Astronomy club for schools in Delhi
Delhi is where the Astris Astronomy Club was designed, around a Delhi school year: CBSE chapters, half-yearly exams in September, Diwali and winter breaks, and a sky that is bright, hazy in winter and clouded in the monsoon. The club is built to work inside all of that.
Bringing the club to a Delhi school
Astris is based in Delhi NCR and runs the club on school campuses across the region. Book a free assembly demo and we will come to your school.
How it works
No cost to the school
The school gives a room and one weekly slot. Astris brings the educators, telescopes, kits, enrolment and reports. Families enrol and pay Astris directly, the way schools already host robotics or debating clubs.
Linked to the syllabus students already have
Every weekly theme is taught through the chapters each band is studying in class: EVS and early Science for Grades 4–6, Science and Geography for 7–9, board Physics and Maths for 10–12. It is never an extra subject.
Real observing, safely
Seven telescope sessions a year: four daytime solar observations through certified filters or projection, and three evening sky-watches with families, with staff present and written parent consent.
Measured, not just enjoyed
An April baseline and a February endline on NCERT-tagged questions, a logbook stamped by the educator, weekly parent notes, progress cards in October and February, and an annual report to the principal.
Delhi’s sky, honestly
A Delhi campus sits under one of the brightest skies in India, roughly Bortle 8–9. That rules out faint galaxies from the school roof, but it leaves plenty: the Sun through proper filters, the Moon’s craters and mountains, Jupiter’s moons, Saturn’s rings, bright double stars and clusters. A club built for Delhi leans on exactly those.
The weather matters more than the light. The monsoon closes the evening sky from July to September, and winter smog and fog can erase it for weeks in December and January. That is why the club’s observing is weighted to daytime solar sessions, which run inside school hours in almost any month, and why its evening sky-watches sit in the clearest windows.
Planning the club year in Delhi
The club runs from April to February. In each city its evening sky-watches go into the clearest months, and daytime solar sessions and indoor builds carry the rest.
| Months | What the club uses them for |
|---|---|
| October – November | Post-monsoon clarity before the smog: the first evening sky-watch |
| December – January | Winter Moon on clear nights; daytime solar sessions carry the observing |
| February – April | Clear, comfortable evenings: planets, constellations and the showcase |
| July – September | Monsoon: indoor builds, concept sessions and National Space Day on 23 August |
Astronomy around Delhi
Nehru Planetarium, Teen Murti
Delhi’s planetarium is a natural extension of the club: a show there pairs well with the Year A sessions on the Moon and the Sun.
A short drive to darker sky
The NCR has darker Aravalli sky within reach on its southern edge, which is what makes the club’s family sky-watches and an optional dark-sky night practical. See the Gurgaon page for that side of the region.
For CBSE above all, with ICSE and a growing number of IB schools schools
The club’s ready-made mapping covers CBSE / NCERT and IB (PYP, MYP and DP); ICSE mapping is available on request, and state-board schools are matched to their own textbooks at onboarding. The club adds no subject, no syllabus and no exam.
Common questions
- Does Astris run astronomy clubs in Delhi schools?
- Yes. Astris is based in Delhi NCR and runs the club on the school’s own campus. A school can book a free 20-minute assembly demo to see it before deciding.
- Can astronomy work in Delhi’s polluted sky?
- Yes, if the programme is designed for it. The Sun (with certified filters), the Moon, the bright planets and bright double stars and clusters all show well from a Delhi campus. The club weights its observing towards daytime solar sessions and puts its evening sky-watches in the clearest months.
Start an astronomy club at your Delhi school
Book a free 20-minute assembly demo, or ask for a quote and the full proposal. We call back within 24 hours to fix a demo date.
Astris Astronomy Club — a weekly club at zero cost to the school
32 weekly sessions a year for Grades 4–12, linked to NCERT chapters, with real telescopes, safe solar observing, take-home builds and three family sky-watches. The school gives a room and a slot; parents enrol directly with Astris.
AstroEdAstroEd — a permanent Space Lab and curriculum
For schools ready to go further: a dedicated astronomy space on campus with a structured curriculum across Grades 4–12.
- Astronomy club for schoolsA school astronomy club done properly: weekly NCERT-linked sessions for Grades 4–12, real telescopes, safe solar observing and family sky-watches.
- How to start an astronomy club in your schoolA four-week path from yes to a first school astronomy club session: the room, the slot, the parent note, enrolment and safety. For principals and coordinators.
- Astronomy programs for schools in DelhiRunning a school astronomy programme in Delhi: what is observable from a Bortle 8–9 campus, which months are usable, and how Delhi schools plan the year.
- Stargazing in DelhiStargazing in Delhi from a rooftop or balcony: the Moon, planets, bright double stars and clusters you can see, and when the city sky is clearest.