Texas Star Party, 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? A first step can be to seek out your local astronomy club. It consists of 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.
The Astronomical League also 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.
Special thanks also to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada for help with this list.
Jump below the photo for a list of upcoming events! If no web link is given, it’s because the information for 2016 hasn’t been posted yet. Check back.
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 …
March 2-6, 2016
Orange Blossom Special XXII International Star Party
Withlacoochee River Park
Dade City, Florida
http://ift.tt/1WnMXnm
March 5, 2016
Tri-Star
Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, North Carolina
Greenboro Astronomy Club and the Cline Observatory
observatory.gtcc.edu.tristar/
March 9–13, 2016
Staunton River Star Party
Scottsburg, Virginia
http://ift.tt/1IwNpXs
March 10–13
Don Surles’ Mirror Making Workshop No. 16
Delmarva Star Gazers, Georgetown, Delaware
http://ift.tt/1QHapHT
March 12
2016 All-Arizona Messier Marathon
Salome Emergency Airfield (south of I-10 at Exit 53)
http://ift.tt/1UuLnS1
March 19, 2016
Spring Starfest in Woodlawn Cemetery
Amateur Astronomers Association of New York
The Bronx, New York
http://ift.tt/1WnMVvI
April 1-3, 2016
Pickett Astronomy Weekend
Pickett-Pogue Dark Sky Park
Jamestown, Tennessee
http://ift.tt/1KlyreZ
April 2
Astronomy Day
Kern Astronomical Society, William M. Thomas
Planetarium, Bakersfield, California
http://ift.tt/1UuLnS3
April 2 or 3, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography Workshop
Sandy Point Beach, Maine
Taylor Photography
April 2–9, 2016
OzSky Star Safari, a.k.a. Deepest
South Texas Star Safari
Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
www.ozsky.org
April 5 or 6, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography Workshop
Nubble Lighthouse, Cape Neddick, Maine
Taylor Photography
April 6–9
Mid-South Star Gaze and Astronomy Conference
French Camp, Mississippi
http://ift.tt/1KlyoA0
April 7–8
Northeast Astro-Imaging Conference
Rockland Astronomy Club, Suffern, New York
http://ift.tt/1EARBsf
April 7–10
Southern Star Astronomy Convention
Charlotte Amateur Astronomers Club, Little
Switzerland, North Carolina
http://ift.tt/1CdflgL
April 7–10
South Jersey Astronomy Club Spring Star Party
Belleplain, New Jersey
http://ift.tt/1QHaqeW
April 8-9
North Carolina Statewide Star Party
35+ public skywatching sessions from the North Carolina mountains to the coast
http://ift.tt/1WnMXnr
April 9-10, 2016
Northeast Astronomy Forum
Suffern, New York
http://ift.tt/1HMGVYK
April 29–30
NCRAL 2016
Heartland Community College, Normal, Illinois
www.ncral2016.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: SOLD OUT
May 5–8
Two Rivers Spring Star Party
Heaven’s Gate Farm, Barry, Illinois
http://ift.tt/1QHapYd
May 6–8
Tennessee Spring Star Party
Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee
http://ift.tt/1AyagRv
May 6-8, 2016
Michiana Star Party Eight – MSP8
Vandalia, Michigan
(About 35 miles northeast of South Bend, Indiana)
http://ift.tt/1WnMXnt
May 9-12, 2016
Night Sky Utah Photography/Processing Workshop
Moab, Utah
Taylor Photography/Utah Session II
May 14, 2016
International Astronomy Day
Local astronomical societies, planetariums, museums, and observatories will be sponsoring public viewing sessions, presentations, workshops, and other activities.
