马来西亚最活跃的中文天文学会，为推广天文学教育不遗余力。
学会简介：
寻星天文学会（Star-Finder Astronomical Society）是一个非营利组织。由一群天文爱好者和业余天文学家于2004年成立。我们意识到身为一个特殊兴趣和理解天文学重要性的团体，有责任向大众传播正确的天文资讯以及介绍和推广天文教育。希望通过我们的外展活动，能让更多的马来西亚人了解天文学和科学并而产生兴趣。
外展计划：
我们的外展计划旨在向公众传播正确的信息，同时培养学生对天文学的兴趣和知识。我们配合特殊天文现象如行星的冲日和合日、日月全食或偏食以及流星雨等举办观测活动。我们组织露营、慈善，参观天文馆和天文台的活动。我们也举办天文摄影与观测活动（IOP）把会员带到光污染较低的地方进行观测和摄影，同时教导有关夜空观测的课程。另外，我们也有举办路边天文，以通过天文望远镜观测来提高人们对天文学的认识
，并分享天体的美丽。除了寻星天文学会发起的活动，我们还与其他政府和非政府组织合作，向公众传播天文知识。
我们的成长： 在2020年的新冠肺炎大流行期间，寻星天文学会停止了所有的实体活动，以保护我们的会员和公众的健康。然而，我们仍继续通过举办线上讲座和课程，坚定不移地为我们的会员和公众提供服务。在行管令期间，我们与其他天文组织合作，每月举办线上活动“Teh Tarik Astronomy”，让对天文学感兴趣或好奇的公众学习新的知识。当新冠肺炎在2022年被宣布为地方性流行病后，我们恢复了实体活动，并推出新的线上活动系列，为我们的会员和公众继续提供服务。在线上活动“名人讲座”系列和“星空的诗篇”系列中，我们邀请了马来西亚天文界的知名人物，与我们的会员分享他们的知识和经验。
我们的功绩：
自2017年以来，寻星天文学会成为马来西亚天文学和天体物理奥林匹克竞赛（MOAA）的主办主办单位。MOAA是一年一度的高中学术竞赛，旨在考验高中生在天文学和天体物理方面的知识。MOAA的前五名获胜者将成为国家队，代表马来西亚参加国际天文学和天体物理奥林匹克竞赛（IOAA）。我们的IOAA代表队曾远赴泰国、中国、匈牙利、格鲁吉亚和波兰进行比赛。我们号招了散布世界各地的马来西亚专业天文学家，组成了MOAA学术委员会，负责选拔和培训参加IOAA的学生。马来西亚在IOAA的成绩迄今包括2枚金牌、9枚铜牌和9枚荣誉奖。
Star-Finder Astronomical Society (Star-Finder) is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 by a group of science enthusiasts and amateur astronomers. We recognize the responsibility of being a special interest society and understand the importance of astronomy, initiate mission to disseminate information, introduce, and promote astronomy to the general public. Through our outreach programs and activities, we have a vision that more Malaysians will be more knowledgeable and interested in astronomy and science. Our outreach programs targeting public are aimed to disseminate the right information to public at the same time inculcate the interests and knowledge in astronomy to students beyond textbook learning. Regular observation sessions are organized in conjunction with special celestial events such as planetary oppositions and conjunctions, partial and full solar and lunar eclipses, and meteor showers. Monthly Imaging and Observation Party (IOP) brings members to places with low light pollution to carry out observation and imaging as well as lesson about the night sky. The Sidewalk Astronomy is our outreach program to create awareness about astronomy and share the beauty of celestial objects through our telescopes. Besides activities initiated by Star-Finder, we also collaborate with other government and non-government organizations to disseminate the knowledge of astronomy to the public. During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Star-Finder ceased all physical activities to protect our members and public. However, we remain steadfast to serve our members and the public by hosting online talks and classes. We collaborated with various astronomical organizations to host monthly “Teh Tarik Astronomy” online to anyone that were interested or curious about astronomy during Covid-19 lock down. When the Covid-19 was declared as an endemic in 2022, we resumed our traditional physical activities as well as introducing new online programs to serve our members and reach out to the public. In the online “Celebrity Talk” series and “Starry Verse” series, we invite known personalities among the Malaysian astronomy community to share their knowledge and experience to our members. Star-Finder has been the organizer of Malaysia Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (MOAA) since 2017. MOAA is a yearly high school academic competition among high school students that tests their knowledge in astronomy and astrophysics. The top 5 winner of MOAA form the national team to represent Malaysia in the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA). Our teams have been competing in Thailand, China, Hungary, Georgia, Poland and Brazil since 2017. Learning from our experience during the pandemic, we have reached out to Malaysian professional astronomers around the world to be part of the MOAA academic council which is responsible for the selection and training students for the IOAA. Malaysia’s achievements in IOAA to date include 2 golds, 9 bronzes, and 9 honorable mentioned awards.
