The New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club is a student supported and run club that focuses primarily on public outreach. Outreach is available to anyone for free. The club runs the Etscorn Observatory at New Mexico Tech where most of our public outreach is conducted. Members are also allowed to use the facilities almost anytime. Club members are mostly Tech students but we also have members from all over New Mexico who participate in varying degrees. Occasionally the club goes on field trips to such places as the VLA, the MRO and Chaco Canyon.

The Frank T. Etscorn Campus Observatory, dedicated 25 April 1993, is on the campus of New Mexico Tech in Socorro, NM. The observatory is one of the sites of the annual Enchanted Skies Star Party (ESSP). In addition, many public and private star parties are held there throughout the year. Currently the Etscorn Observatory is growing. A gallery has been set up to show the construction of a brand new facility at the observatory. The observatory is surrounded by earth berms and is strategically located to avoid as much light pollution as possible from campus and town.

For more information, please visit http://infohost.nmt.edu