To The Stars: A New Lecture From UTC’s Jones Observatory

By Ray Bassett

Published April 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM EDT

(Circa 1967) Hal McAlister, a student at the University of Chattanooga - now UTC - with Dr. Karel Hujer at the Clarence T. Jones Observatory.

Take a brief drive away from our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - and you’ll find UTC’s Clarence T. Jones Observatory.

This Friday, the Observatory comes to campus to launch something new: the Karel Hujer Lecture Series, featuring Dr. Hal McAlister, in Grote Hall Room 129 starting at 7 PM.

Steven Kline is lecturer in astronomy at UTC and the Observatory’s director.

Kevin Hon is president of the Barnard Astronomical Society.

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