North Carolina’s Fort Macon State Park host a monthly dark night astronomy program open to the public. With the help of the Crystal Coast Star Gazers Group, telescopes are set up for public viewing. In this photo, group member Fred Angeli”s headlamp leaves a streak of light as he approaches his ‘scope to focus on the night sky. Photo by Doug Waters.
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 the upcoming event hasn’t been posted yet. Check back.
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.”
Upcoming astronomy events …fall, 2017, and beyond
September 12–17
Astroblast
Oil City, Pennsylvania
www.oras.org
September 14–18
Iowa Star Party
Whiterock Conservancy’s Whiterock Resort,
Coon Rapids, Iowa
http://ift.tt/1XwZIit
September 15 – 17
Night Sky Photography Workshop with Taylor Photography
Moosehead Lake, Maine
miketaylorphoto.smugmug.com
September 15–17
Connecticut River Valley
Astronomers’ Conjunction
Northfield Mountain Recreation
and Environmental Center, Massachusetts
http://ift.tt/1XwZKXJ
September 15–17
Idaho Star Party
Bruneau Dunes State Park, Idaho
http://ift.tt/1IwNmuI
September 16–24
Okie-Tex Star Party
Kenton, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Astronomy Club
www.okie-tex.com
September 21–23
Illinois Dark Skies Star Party
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife
Area, Illinois
www.sas-sky.org
September 21–23
Great Basin National Park Astronomy Festival
Baker, Nevada
http://ift.tt/2x4Ldwe
September 21–24
Great Lakes Star Gaze
Gladwin, Michigan
http://ift.tt/1IwNmuK
September 21 – 23, 2017
Flagstaff Star Party
The Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition
Flagstaff, Arizona
flagstaffstarparty.org
September 21–24
2017 Bootleg Astronomy Star Party
Green River Conservation Area, Harmon, Illinois
http://ift.tt/1UuLmh3
September 21–24
Acadia Night Sky Festival
Mount Desert Island, Maine
http://ift.tt/2clpvZ2
September 21–24
Hidden Hollow Star Party
Hidden Hollow Camp,
Mansfield, Ohio
http://ift.tt/2vEg27v
September 22–24
Connecticut Star Party
Edmund D. Strang Scout
Reservation,
Goshen, Connecticut
www.asnh.org
September 22–24
Black Forest Star Party
Cherry Springs State Park,
Pennsylvania
bfsp.org
September 24 – 25, 2017
Night Sky Photography Workshop with Taylor Photography
Marshall Point Light, Maine
miketaylorphoto.smugmug.com
September 29–30
Astronomy at the Beach
Island Lake State Recreation Area, Michigan
http://ift.tt/2vEEyoX
September 30
Ventura County Astronomical Society—
Astronomy Day
Charles Temple Observatory, Moorpark College,
California
www.vcas.org
October 13–14
Kopernik AstroFest
Vestal, New York
http://ift.tt/2civStO
October 15–22
Peach State Star Gaze
Deerlick Astronomy Village, Crawfordville,
Georgia
http://ift.tt/1MWtJ5H
October 15–22
OzSky Star Safari, a.k.a. the Deepest
South Texas Star Safari
Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
www.ozsky.org
Attendance is extremely limited.
October 16–21
Eldorado Star Party
X-Bar Ranch, Eldorado, Texas
http://ift.tt/1MWtJ5F
October 16-22
Staunton River Star Party
Scottsburg, Virginia
http://ift.tt/1IwNpXs
October 17–21
Enchanted Skies Star Party
Socorro, New Mexico
http://ift.tt/1MWtK9S
October 17–22
Deep South Star Gaze
Norwood, Louisiana
http://ift.tt/1IwNmuP
October 19–22
Nightfall
Borrego Springs, California
nightfallstarparty.com
October 19-22, 2017
Heart of America Star Party
Astronomical Society of Kansas City
Butler, Missouri
http://ift.tt/2rSuD0G
October 19–22
SJAC Fall Star Party
Belleplain State Forest, New Jersey
http://ift.tt/2ckQma7
October 20–22
Bays Mountain StarFest
Bays Mountain Park, Kingsport, Tennessee
http://ift.tt/2vEvz73
October 20–22
Chiefland Star Party
Chiefland, Florida
chieflandstarpartygroup.com
October 21
Virginia Association of Astronomical Societies
Back Bay Amateur Astronomers
http://ift.tt/2vEUTK4
November 3–5
Custer Jamboree
Custer Institute, Southold, New York
custerobservatory.org
Here is Dan Lewelyn at Deerlick Astronomy Village near Atlanta, Georgia. Photo by Dave Woolsteen.