Organized by the Astronomical League
http://ift.tt/1WnMVvP
May 19–23
AstroCats
London, Ontario, Canada
www.astrocats.ca
May 26 – May 30, 2016
RTMC Astronomy Expo (Riverside)
Camp Oakes, Big Bear, California
http://ift.tt/1Klyrf0
Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) annual meeting
May 30-June 2, 2016
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
http://ift.tt/1KlyoA4
June 1 – 4, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography/Processing Workshop
Acadia National Park (Bar Harbor), Maine
Taylor Photography
June 2–4
The Symposium on Telescope Science
Ontario Airport Hotel, Ontario, California
http://ift.tt/1QHapYh
June 2-5, 2016
Cherry Springs Star Party
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
http://ift.tt/1Klyrf2
June 2–5
Wisconsin Observers’ Weekend
Hartman Creek State Park just west of Waupaca, Wisconsin
http://ift.tt/1QHaqve
June 3–5
2016 Bootleg Astronomy Star Party
Green River Conservation Area, Harmon, Illinois
http://ift.tt/1UuLmh3
June 3–5
MSRAL 2016 Convention
University of Missouri–Columbia
www.msral.org
June 4–11
Grand Canyon (Arizona) Star Party: North Rim
http://ift.tt/1UuLmh6
June 9–12
Spacefest
Starr Pass Resort, Tucson, Arizona
www.spacefest.info
June 29-July 3, 2016
Rocky Mountain Star Stare
Colorado Springs Astronomical Society, Gardner, Colorado
www.rmss.org/
June 29 or 30, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography Workshop
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Maine
Taylor Photography
July 6 – 7, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography/Processing Workshop
Marshall Point Lighthouse, Port Clyde, Maine
Taylor Photography
July 6–9
Green Bank Star Quest 13
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green
Bank, West Virginia
http://ift.tt/1UuLo8w
July 8-10, 2016
Star-B-Q, Eccles Ranch, Alberta, and other 2016 star parties in western Canada
http://ift.tt/1WnMXDJ
July 24-30, 2016
Maine Astronomy Retreat
Washington, Maine
http://ift.tt/1Klyrf4
July 27 – 30, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography/Processing Workshop w/ 3 Instructors
Acadia National Park, Maine
Taylor Photography/Acadia 3 Instructor
July 27-31, 2016
York County Star Party
Shreveport Airport North
Wellsville, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC)
http://ift.tt/1lpzzCt
July 30 – August 7, 2016
Mount Kobau Star Party
Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada
http://ift.tt/1WnMXDL
July 31–August 5
Nebraska Star Party
Merritt Reservoir, Valentine, Nebraska
http://ift.tt/1QHaqvm
August 2–7
Oregon Star Party
Trail Spring, Ochoco National Forest, Oregon
http://ift.tt/1UuLmhc
August 3 – 6, 2016
Night Sky NH Photography/Processing Workshop w/ 2 Instructors
Pittsburg, NH
Taylor Photography
August 3-7, 2016
Saskatchewan Summer Star Party
Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada
http://ift.tt/1WnMVM7
August 4-7, 2016
Starfest
Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada
August 4-7, 2016
Stellafane Convention
Springfield, Vermont
http://ift.tt/1WnMXDS
August 5-7, 2016
Kejimkujik Dark Sky Weekend
Caledonia, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 5-7, 2016
Butterpot Star Party
St. John’s, Newfoundland
August 10–13
ALCon in Washington, D.C.
Northern Virginia Astronomy Club
alcon2016.astroleague.org
August 26-28, 2016
Nova East
Smileys Provincial Park
Nova Scotia, Canada
September 2-4, 2016
Alberta Star Party
Starland, Alberta, Canada
September 24 – October 2, 2016
33rd Annual Okie-Tex Star Party
Camp Billie Joe, Oklahoma
www.okie-tex.com
September 27 – October 2, 2016
Northern Prairie Star Party
Tofield, Alberta, Canada
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
Texas Star Party, 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? A first step can be to seek out your local astronomy club. It consists of 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.
The Astronomical League also 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.
Special thanks also to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada for help with this list.
Jump below the photo for a list of upcoming events! If no web link is given, it’s because the information for 2016 hasn’t been posted yet. Check back.
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 …
March 2-6, 2016
Orange Blossom Special XXII International Star Party
Withlacoochee River Park
Dade City, Florida
http://ift.tt/1WnMXnm
March 5, 2016
Tri-Star
Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, North Carolina
Greenboro Astronomy Club and the Cline Observatory
observatory.gtcc.edu.tristar/
March 9–13, 2016
Staunton River Star Party
Scottsburg, Virginia
http://ift.tt/1IwNpXs
March 10–13
Don Surles’ Mirror Making Workshop No. 16
Delmarva Star Gazers, Georgetown, Delaware
http://ift.tt/1QHapHT
March 12
2016 All-Arizona Messier Marathon
Salome Emergency Airfield (south of I-10 at Exit 53)
http://ift.tt/1UuLnS1
March 19, 2016
Spring Starfest in Woodlawn Cemetery
Amateur Astronomers Association of New York
The Bronx, New York
http://ift.tt/1WnMVvI
April 1-3, 2016
Pickett Astronomy Weekend
Pickett-Pogue Dark Sky Park
Jamestown, Tennessee
http://ift.tt/1KlyreZ
April 2
Astronomy Day
Kern Astronomical Society, William M. Thomas
Planetarium, Bakersfield, California
http://ift.tt/1UuLnS3
April 2 or 3, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography Workshop
Sandy Point Beach, Maine
Taylor Photography
April 2–9, 2016
OzSky Star Safari, a.k.a. Deepest
South Texas Star Safari
Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
www.ozsky.org
April 5 or 6, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography Workshop
Nubble Lighthouse, Cape Neddick, Maine
Taylor Photography
April 6–9
Mid-South Star Gaze and Astronomy Conference
French Camp, Mississippi
http://ift.tt/1KlyoA0
April 7–8
Northeast Astro-Imaging Conference
Rockland Astronomy Club, Suffern, New York
http://ift.tt/1EARBsf
April 7–10
Southern Star Astronomy Convention
Charlotte Amateur Astronomers Club, Little
Switzerland, North Carolina
http://ift.tt/1CdflgL
April 7–10
South Jersey Astronomy Club Spring Star Party
Belleplain, New Jersey
http://ift.tt/1QHaqeW
April 8-9
North Carolina Statewide Star Party
35+ public skywatching sessions from the North Carolina mountains to the coast
http://ift.tt/1WnMXnr
April 9-10, 2016
Northeast Astronomy Forum
Suffern, New York
http://ift.tt/1HMGVYK
April 29–30
NCRAL 2016
Heartland Community College, Normal, Illinois
www.ncral2016.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: SOLD OUT
May 5–8
Two Rivers Spring Star Party
Heaven’s Gate Farm, Barry, Illinois
http://ift.tt/1QHapYd
May 6–8
Tennessee Spring Star Party
Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee
http://ift.tt/1AyagRv
May 6-8, 2016
Michiana Star Party Eight – MSP8
Vandalia, Michigan
(About 35 miles northeast of South Bend, Indiana)
http://ift.tt/1WnMXnt
May 9-12, 2016
Night Sky Utah Photography/Processing Workshop
Moab, Utah
Taylor Photography/Utah Session II
May 14, 2016
International Astronomy Day
Local astronomical societies, planetariums, museums, and observatories will be sponsoring public viewing sessions, presentations, workshops, and other activities.
