Events
The Michiana Astronomical Society will be hosting their third annual star party (MSP3) at the Potawatomi Wildlife Park in Tippecanoe, Indiana on May 14-16, 2010. Potawatomi Wildlife Park is recognized as the first established Dark Sky Preserve in Indiana.
This year's speakers are Dr. Carlton Allen, NASA Curator for Extraterrestrial Materials at the Johnson Space Center and Dr. Marvin Bolt, Curator of Astronomy History Collections at the Adler Planetarium and Museum in Chicago. Dr. Allen's topic will be "Exploring the Moon in 2010" and Dr. Bolt will be presenting "The Art(s) of Observing".
The park has hiking trails, canoeing on the Tippecanoe River and wildlife observations. Michiana Astronomical Society will be providing coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. This year we will be providing hot dogs and more for our guests. There will be a community campfire with a grill away from the observing field, and microwave ovens for all to use. Camp sites for tents, campers, and RVs are available around the observing field. The discounted preregistration deadline is May 7, 2010. MSP3 T-shirts can also be preordered with your registration. Please visit our website for more information: www.Michiana-Astro.org.
Contact: Linda Marks 574-274-8885 email: saccuosti@aol.com
How well do you know the Milky Way? During a special evening at the Flieschmann Planetarium in Reno, Nv popular Sierra Star Guide and Poet Tony Berendsen will debut his new poem "The Milky Way" and discuss what we know about our home galaxy using the planetariums state of the art skydome projector. Afterwards Tony will treat attendees to views of Saturn and the Moon using Celestrons CGEM 925 and CPC 11. This is a GAM event and a fundraiser for the Planeatrium. All proceeds to go to the University of Nevada Flieschmann Planetarium.
March 12th and 13th the High Desert Astronomical Society will be having a star party at the Afton Canyon campground. Afton Canyon is in the Mojave Desert aprox. 30 miles north of Barstow, CA off I-15. Campsites run $6.00 per night. Campsites provide fire pits, covered table and BBQ grills but you need to bring your own water. The campground has several enclosed pit toilets also. Afton Canyon has beautiful dark skies for excellent observing and imaging and the weather is mild at this time of the year. During the day there is plenty of hiking areas along the Mojave River and joining canyons. There will be members of HiDAS and SBVAA at this event. Note that this is not a huge star party but it is fun!
For more information contact stargazertony@gmail.com and put star party in the title and there is some information posted on the calendar at www.hidasonline.com
Northrop Grumman presents "Skate with the Stars" at Seaside Ice on Saturday, December 5 & Sunday, December 6, 2009 from 3pm - 9pm.
Join the South Bay Astronomical Society and Celestron in celebration of 400 years since Galileo first used a telescope in 1609 to look at the heavens.
Astronomy presentations by the South Bay Astronomical Society, including telescopes for viewing the Sun, Moon, and Stars, as well as handouts, special presentations, and more during this two day event.
The 10 International Festival of Astronomy of Marrakesh
of 24 in 30 october 2009
exposures
shows
festival child
stars party
practical workshops
FREE Star Party at the Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, MD.
When: The evenings of October 16 and 17, 2009
Time: From 6pm until 11pm
Bring the whole family anytime throughout the evening and look through our telescopes at the wonders of the Fall night sky!
Telescopes will be set up near the parking lot of the Battlefield Visitor Center. The Star Party will be cancelled if the sky is cloudy
Visit www.TriStateAstronomers.org
FREE Star Party at the Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, MD.
When: The evenings of October 16 and 17
Time: From 6pm until 11pm
Bring the whole family anytime throughout the evening and look through our telescopes at the wonders of the Fall night sky!
Telescopes will be set up near the parking lot of the Battlefield Visitor Center. The Star Party will be cancelled if the sky is cloudy
Visit www.TriStateAstronomers.org
Join the Bucks-Mont Astronomical Association for its 23rd annual Stella Della Valley Star Party to be held October 16-18th 2009. The event will be at Camp Onas in beautiful Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania. For complete information and registration materials visit our website: http://www.bma2.org/sdv.html
You asked for it? You got it. The Hidden Hollow weekend Star Party at Warren Rupp Observatory will be back again this year the weekend of September 18-20!