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 2017, compiled in cooperation with the awesome Astronomical League. Join in, and have fun!
from EarthSky http://ift.tt/1UhrUpV
North Carolina’s Fort Macon State Park host a monthly dark night astronomy program open to the public. With the help of the Crystal Coast Star Gazers Group, telescopes are set up for public viewing. In this photo, group member Fred Angeli”s headlamp leaves a streak of light as he approaches his ‘scope to focus on the night sky. Photo by Doug Waters.
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 the upcoming event hasn’t been posted yet. Check back.
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.”
Upcoming astronomy events …fall, 2017, and beyond
September 12–17
Astroblast
Oil City, Pennsylvania
www.oras.org
September 14–18
Iowa Star Party
Whiterock Conservancy’s Whiterock Resort,
Coon Rapids, Iowa
http://ift.tt/1XwZIit
September 15 – 17
Night Sky Photography Workshop with Taylor Photography
Moosehead Lake, Maine
miketaylorphoto.smugmug.com
September 15–17
Connecticut River Valley
Astronomers’ Conjunction
Northfield Mountain Recreation
and Environmental Center, Massachusetts
http://ift.tt/1XwZKXJ
September 15–17
Idaho Star Party
Bruneau Dunes State Park, Idaho
http://ift.tt/1IwNmuI
September 16–24
Okie-Tex Star Party
Kenton, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Astronomy Club
www.okie-tex.com
September 21–23
Illinois Dark Skies Star Party
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife
Area, Illinois
www.sas-sky.org
September 21–23
Great Basin National Park Astronomy Festival
Baker, Nevada
http://ift.tt/2x4Ldwe
September 21–24
Great Lakes Star Gaze
Gladwin, Michigan
http://ift.tt/1IwNmuK
September 21 – 23, 2017
Flagstaff Star Party
The Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition
Flagstaff, Arizona
flagstaffstarparty.org
September 21–24
2017 Bootleg Astronomy Star Party
Green River Conservation Area, Harmon, Illinois
http://ift.tt/1UuLmh3
September 21–24
Acadia Night Sky Festival
Mount Desert Island, Maine
http://ift.tt/2clpvZ2
September 21–24
Hidden Hollow Star Party
Hidden Hollow Camp,
Mansfield, Ohio
http://ift.tt/2vEg27v
September 22–24
Connecticut Star Party
Edmund D. Strang Scout
Reservation,
Goshen, Connecticut
www.asnh.org
September 22–24
Black Forest Star Party
Cherry Springs State Park,
Pennsylvania
bfsp.org
September 24 – 25, 2017
Night Sky Photography Workshop with Taylor Photography
Marshall Point Light, Maine
miketaylorphoto.smugmug.com
September 29–30
Astronomy at the Beach
Island Lake State Recreation Area, Michigan
http://ift.tt/2vEEyoX
September 30
Ventura County Astronomical Society—
Astronomy Day
Charles Temple Observatory, Moorpark College,
California
www.vcas.org
October 13–14
Kopernik AstroFest
Vestal, New York
http://ift.tt/2civStO
October 15–22
Peach State Star Gaze
Deerlick Astronomy Village, Crawfordville,
Georgia
http://ift.tt/1MWtJ5H
October 15–22
OzSky Star Safari, a.k.a. the Deepest
South Texas Star Safari
Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
www.ozsky.org
Attendance is extremely limited.
October 16–21
Eldorado Star Party
X-Bar Ranch, Eldorado, Texas
http://ift.tt/1MWtJ5F
October 16-22
Staunton River Star Party
Scottsburg, Virginia
http://ift.tt/1IwNpXs
October 17–21
Enchanted Skies Star Party
Socorro, New Mexico
http://ift.tt/1MWtK9S
October 17–22
Deep South Star Gaze
Norwood, Louisiana
http://ift.tt/1IwNmuP
October 19–22
Nightfall
Borrego Springs, California
nightfallstarparty.com
October 19-22, 2017
Heart of America Star Party
Astronomical Society of Kansas City
Butler, Missouri
http://ift.tt/2rSuD0G
October 19–22
SJAC Fall Star Party
Belleplain State Forest, New Jersey
http://ift.tt/2ckQma7
October 20–22
Bays Mountain StarFest
Bays Mountain Park, Kingsport, Tennessee
http://ift.tt/2vEvz73
October 20–22
Chiefland Star Party
Chiefland, Florida
chieflandstarpartygroup.com
October 21
Virginia Association of Astronomical Societies
Back Bay Amateur Astronomers
http://ift.tt/2vEUTK4
November 3–5
Custer Jamboree
Custer Institute, Southold, New York
custerobservatory.org
Here is Dan Lewelyn at Deerlick Astronomy Village near Atlanta, Georgia. Photo by Dave Woolsteen.
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 2017, compiled in cooperation with the awesome Astronomical League. Join in, and have fun!
from EarthSky http://ift.tt/1UhrUpV
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