Luna Brannon is an amateur astronomer and observatory host in North Carolina. She started observing at 16 with a hand-me-down 4.5" Reflector telescope. At 17, Luna joined the GTCC Stellar Society and began volunteering at GTCC's Cline Observatory. In 2017, she took an observational astronomy class to formally learn amateur astronomy and to become certified to operate the 24” telescope, becoming an assistant host. She volunteers every clear Friday night that the Observatory is open, and usually shows guests the wonders of the night sky using 8” Dobsonian telescopes. In 2019 she became a certified observatory host, leading observing sessions in the dome. Luna regularly keeps observing logs and is an advocate of visual astronomy and journaling observations. She's very interested in bringing astronomy to the general public, both through hosting observing sessions, as well as star parties and sidewalk astronomy. You’ll occasionally see her staring up when exiting buildings at night, excitedly pointing at the Moon, or saying to whomever will listen, “Hey, y’all, you see that bright star up there? That’s not a star at all, it’s the planet Jupiter!”