Here’s the Texas Star Party in 2009, one of the biggest public astronomy events of each year, drawing about 500 deep-sky enthusiasts and their telescopes to the Davis Mountains of West Texas. Image used with permission, via Todd Hargis and Ron Ronhaar.
Interested in astronomy, but not sure where to begin? Seek out your local astronomy club, a roomful of willing and able amateur astronomers, whose telescopes may offer your first glimpse of the cosmos. The Astronomical League, an umbrella organization of 240 amateur astronomy clubs and societies in the U.S., helps us create and maintain the list of events on this page. Click here to visit the Astronomical League’s website.
Know of an event that’s not on the list below? Contact us.
Do you have a great photo of a star party in your area? Submit here.
Looking for an astronomy club in your area? Click here.
Jump below the photo for a list of upcoming events!
View larger. | Big Dipper on the horizon while getting set up at the Astronomical Society of New Haven‘s 25th annual Connecticut Star Party in Goshen, Connecticut, October 9-11, 2015. Photo by Kurt Zeppetello.
Upcoming astronomy events …
December 11-13
Riverside Astronomical Society Star Party
Landers, California
http://ift.tt/1QnmZ0z
February 8-14
Winter Star Party
Big Pine Key, Florida
www.scas.org
March 9–13
Staunton River Star Party
Scottsburg, Virginia
http://ift.tt/1IwNpXs
April 2–9, 2016
OzSky Star Safari, a.k.a. Deepest
South Texas Star Safari
Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
www.ozsky.org
May 1-8, 2016
38th Annual Texas Star Party
Prude Ranch near Fort Davis, Texas
texasstarparty.org/
May 2-5, 2016
Night Sky Utah Photography Workshop
Moab, Utah
Taylor Photography
May 9-12, 2016
Night Sky Utah Photography Workshop
Moab, Utah
Taylor Photography
July 27-31, 2016
York County Star Party
Shreveport Airport North
Wellsville, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC)
http://ift.tt/1lpzzCt
Bottom line: List of astronomy and night sky events for the public, for 2015 and 2016, compiled in cooperation with the awesome Astronomical League. Join in, and have fun!
from EarthSky http://ift.tt/1UhrUpV
Here’s the Texas Star Party in 2009, one of the biggest public astronomy events of each year, drawing about 500 deep-sky enthusiasts and their telescopes to the Davis Mountains of West Texas. Image used with permission, via Todd Hargis and Ron Ronhaar.
Interested in astronomy, but not sure where to begin? Seek out your local astronomy club, a roomful of willing and able amateur astronomers, whose telescopes may offer your first glimpse of the cosmos. The Astronomical League, an umbrella organization of 240 amateur astronomy clubs and societies in the U.S., helps us create and maintain the list of events on this page. Click here to visit the Astronomical League’s website.
Know of an event that’s not on the list below? Contact us.
Do you have a great photo of a star party in your area? Submit here.
Looking for an astronomy club in your area? Click here.
Jump below the photo for a list of upcoming events!
View larger. | Big Dipper on the horizon while getting set up at the Astronomical Society of New Haven‘s 25th annual Connecticut Star Party in Goshen, Connecticut, October 9-11, 2015. Photo by Kurt Zeppetello.
Upcoming astronomy events …
December 11-13
Riverside Astronomical Society Star Party
Landers, California
http://ift.tt/1QnmZ0z
February 8-14
Winter Star Party
Big Pine Key, Florida
www.scas.org
March 9–13
Staunton River Star Party
Scottsburg, Virginia
http://ift.tt/1IwNpXs
April 2–9, 2016
OzSky Star Safari, a.k.a. Deepest
South Texas Star Safari
Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
www.ozsky.org
May 1-8, 2016
38th Annual Texas Star Party
Prude Ranch near Fort Davis, Texas
texasstarparty.org/
May 2-5, 2016
Night Sky Utah Photography Workshop
Moab, Utah
Taylor Photography
May 9-12, 2016
Night Sky Utah Photography Workshop
Moab, Utah
Taylor Photography
July 27-31, 2016
York County Star Party
Shreveport Airport North
Wellsville, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC)
http://ift.tt/1lpzzCt
Bottom line: List of astronomy and night sky events for the public, for 2015 and 2016, compiled in cooperation with the awesome Astronomical League. Join in, and have fun!
from EarthSky http://ift.tt/1UhrUpV
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