For long time star party fans, you know the legend of Hidden Hollow as one of the friendliest and most comfortable star parties around. We're nestled deep in the woods of Hidden Hollow resident camp in northeast Ohio near the town of Mansfield. Each year we provide some of the finest guest speakers available and they join in the fun! You'll see our speakers and all of our great and unusual activities. Tired of the same old type of Star Party? You won't be bored this year, I promise. You're going to really enjoy the things we have to offer!
Unlike other star parties, we provide cabins and bunkhouses for your comfort, as well as primative camping, hot showers, modern restrooms and a food service vendor. If it rains? It's no problem. We have indoor facilities and all activities go on. There's warm areas where you can gather around a fire and converse, places to watch movies, play cards or just hang out. The observing field is well-drained and groomed with plenty of "space" to go around and, of course, you won't want to miss the views through the Obsevatory's incredible 31" Big Blue Beast!
One of the most appealing parts about Hidden Hollow is the location itself. Even if you aren't interested in staying up all night observing, you'll fully appreciate the fine scenery of the camp itself. During the Fall season, Ohio offers some of the most spectacular foilage in the United States and the pristine, quiet and peaceful surroundings of Hidden Hollow are an ideal place to relax and have an enjoyable weekend. There's plenty of trails to walk in the woods and nearby attractions, restaurants and shopping. Children and families are always welcome here!
Thanks to wide open spaces and peaceful seclusion you'll have a wonderful time at the Hidden Hollow Star Party. Our guests have voted us #1 as one of the most beautiful astronomical retreats in the country. During your weekend stay you'll be treated like family as you enjoy our many workshops, contests, vendors, programs, fantastic prizes and observing. We welcome visitors of all ages and you'll find that no matter where you roam... There's no place like our home!
Come on in. Explore our guest speakers such as Brent Archinal from the Lunar Orbiter Program, Warren Keller, Al Loew from NASA/Glenn, Dave Holden, Ed Jones and more! Our activities and the things you'll have to do and see while you're here are listed on our Hidden Hollow Website and we know you'll enjoy yourself. Join us here for Hidden Hollow '09 and you see why our friends return year after year!
| In August 2009, come to the Cypress Hills Dark Sky Preserve and do something never done before at an RASC General Assembly: be armchair astronomers during the day and real astronomers at night! We are delighted that the 2009 RASC General Assembly has been awarded to the Saskatoon Centre of the RASC. The 2009 GA will be held in conjunction with the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party. 2009 is also the International Year of Astronomy and the 2009 GA will be held, for the first time, at a dark sky site. It is our goal to provide an affordable, memorable GA where participants can observe under some of the darkest skies in Canada, and still enjoy the traditional social & business activities of a GA.
What better place to hold the GA than at the Cypress Hills Dark-Sky Preserve, with light pollution abatement featured as one of IYA's themes? The GA will include all the activities of past GAs but will also include observing and clinics under magnitude 7+ skies! Cabin, condo and hotel rooms are available. There is also ample room for tents and powered RV sites. Planned day-time events include a BBQ, the Ruth Northcott Lecture, solar observing, an IYA "Galileo Moment", scientific presentations and poster sessions, a Wine and Cheese reception, the Fr. Lucien Kemble Lecture, Banquet, tours of the Maple Creek Winery and Fort Walsh, National Council meetings and Annual Meeting. CHIPP and the Cypress Hills DSP are located in southwestern corner of Saskatchewan 30km south of Maple Creek on Hwy 21. Nearest fly-in centres are Saskatoon, Regina, Calgary (and possibly Medicine Hat, AB). Centre Representatives who are planning to fly in for the weekend should book into Saskatoon (YXE) where they will be met, housed, fed and transported to and from the SSSP/GA'09 by kind, friendly Saskatoon Centre chaperones. We will have some loaner telescopes and camping equipment available for reps that cannot bring their own. For those who can fly into Saskatoon on Tuesday August 11, we have arranged a tour of the Canadian Light Source (the "synchrotron") at the University of Saskatchewan campus on Tuesday evening. For more information, contact the SSSP/GA organizing committee at:sssp.sk@sasktel.net. http://homepage.usask.ca/~ges125/rasc/sssp2009.html
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