Remembering Barlow Bob – Current as of 6 April 2015
| Date | Event |
Location |
| Jan 24 | Regional Meeting of Amateur Astronomers 2015 http://www.ccastro.org/2015-regional-meeting.html |
Boiling Springs, NC |
| Feb 11 – 15 | Orange Blossom Special Star Party http://www.stpeteastronomyclub.org/obs.php |
Dade City, FL |
| Feb 16 – 22 | 2015 Winter Star Party http://www.scas.org/ |
Florida Keys, FL |
| Feb 16 | Cedar Key Star Party https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Cedar-Key-Museum |
Cedar Key, FL |
| Feb 28 | Harmony Dark Sky Festival http://www.darkskyfestival.com/ |
Harmony, FL |
| Mar 7 | Tri Star 2015 http://www.gtcc.edu/observatory/tristar.aspx |
Jamestown, NC |
| Mar 18 – 22 | Hodges Gardens Star Party http://www.brastro.org/hgsp.html |
Many, LA |
| Mar 19 – 22 | Staunton River Star Party http://www.chaosastro.com/starparty/ |
Scottsburg, VA |
| Mar 28 | International Sidewalk Astronomy Night (ISAN) 8 http://www.sidewalkastronomers.us/ |
Global |
| Apr 15 – 18 | Midsouth Star Gaze http://rainwaterobservatory.org/rainwater/ |
French Camp, MS |
| Apr 16 – 17 | Northeast Astronomical Imaging Conference (NEAIC) http://www.rocklandastronomy.com/neaic.html |
Suffern, NY |
| Apr 16 – 19 | Zombie Star Gaze http://atlantaastronomy.org/ |
Atlanta, GA |
| Apr 17 – 18 | Enchanted Skies Star Party http://enchantedskies.org/ |
Magdalena, NM |
| Apr 18 – 19 | NEAF 2015, NSSP NEAF Solar Star Party http://www.rocklandastronomy.com/neaf.html http://www.neafsolar.com |
Suffern, NY |
| Apr 24 – 25 | Spring Stokes Star Party http://stokesstarparty.com/ |
Sandyston, NJ |
| May 10 – 17 | Texas Star Party https://texasstarparty.org/ |
Fort Davis, TX |
| May 14 – 17 | Delmarva Star Gaze XXI Star Party http://www.delmarvastargazers.org/archive/SG2015/index.html |
Laurel, DE |
| May 14 – 17 | Two Rivers Spring Star Party http://www.freewebs.com/tworiversstarparty/ |
Barry, IL |
| May 14 – 17 | South Jersey Spring Star Party http://www.sjac.us/starparty.html |
Belleplain State Forest, NJ |
| May 15 – 17 | Bootleg Star Party http://bootlegastronomy.com/ |
Harmon, IL |
| May 15 – 17 | Tennessee Spring Star Party tnstateparks.com/events/details/tennessee-spring-star-party-2015 |
Spencer, TN |
| May 21 – 25 | RTMC Astronomy Expo – Camp Oakes http://www.rtmcastronomyexpo.org/ |
Big Bear City, CA |
| Jun 10 – 14 | Rocky Mountain Star Stare http://www.rmss.org/ |
Gardner, CO |
| Jun 11 – 13 | 2015 Symposium on Telescope Science http://www.socastrosci.org/symposium.html |
Ontario, Canada |
| Jun 11 – 14 | Cherry Springs Star Party http://www.astrohbg.org/CSSP/ |
Cherry Springs State Park, PA |
| Jun 11 – 14 | Wisconsin Observers Weekend http://www.new-star.org/ |
Waupaca, WI |
| Jun 12 – 13 | Craters of the Moon Star Party http://www.ifastro.org/ |
Arco, ID |
| Jun 13 | StarConn http://www.asgh.org/starconn/index.htm |
Middletown, CT |
| Jun 13 | Apollo Rendezvous http://www.mvas.org/ |
Dayton and Yellow Springs, OH |
| Jun 13 – 20 | Grand Canyon Star Party https://tucsonastronomy.org/gcsp-2/ |
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ |
| Jun 17 – 20 | Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival http://www.nps.gov/brca/planyourvisit/astrofest.htm |
Bryce Canyon, UT |
| Jun 17 – 20 | Green Bank Star Quest http://www.greenbankstarquest.org/ |
Green Bank, WV |
| Jun 18 – 21 | South Dakota Star Party http://www.sdsp.org/ |
Wally’s Corner, SD |
| Jul 6 – 11 | ALCON 2015 https://alcon2015.astroleague.org/ |
Las Cruses, NM |
| Jul 10 – 12 | The Conjunction 2015 http://www.philharrington.net/astroconjunction/ |
Northfield, MA |
| Jul 12 – 17 | The Nebraska Star Party http://www.nebraskastarparty.org/ |
Valentine, NE |
| Jul 15 – 19 | Indiana Family star Party http://www.mintel.net/~pgo/ |
Camp Cullom, IN |
| Jul 15 – 19 | Mason Dixon Star Party http://www.masondixonstarparty.org/ |
Wellsville, PA |
| Jul 15 – 19 | Golden State Star Party http://www.goldenstatestarparty.org/ |
Adin, CA |
| Jul 17 – 19 | RocheStar Fest http://www.rochesterastronomy.com/RocheStarFest |
Ionia, NY |
| Aug 7 – 16 | Rockland Summer Star Party http://www.rocklandastronomy.com/ssp.html |
Plainfield, MA |
| Aug 11 – 15 | Table Mountain Star Party http://www.tmspa.com/ |
Oroville, WA |
