Our mission is to inform, educate and entertain by providing a varied and interesting program of activities for our membership and the communities we serve.  Our projects include educational programs and presentations by guest speakers and our members, public star parties, field observation of various astronomical events and trips to observatories and other space science venues. If you are as interested in Astronomy as we are, we hope you will join us at one of our star parties, meetings, or lectures. If you would like to become a member please click HERE.

Clemson, South Carolina, United States, North America, Earth, Solar System, Orion Arm, Milky Way, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster, Laniakea Supercluster, Universe.

That's our address. For most of human history, we assumed that the earth was the center of the universe, surrounded by a sphere of stars, planets, and fuzzy objects called nebulae. But, in 1923, Edwin Hubble proved that most of these "nebulae" are actually impossibly large and distant galaxies, distinct from our own Milky Way Galaxy. We are, in fact, a tiny planet revolving around a small star in an inconspicuous arm of an average galaxy - just a P.O. Box in the cosmic mail service. And I find this knowledge exhilarating! Join me this month in exploring our closest galactic neighbors... More...