FOUNDED IN OCTOBER 2006 AT HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (ABILENE TX) THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL SEARCH COLLABORATION (IASC) HAS AN ONLINE PROGRAM FOR CITIZEN SCIENTISTS CALLED THE DISCOVERY CENTER. IT IS LOCATED AT HTTP://IASC.COSMOSEARCH.ORG/. THROUGH THE CENTER TEAMS OF CITIZEN SCIENTISTS MAKE ORIGINAL DISCOVERIES OF MAIN BELT ASTEROIDS (MBAS) NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS (NEOS) AND TRANS- NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS