About Us

Promoting amateur astronomy on Tech’s campus and its neighborhood.

We meet every week in the Howey Physics building room L3 and go to the Georgia Tech Observatory (weather permitting). Our other activities include scheduling visits to the Fernbank Planetarium, movies, solar observing, participating in local astronomy camping events, and hosting the Boy Scouts Astronomy Merit Badge Clinic.

Meetings occur weekly on Monday nights at 7:30 pm, Howey Physics L3.

Dues: Typically, dues are $30/semester, which covers pizza at meetings, a trip to Fernbank Planetarium, a trip to Deerlick Astronomy Village, and more! This semester, in preparation for the 2024 Solar Eclipse, dues will be $15 which includes pizza at meetings, a trip to Fernbank Planetarium, and a discount on the new club T-shirt. The Solar Eclipse Trip is $50, however, there is a waitlist. Additional information is in the discord.

Join us on Facebook and Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!

Meet our club’s leadership team!
Ethan Atkinson – President
Tim Arant – Vice President
Corinne Hill – Secretary
Victoria Nguyen – Treasurer
Sabrina Klein – Historian
Cameron Eure – PR Officer
Oscar Haase – Fundraising Chair

James Sowell, Faculty/Staff Advisor, jim.sowell@physics.gatech.edu
Dave Lumpkin, Atlanta Astronomy Club Liason

Activities

Calendar & Upcoming Events

Additional Links

Check out the links at the top of the page to find out more about the club and the links below to learn more about the cosmos!

Astronomy @ GT: Features include pictures taken with the observatory telescope, GT’s astronomy-related courses, current research, and more!

GT Astronomy Club Facebook Group: Join for updates throughout the semester!

Scale of the Universe: Prepare to blow your mind with your microscopic existence.

Universe Today’s Guide to Space: Get a solid foundation of knowledge of the planets, other heavenly bodies, entities of the universe, observing, and history of spaceflight.

Hubble Site Gallery: Having a bad day? Hubble images are a great cure for sore eyes and the blues. Having a good day? Make it even better.

Night Skies Network: Watch from the telescopes of NSN members as they broadcast live their perspectives of the sky. *Best during eclipses and other celestial phenomena (especially those not visible from Atlanta).*

BBC’s Stargazing LIVE How-to Guides: Printable map guides, audio guides to viewing constellations, and video guides for the kid in you. Learn about the universe with episodes/clips from our friends across the water.

DataScience.com: Interested in the role of data science in astronomy and interstellar exploration? Learn the importance of data science in space-related fields. Many impacts of data science can be seen in technology we use for our meeting and for Georgia Tech Observatory Public Nights!

Past Officers: View our past officers!

Have trouble viewing the links? Please contact us at gtastronomyclub@gmail.com