The BYU astronomy research group is part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. The group currently consists of 6 full-time faculty members, a planetarium director, a part-time instructor, 4 graduate students, 108 declared undergraduate majors, and 16 astronomy minors. We currently operate 10 optical telescopes that range from 6" to 0.91-m, at three different locations in Utah. In addition, we joined the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) in January 2021 to provide guaranteed access to a 3.5-m telescope.
Members of the group also make use of wide variety of external telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the ALMA array. Please follow the links below to explore the activities of the research group, opportunities for graduate studies, and use of the our telescopes.
We note that there are other faculty in the department who work on astronomy/astrophysics problems. On the general department page please find David Neilsen, Eric Hirschmann, Chris Verhaaren, and David Allred. Jani Radebaugh of the geology department works in the area of planetary science.