the 7th ult. and has sent out a circular stating its object, and inviting proper persons to become members. Edward S. Holden, of the Lick Observatory, is the president, and Chas. Burckhalter, of Chabot Observatory, Oakland, secretary of the society. Article XII of its constitution provides that the society may, by a vote of the majority of all its active and life members, become a branch of an American Astronomical Society, should one be formed.