Jim Elliott of Powell, Ohio, contributed this photo. He wrote: “The moon over Jupiter over Columbus, Ohio, at the OSU planetarium star party. April 16, 2016.”
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.
View larger. | Max Corneau wrote: “On May 6, 2016, approximately 30 members of the Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas enjoyed a new moon weekend evening at the club’s dark sky site in southeast Oklahoma. Now in its 61st year, TAS is one of the largest amateur astronomical societies in America with 625 members. The Bortle Class-3 skies at the club’s dark site are dark enough to enjoy every aspect of astronomy. I captured this 100-minute deep sky image of the Trifid Nebula after staying up all night …”
Upcoming astronomy events …
June 29-July 4, 2016
Rocky Mountain Star Stare
Colorado Springs Astronomical Society
Gardner, Colorado
http://www.rmss.org/
June 29 or 30, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography Workshop
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Maine
Taylor Photography
June 29–July 3
Golden State Star Party
Frosty Acres Ranch, Adin, California
http://ift.tt/1nEJl2t
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 8–10
Connecticut River Valley Astronomers
Conjunction
Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental
Center, Massachusetts
http://ift.tt/1XwZKXJ
July 14-15
Native Skywatchers – Educator & Community 2-day Workshop
St. Paul, Minnesota
http://ift.tt/1XwZJTB
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 2–6
Table Mountain Star Party
Eden Valley Ranch
Oroville, Washington
www.tmspa.com
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
Indiana Family Star Party
Camp Cullom, Frankfort, Indiana
http://ift.tt/1XwZB6v
August 3-7, 2016
Saskatchewan Summer Star Party
Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada
http://ift.tt/1WnMVM7
August 4–6
Julian Starfest
Menghini Winery, Julian, California
http://ift.tt/1bifpjK
August 4-7
Starfest
Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada
Starfest 2016
August 4-7
Stellafane
Springfield, Vermont
http://ift.tt/1WnMXDS
August 5-7
Dark Sky Festival
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, CA
http://ift.tt/29h1PWa
August 5-7
Kejimkujik Dark Sky Weekend
Caledonia, Nova Scotia, Canada
http://ift.tt/1R6kDkV
August 5-7
Butterpot Star Party
St. John’s, Newfoundland
http://ift.tt/1XwZDeO
August 5–7
Northwoods Starfest
Hobbs Observatory, Beaver Creek Reserve,
Wisconsin
www.cvastro.org
August 10–13
ALCon in Washington, D.C.
Northern Virginia Astronomy Club
Hilton Hotel, Arlington, Virginia
www.astroleague.org
alcon2016.astroleague.org
August 12-14
Dark Sky Festival
Siskiyou Mountains in northern California, southern Oregon
weirdmountain.org
August 26–27
Maine State Star Party
Cobscook Bay State Park, Edmunds, Maine
http://ift.tt/1XwZUOC
August 26-28, 2016
Nova East
Smileys Provincial Park
Nova Scotia, Canada
halifax.rasc.ca/ne
August 26-28
Alberta Star Party
Starland, Alberta, Canada
calgary.rasc.ca
August 31–September 3
Northern Nights Star Fest
Long Lake Conservation Center, Minnesota
www.mnastro.org/NNSF
August 31–September 5
Brothers Star Party for Oregon Observatory
Brothers, Oregon
www.mbsp.org
September 1–5
Iowa Star Party
Whiterock Conservancy’s Whiterock Resort,
Coon Rapids, Iowa
http://ift.tt/1XwZIit
September 2–4
Black Forest Star Party
Cherry Springs State Park, Pennsylvania
www.bfsp.org
September 2–6
Almost Heaven Star Party
Spruce Knob, West Virginia
www.ahsp.org
Sept 22-24
Flagstaff Star Party
Buffalo Park,Flagstaff, Arizona
http://ift.tt/297EHpa
September 22–25
Dark Sky Astrophotography Exchange 2016
Tupper Lake, New York
apobservatory.org
September 22–25
Acadia Night Sky Festival
Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine
http://ift.tt/1iqr4SS
September 24 – October 2, 2016
33rd Annual Okie-Tex Star Party
Camp Billie Joe, Kenton, Oklahoma
www.okie-tex.com
September 27 – October 2, 2016
Northern Prairie Star Party
Tofield, Alberta, Canada
Presented by the RASC Edmonton Centre
September 29–October 2
Great Lakes Star Gaze
River Valley RV Park, Gladwin, Michigan
http://ift.tt/1IwNmuK
September 29–October 2
Heart of America Star Party
Astronomical Society of Kansas City
Overland Park, Kansas
http://ift.tt/1R6kpKr
September 29–October 2
Hidden Hollow Star Party
Mansfield, Ohio
www.wro.org
September 30–October 1
Idaho Star Party
Bruneau Dunes State Park, Idaho
www.boiseastro.org
February 20 – 26, 2017
Winter Star Party
Florida Keys
www.scas.org
June 22-25, 2017
Cherry Springs Star Party
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
http://ift.tt/1Klyrf2
Tentatively sheduled for June 22-25, 2017
Wisconsin Observers’ Weekend
Hartman Creek State Park just west of Waupaca, Wisconsin
http://ift.tt/1QHaqve
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.