Organized by the Astronomical League
http://ift.tt/1WnMVvP
May 19–23
AstroCats
London, Ontario, Canada
www.astrocats.ca
May 26 – May 30, 2016
RTMC Astronomy Expo (Riverside)
Camp Oakes, Big Bear, California
http://ift.tt/1Klyrf0
Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) annual meeting
May 30-June 2, 2016
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
http://ift.tt/1KlyoA4
June 1 – 4, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography/Processing Workshop
Acadia National Park (Bar Harbor), Maine
Taylor Photography
June 2–4
The Symposium on Telescope Science
Ontario Airport Hotel, Ontario, California
http://ift.tt/1QHapYh
June 2-5, 2016
Cherry Springs Star Party
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
http://ift.tt/1Klyrf2
June 2–5
Wisconsin Observers’ Weekend
Hartman Creek State Park just west of Waupaca, Wisconsin
http://ift.tt/1QHaqve
June 3–5
2016 Bootleg Astronomy Star Party
Green River Conservation Area, Harmon, Illinois
http://ift.tt/1UuLmh3
June 3–5
MSRAL 2016 Convention
University of Missouri–Columbia
www.msral.org
June 4–11
Grand Canyon (Arizona) Star Party: North Rim
http://ift.tt/1UuLmh6
June 9–12
Spacefest
Starr Pass Resort, Tucson, Arizona
www.spacefest.info
June 29-July 3, 2016
Rocky Mountain Star Stare
Colorado Springs Astronomical Society, Gardner, Colorado
www.rmss.org/
June 29 or 30, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography Workshop
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Maine
Taylor Photography
July 6 – 7, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography/Processing Workshop
Marshall Point Lighthouse, Port Clyde, Maine
Taylor Photography
July 6–9
Green Bank Star Quest 13
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green
Bank, West Virginia
http://ift.tt/1UuLo8w
July 8-10, 2016
Star-B-Q, Eccles Ranch, Alberta, and other 2016 star parties in western Canada
http://ift.tt/1WnMXDJ
July 24-30, 2016
Maine Astronomy Retreat
Washington, Maine
http://ift.tt/1Klyrf4
July 27 – 30, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography/Processing Workshop w/ 3 Instructors
Acadia National Park, Maine
Taylor Photography/Acadia 3 Instructor
July 27-31, 2016
York County Star Party
Shreveport Airport North
Wellsville, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC)
http://ift.tt/1lpzzCt
July 30 – August 7, 2016
Mount Kobau Star Party
Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada
http://ift.tt/1WnMXDL
July 31–August 5
Nebraska Star Party
Merritt Reservoir, Valentine, Nebraska
http://ift.tt/1QHaqvm
August 2–7
Oregon Star Party
Trail Spring, Ochoco National Forest, Oregon
http://ift.tt/1UuLmhc
August 3 – 6, 2016
Night Sky NH Photography/Processing Workshop w/ 2 Instructors
Pittsburg, NH
Taylor Photography
August 3-7, 2016
Saskatchewan Summer Star Party
Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada
http://ift.tt/1WnMVM7
August 4-7, 2016
Starfest
Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada
August 4-7, 2016
Stellafane Convention
Springfield, Vermont
http://ift.tt/1WnMXDS
August 5-7, 2016
Kejimkujik Dark Sky Weekend
Caledonia, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 5-7, 2016
Butterpot Star Party
St. John’s, Newfoundland
August 10–13
ALCon in Washington, D.C.
Northern Virginia Astronomy Club
alcon2016.astroleague.org
August 26-28, 2016
Nova East
Smileys Provincial Park
Nova Scotia, Canada
September 2-4, 2016
Alberta Star Party
Starland, Alberta, Canada
September 24 – October 2, 2016
33rd Annual Okie-Tex Star Party
Camp Billie Joe, Oklahoma
www.okie-tex.com
September 27 – October 2, 2016
Northern Prairie Star Party
Tofield, Alberta, Canada
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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