| Aug 11 – 16 | Oregon Star Party http://oregonstarparty.org/oregonstarparty/ |
Prineville, OR |
| Aug 12 – 16 | Northern Nights Star Fest http://www.mnastro.org/northern-nights-star-fest/ |
Palisade, MN |
| Aug 12 – 16 | West Coast Video Star Party http://wcvsp.org/ |
Tahoe National Forest, CA |
| Aug 13 – 15 | Julian StarFest http://www.julianstarfest.com/ |
Julian, CA |
| Aug 13 – 16 | Stellafane 2015 http://stellafane.org/ |
Springfield, VT |
| Aug 13 – 16 | Arunah Hill Days http://www.arunah.org/calendar.htm |
Cummington, MA |
| Aug 14 – 16 | Northwoods Star Fest http://www.cvastro.org/ |
Eau Claire, WI |
| Aug 14 – 18 | Almost Heaven Star Party http://www.ahsp.org/ |
Spruce Knob, WV |
| Aug 16 – 22 | Maine Astronomy Retreat http://www.astronomyretreat.com/ |
Washington, ME |
| Sep 9 – 13 | Brothers Star Party http://www.mbsp.org/ |
Brothers, OR |
| Sep 10 – 13 | Hidden Hollow 2015 http://www.wro.org/hiddenhollowinfo.html |
Green Bank, WV |
| Sep 10 – 14 | Acadia Night Sky Festival http://www.acadianightskyfestival.com/ |
Bar Harbor, ME |
| Sep 11 – 13 | Black Forest Star Party http://bfsp.org/ |
Cherry Springs State Park, PA |
| Sep 11 – 13 | Connecticut Star Party http://www.asnh.org/ |
Ashford, CT |
| Sep 12 – 20 | Okie-Tex Star Party http://www.okie-tex.com/ |
Camp Billy Joe, OK |
| Sep 17 – 20 | Great Lakes Star Gaze http://www.greatlakesstargaze.com/ |
Gladwin, MI |
| Sep 18 | ASNNE’s Starfest http://www.asnne.org/ |
Kennebunk, ME |
| Sep 25 – 26 | Kensington Astronomy at the Beach http://www.glaac.org/kensington-astronomy-at-the-beach/ |
Kensington Metropark, MI |
| Oct 1 – 4 | Blackwater Falls Astronomy Weekend http://www.kvas.org/ |
Davis, WV |
| Oct 5 – 10 | Eldorado Star Party http://eldoradostarparty.org/ |
Eldorado, TX |
| Oct 11 – 18 | Peach State Star Gaze http://www.atlantaastronomy.org/PSSG/ |
Sharon, GA |
| Oct 13 – 18 | Astroblast http://www.oras.org/ |
Oil City, PA |
| Oct 14 – 17 | Enchanted Skies Star Party http://enchantedskies.org/ |
Magdalena, NM |
| Oct 16 – 18 | Kopernik AstroFest 2015 http://kopernikastro.org/astrofest/ |
Vestal, NY |
| Nov 3 – 8 | Deep South Regional Star Gaze XXXIII http://www.stargazing.net/dsrsg/ |
Norwood, LA |
| Nov 5 – 8 | Nightfall Star Party http://nightfallstarparty.com/ |
Borrego Springs, CA |
Possible 2015 Events And Events Pending Additional Info
These events are for clubs that either (1) had events in 2014 and may have them in 2015 or (2) have not yet announced the dates for their 2015 event. Keep track of their website or check for the most recent version of this document.
| Date | Event |
Location |
| May 3 | AstroDay http://www.mkaoc.org/programming/astroday |
Hilo, HI |
| Aug 22 – 23 | Maine State Star Party http://www.downeastaa.com/maine_state_star_party_2014 |
Edmunds, ME |
| Sept 18 – 21 | Fall No-Frills Star Party http://www.delmarvastargazers.org/ |
Laurel, DE |
| Oct 17 – 18 | New England Fall Astronomy Festival http://www.physics.unh.edu/observatory/NEFAF |
Durham, NH |
| Nov 9 – 15 | Chiefland Fall Star Party http://chieflandstarpartygroup.com/fall.html |
Brooksville, FL |
| Sep 18 – 21 | Prairie Skies Star Party http://www.prairieskies.org/ |
Bourbonnais, IL |
About This Document
This document has been compiled by Chuck Higgins (Mohawk Valley Astronomical Society, mvas-ny.org) and Damian Allis (CNY Observers, cnyo.org) based on an original survey by the godfather of solar observing, Barlow Bob (deceased 2014).
Information in this document is as current as event websites and other event aggregator websites have allowed. Always check the websites for the most current information.
Find a problem? Want to add an event? Want to make our lives easier in 2016? Please contact either Chuck Higgins (chuck@higginsc.com) or Damian Allis (damian@somewhereville.com). To add an event, please send us the following information:
– Date Range
– Event Name
– Event Website
– Nearest City, State
– Contact Info (so we can easily update your event next year)
The online version of the document, including PDF and Word DOCX downloads, as well as a basic Table’d HTML version for easy website inclusion, can be found at: www.cnyo.org/2015-u-s-star-parties-and-astro-events/
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