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
Jim Elliott of Powell, Ohio, contributed this photo. He wrote: “The moon over Jupiter over Columbus, Ohio, at the OSU planetarium star party. April 16, 2016.”
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.
View larger. | Max Corneau wrote: “On May 6, 2016, approximately 30 members of the Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas enjoyed a new moon weekend evening at the club’s dark sky site in southeast Oklahoma. Now in its 61st year, TAS is one of the largest amateur astronomical societies in America with 625 members. The Bortle Class-3 skies at the club’s dark site are dark enough to enjoy every aspect of astronomy. I captured this 100-minute deep sky image of the Trifid Nebula after staying up all night …”
Upcoming astronomy events …
June 29-July 4, 2016
Rocky Mountain Star Stare
Colorado Springs Astronomical Society
Gardner, Colorado
http://www.rmss.org/
June 29 or 30, 2016
Night Sky Maine Photography Workshop
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Maine
Taylor Photography
June 29–July 3
Golden State Star Party
Frosty Acres Ranch, Adin, California
http://ift.tt/1nEJl2t
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 8–10
Connecticut River Valley Astronomers
Conjunction
Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental
Center, Massachusetts
http://ift.tt/1XwZKXJ
July 14-15
Native Skywatchers – Educator & Community 2-day Workshop
St. Paul, Minnesota
http://ift.tt/1XwZJTB
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 2–6
Table Mountain Star Party
Eden Valley Ranch
Oroville, Washington
www.tmspa.com
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
Indiana Family Star Party
Camp Cullom, Frankfort, Indiana
http://ift.tt/1XwZB6v
August 3-7, 2016
Saskatchewan Summer Star Party
Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada
http://ift.tt/1WnMVM7
August 4–6
Julian Starfest
Menghini Winery, Julian, California
http://ift.tt/1bifpjK
August 4-7
Starfest
Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada
Starfest 2016
August 4-7
Stellafane
Springfield, Vermont
http://ift.tt/1WnMXDS
August 5-7
Dark Sky Festival
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, CA
http://ift.tt/29h1PWa
August 5-7
Kejimkujik Dark Sky Weekend
Caledonia, Nova Scotia, Canada
http://ift.tt/1R6kDkV
August 5-7
Butterpot Star Party
St. John’s, Newfoundland
http://ift.tt/1XwZDeO
August 5–7
Northwoods Starfest
Hobbs Observatory, Beaver Creek Reserve,
Wisconsin
www.cvastro.org
August 10–13
ALCon in Washington, D.C.
Northern Virginia Astronomy Club
Hilton Hotel, Arlington, Virginia
www.astroleague.org
alcon2016.astroleague.org
August 12-14
Dark Sky Festival
Siskiyou Mountains in northern California, southern Oregon
weirdmountain.org
August 26–27
Maine State Star Party
Cobscook Bay State Park, Edmunds, Maine
http://ift.tt/1XwZUOC
August 26-28, 2016
Nova East
Smileys Provincial Park
Nova Scotia, Canada
halifax.rasc.ca/ne
August 26-28
Alberta Star Party
Starland, Alberta, Canada
calgary.rasc.ca
August 31–September 3
Northern Nights Star Fest
Long Lake Conservation Center, Minnesota
www.mnastro.org/NNSF
August 31–September 5
Brothers Star Party for Oregon Observatory
Brothers, Oregon
www.mbsp.org
September 1–5
Iowa Star Party
Whiterock Conservancy’s Whiterock Resort,
Coon Rapids, Iowa
http://ift.tt/1XwZIit
September 2–4
Black Forest Star Party
Cherry Springs State Park, Pennsylvania
www.bfsp.org
September 2–6
Almost Heaven Star Party
Spruce Knob, West Virginia
www.ahsp.org
Sept 22-24
Flagstaff Star Party
Buffalo Park,Flagstaff, Arizona
http://ift.tt/297EHpa
September 22–25
Dark Sky Astrophotography Exchange 2016
Tupper Lake, New York
apobservatory.org
September 22–25
Acadia Night Sky Festival
Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine
http://ift.tt/1iqr4SS
September 24 – October 2, 2016
33rd Annual Okie-Tex Star Party
Camp Billie Joe, Kenton, Oklahoma
www.okie-tex.com
September 27 – October 2, 2016
Northern Prairie Star Party
Tofield, Alberta, Canada
Presented by the RASC Edmonton Centre
September 29–October 2
Great Lakes Star Gaze
River Valley RV Park, Gladwin, Michigan
http://ift.tt/1IwNmuK
September 29–October 2
Heart of America Star Party
Astronomical Society of Kansas City
Overland Park, Kansas
http://ift.tt/1R6kpKr
September 29–October 2
Hidden Hollow Star Party
Mansfield, Ohio
www.wro.org
September 30–October 1
Idaho Star Party
Bruneau Dunes State Park, Idaho
www.boiseastro.org
February 20 – 26, 2017
Winter Star Party
Florida Keys
www.scas.org
June 22-25, 2017
Cherry Springs Star Party
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
http://ift.tt/1Klyrf2
Tentatively sheduled for June 22-25, 2017
Wisconsin Observers’ Weekend
Hartman Creek State Park just west of Waupaca, Wisconsin
http://ift.tt/1QHaqve
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.
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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