COEP Astronomy Club

Who hasnt marveled at the celestial wonders and experienced a sense of awe at being a part of such an infinite expanse? Since its foundation in 2004, the COEP Astronomy club seeks to build on this fascination and brings innovation and passion to its vision of spreading the awareness and knowledge of astronomy and space sciences to the students. The COEP Astronomy club, an ambitious team, driven by amateur astronomers, has managed to conjure up a lot of interest amongst students in the science of stargazing. Integrating technical skill with astronomical science, the club has initiated many projects, some of which being the construction of one of Indias largest amateur-built telescope a 12 Newtonian reflector, construction of a mobile, inflatable planetarium dome, an amateur radio telescope, etc. The club strives to quench a students thirst for astronomy by organizing various exciting events such as Star Party (a fun-filled night of stargazing), Planetarium visits, Quiztronomy (a...