Astronomy Club of Asheville

Exploring and sharing the wonders of astronomy in the Asheville, NC region since 1981

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Club Observatories

The Astronomy Club of Asheville is involved in the operation of two astronomical observatories in the region:

Lookout Observatory on the UNC-Asheville campus and Grassland Mountain Observatory in Madison County.

Lookout Observatory is a partnership between the club and the university, while Grassland Mountain Observatory is wholly owned and operated by the club.

Lookout PanoramaLookout Observatory Web Page

GMO_openGrassland Mountain Observatory Web Page



“The known is finite, the unknown is infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land.”
– T.H. Huxley

Link to UNC-Asheville’s
Lookout Observatory Website

Telescope (n): “A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of a telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a multitude of needless details.”
– Ambrose Bierce:
“The Devil’s Dictionary”

"Ah, where would be any food for spirituality, without night and the stars?" -- Walt Whitman

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