Yale Astronomical and Space Student Society

Mission

We are the Yale Astronomical & Space Student Society (YASSS), an undergraduate organization established to build a community of both astronomy majors and astronomy lovers at heart. We host social and outreach events, including stargazing nights on Cross Campus, dark sky trips, mixers, and more! All are welcome to join our events and activities.

Student Leaders

Yu-Ting Chang – Co-Coordinator/Co-President Lucas Zimmermann – Co-Coordinator/Co-President

Activities

StarLab Outreach Direct Service Restoring the StarLab mobile planetarium and exploring outreach to Yale students and local New Haven K-12 students! Public Stargazing Nights & Astrophotography Workshops Direct Service Telescopes on Cross Campus to see the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn or other celestial bodies (such as the recent C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet)! Open to anyone in the Yale and greater New Haven communities. Public Stargazing Nights & Astrophotography Workshops Direct Service Telescopes on Cross Campus / Beinecke Plaza to see the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn or other celestial bodies (such as the recent C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet)! Open to anyone in the Yale and greater New Haven communities. Kimball Smith Series ? Space Policy & Sustainability Speaker Event Direct Service A speaker event on space policy and sustainability, with Yale Astronomy Professor Marla Geha and an invited guest (likely Ron Lopez, President of satellite company Astroscale US, or Carissa Bryce Chris, space industry expert), held in collaboration with the Kimball Smith Series and open to all. Leitner Family Observatory & Planetarium ? Public Observing Night Assistance Direct Service Assisting with the Leitner Family Observatory & Planetarium’s Tuesday Public Observing Nights! StarLab Outreach Direct Service Restoring the StarLab mobile planetarium and exploring outreach to Yale students and local New Haven K-12 students! Public Stargazing Nights & Astrophotography Workshops Direct Service Telescopes on Cross Campus / Beinecke Plaza to see the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn or other celestial bodies! Open to anyone in the Yale and greater New Haven communities. StarLab Outreach Direct Service Restoring the StarLab mobile planetarium and exploring outreach to Yale students and local New Haven K-12 students! Leitner Family Observatory & Planetarium ? Public Observing Night Assistance Direct Service Assisting with the Leitner Family Observatory & Planetarium’s Tuesday Public Observing Nights! Leitner Family Observatory & Planetarium ? Public Observing Night Assistance Direct Service Assisting with the Leitner Family Observatory & Planetarium’s Tuesday Public Observing Nights! Wayfinding Legacies with Bruce and Blankenfeld Advocacy or Activism We are honored to have Mr. and Ms. Blankenfeld join us in a culmination of their three day visit in New Haven in this night with the following agenda: 5:00-6:00 pm – Planetarium Theater: First showing of “Wayfinders: Waves, Winds, and Stars” 6:00-7:00 pm – Lecture Hall: Open discussion, sky map lecture. Food will be provided. 7:00-8:00 pm – Planetarium Theater: Second showing of “Wayfinders: Waves, Winds, and Stars” 7:00-8:00 pm – Stargazing on the LFOP telescope deck (weather permitting) RSVP for one of the two showings or the main Lecture at this link. There are only 50 seats per showing. We will be having a 5 pm and a 7 pm Showing of Wayfinding: Waves, Winds, and Stars. As the LFOP planetarium theater can only accommodate 50 people at a time, we are implementing two showings to allow as many people as possible to watch this special film. You can watch the trailer here. The Open Discussion and Sky Map Lecture will be led by Bruce and the Boards of YAISES and YASSS. There will be a stargazing session at 7 pm with Bruce, weather permitting. Stargazing Nights Advocacy or Activism Telescopes on Cross Campus / Beinecke Plaza to see the Moon, Mars, Jupiter or other celestial bodies (such as the recent C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet)!

How Others Get Involved

To get notified of our events, follow us on Instagram @yaleastrosociety and join our mailing list linked in bio! To volunteer, fill out the Board application on our website https://campuspress.yale.edu/yasss at any time.