In mid-July, Montana’s awe-inspiring night sky will be center stage at the Montana Learning Center’s inaugural Big Sky Star Festival. The two-night and three-day event, this coming July 17, 18 and 19, will be held at the Montana Learning Center’s campus at Canyon Ferry Lake, near Helena, Montana. Astronomy experts […]
The Second Annual David H. Levy Arizona Dark Sky Star Party (ADSSP) event will be held on May 20th – 24th 2020, featuring the legendary Comet Discoverer David H. Levy, as well as other prominent astronomers and astrophotographers. The event is located at Arizona’s Kartchner Caverns Dark Sky Park, a […]
As so many in North America are gripped with winter weather and lousy observing conditions, its nice to dream of warmer nights and perfect observing conditions. And so, its not a bad time to start thinking about attending one of the myriad of star parties to be held in 2020. […]
There is still time to register for the 2019 Winter Star Party “WSP” which will be held in the Florida Keys at Camp Weesumkee in 2019 from February 17 –23. The event is hosted by the Southern Cross Astronomical Society of Miami and is unique in that it occurs mid-winter […]
Its always sad to lose a long-standing institution in the astronomy products industry. This is especially true with the announcement that the RTMC astronomy expo will no longer continue. The Board of the RTMC has issued this statement: We, the current Board of RTMC, Inc., have made the difficult decision […]
The 2019 Winter Star Party “WSP” will again be held in the Florida Keys at Camp Weesumkee in 2019 from February 17 –23. The event is hosted by the Southern Cross Astronomical Society of Miami and is unique in that it occurs mid-winter during the height of the Florida Keys […]
One of the most popular annual US star parties, the Okie-Tex Star Party will be held on September 21 – September 29 at Camp Billy Joe near Kenton, OK, which is in the far northwest corner of Oklahoma’s panhandle. Hosted by the Oklahoma City Astronomy Club, the Okie-Tex Star Party […]
When Steve Layman was in high school, his passions were astronomy and music. He didn’t have a lot of money, so he had a choice: buy a good telescope or buy an amplifier for his guitar. “I went with the amplifier,” he said. “I was in a rock band.” The […]
The Rockland Astronomy Club is well known for its schedule of astronomy related events including NEAF (Northeast Astronomy Forum) as well as its upcoming Summer Star Party (SSP), which will be held on July 26 – August 4, 2019. SSP is sponsored by Sky & Telescope magazine. The annual event […]
On Sunday, July 21, the Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory located in Tupper Lake, New York will host a new event with some of the darkest and clearest skies east of the Mississippi River. The event will offer a day long calendar of activities surrounded by solar and celestial nighttime observing […]
June is a special time for star parties in the USA as some of the most amazing places in the country offer chances to experience extremely dark skies at night and breathtaking views during the day. Yosemite National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, and the Craters of the Moon National […]
The Central Appalachian Astronomy Club of West Virginia will again host the Green Bank Star Quest on June 26th – June 29th, 2019. The event is held at the Green Bank Observatory located in Green Bank, West Virginia. The Star Quest is the nation’s largest amateur event combining optical and […]