The association

Who we are

A student community, open to everyone

UPS in Space is a student astronomy association, based on the campus of the University of Toulouse. It is an association under the French law of 1901, holding public-interest status since August 2019.

Student-run though it is, it remains open to everyone: our aim is to share the best of astronomy with anybody who wants it. Whatever your age or your level, you are welcome.

The association in a few figures

2009

The year it was founded, on the campus of the University of Toulouse.

More than 60

Members, more than thirty of them active, a large share of them students.

August 2019

Public-interest status, which gives entitlement to tax relief on donations.

December 2025

The opening of the Jocelyn Bell Observatory in Toulouse.

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History

Our history in eight dates, from the founding to the opening of the observatory.

Read the history

The team

The board and the teams that keep the association alive.

See the team

The equipment

Seven mobile instruments, which go out to public evenings and to outreach alike.

See the equipment

Our partners

The organisations behind the association and its observatory.

See the partners

Listed elsewhere

Each of these addresses leads to a page that genuinely talks about us.

Legal identity

An association under the French law of 1901, holding public-interest status since August 2019.

SIRET 839 804 895 00010. Its public record can be consulted on the French business register.

Our videos

The association’s anniversaries, its guests and its round tables, on the UPS in Space channel.

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What we do

Talks, observing, training and the big national events.

See what we do

The observatory

France’s first 100 % student-run observatory.

See the observatory

Support us

Join, give or take part in one of the teams.

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