Remembering Barlow Bob – Current as of 2 September 2016
This list is subject to several updates! Links to pending announcements are near the bottom of this page (in blue). Please Contact Us if you’ve a missing event or updates to any links!
Download a PDF File of the Event List at cnyo_2016_astro_events__2_september_2016.pdf
| Start & End Dates |
Event & Website | Organizer & Location |
| Jan 16 | Gardner-Webb University Astronomy Symposium www.ccastro.org/2016-gardner-webb-university-astronomy-symposium.html |
Cleveland County Astro. Soc. – Boiling Springs, NC |
| Jan 16 | Harmony Dark Sky Festival www.facebook.com/DarkSkyFestival/ |
Harmony, FL – Harmony, FL |
| Feb 8 Feb 14 |
2016 Winter Star Party www.scas.org |
Southern Cross Astro. Soc. – Florida Keys, FL |
| Feb 13 | Tucson Star Party tucsonastronomy.org |
Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association – Tucson, AZ |
| Mar 2 Mar 6 |
Orange Blossom Special Star Party www.stpeteastronomyclub.org/obs.php |
St. Petersburg Astronomy Club Inc. – Dade City, FL |
| Mar 9 Mar 13 |
Staunton River Star Party www.chaosastro.com/starparty/ |
Chapel Hill Astro. and Observational Soc. Staunton River State Park – Scottsburg, VA |
| Mar 18 | NASA Winter Astronomy Series www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-visitor-center-announces-winter-astronomy-series |
NASA Wallops Island, VA |
| Apr 1 Apr 2 |
Spring Stokes Star Party stokesstarparty.com |
New Jersey School of Conservation – Branchville, NJ |
| Apr 6 Apr 10 |
Hodges Gardens Star Party www.brastro.org/hgsp.html |
Baton Rouge Astro. Soc. – Florien, LA |
| Apr 6 Apr 9 |
Midsouth Star Gaze rainwaterobservatory.org/rainwater/ |
Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium – French Camp, MS |
| Apr 7 Apr 8 |
Northeast Astro. Imaging Conference (NEAIC) www.rocklandastronomy.com/neaic.html |
Rockland Astronomy Club – Suffern, NY |
| Apr 7 Apr 10 |
South Jersey Spring Star Party www.sjac.us/starparty.html |
South Jersey Astronomy Club – Belleplain State Forest, NJ |
| Apr 9 Apr 10 |
NEAF 2016 NSSP NEAF Solar Star Party www.rocklandastronomy.com/neaf.html |
Rockland Astronomy Club – Suffern, NY |
| May 1 May 8 |
Texas Star Party texasstarparty.org |
Texas Star Party Inc. – Fort Davis, TX |
| May 5 May 8 |
Delmarva Star Gaze XXII Star Party www.delmarvastargazers.org/archive/SG2016/index.html |
Delmarva Stargazers Trap Pond State Park – Laurel, DE |
| May 5 May 8 |
Two Rivers Spring Star Party www.freewebs.com/tworiversstarparty/ |
Heavens Gate Farm Observatory – Barry, IL |
| May 6 May 8 |
Tennessee Spring Star Party 2016 atlantaastronomy.org/?p=1060 |
Astronomy in the Parks Society, Cumberland Astronomical Society, Dyer Observatory and Fall Creek Falls State Park – Fall Creek Falls State Park, Pikeville, TN |
| May 6 May 8 |
Lava Hiking Trail Star Party www.facebook.com/ifastro |
Idaho Falls Astronomical Society – Idaho Falls, ID |
| May 26 May 30 |
RTMC Astronomy Expo www.rtmcastronomyexpo.org/index.html |
Riverside Astronomical Society – Big Bear City, CA |
| Jun 1 Jun 4 |
Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival www.nps.gov/brca/planyourvisit/astrofest.htm |
Bryce Canyon’s Astronomy Rangers and the Salt Lake Astro. Soc. – Bryce Canyon, UT |
| Jun 2 Jun 5 |
Cherry Springs Star Party www.astrohbg.org/CSSP/ |
Astro. Soc. of Harrisburg PA Inc. Cherry Springs State Park – Coudersport, PA |
| Jun 2 Jun 5 |
Wisconsin Observers Weekend www.new-star.org |
Northeast Wisconsin Stargazers – Waupaca, WI |
| Jun 3 Jun 5 |
Spring Bootleg Star Party bootlegastronomy.com |
Bootleg Astronomers – Harmon, IL |
| Jun 3 Jun 5 |
Craters of the Moon Star Party ifastro.org/ facebook.com/events/525840050958551/ |
Bootleg Astronomers – Idaho Falls, ID |
| Jun 4 Jun 11 |
Grand Canyon Star Party tucsonastronomy.org/gcsp-2/ |
Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association – Grand Canyon National Park, AZ |
| Jun 10 | Astronomy Festival on the National Mall www.hofstra.edu/dcstars |
Hofstra University – Washington, DC |
| Jun 11 | Apollo Rendezvous 2016 www.mvas.org |
Miami Valley Astronomical Society – Dayton, OH |
| Jun 16 Jun 18 |
The Symposium on Telescope Science www.socastrosci.org/symposium.html |
Society For Astronomical Sciences – Rancho Cucamonga , CA |
| Jun 18 | 100th Anniversary Symposium of the Van Vleck Observatory/StarConn www.asgh.org/starconn/index.htm |
Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford – Middletown, CT |
| Jun 29 Jul 3 |
Rocky Mountain Star Stare www.rmss.org |
Colorado Springs Astro. Soc. – Gardner, CO |
| Jun 29 Jul 3 |
Rocky Mountain Star Stare www.rmss.org |
Colorado Springs Astro. Soc. – Gardner, CO |
| Jul 8 Jul 10 |
The Conjunction 2016 www.philharrington.net/astroconjunction/ |
Connecticut River Valley Astronomers – Northfield, MA |
| Jul 24 Jul 30 |
Maine Astronomy Retreat www.astronomyretreat.com |
Maine Astronomy Retreat – Washington, ME |
| Jul 27 Jul 31 |
York County Star Party yorkcountystarparty.org |
York County Star Party – Wellsville, PA |
| Jun 29 Jul 3 |
Golden State Star Party www.goldenstatestarparty.org |
Golden State Star Party – Adin, CA |
| Jul 29 Aug 7 |
Rockland Summer Star Party www.rocklandastronomy.com/ssp.html |
Rockland Astronomy Club – Plainfield, MA |
| Jul 29 Aug 7 |
AstroBlast 2016 www.oras.org/astroblast.html |
Oil Region Astronomical Society – Cranberry, PA |
| Jul 31 Aug 5 |
The Nebraska Star Party www.nebraskastarparty.org |
Prairie Astronomy Club and Omaha Astro. Soc. Merritt Reservoir – Valentine, NE |
| Aug 2 Aug 6 |
Table Mountain Star Party www.tmspa.com |
Table Mountain Star Party Association Ltd. Eden Valley Guest Ranch – Oroville, WA |
| Aug 2 Aug 7 |
Oregon Star Party oregonstarparty.org/oregonstarparty/ |
Oregon Starparty Inc. Ochoco National Forest – Prineville, OR |
| Aug 3 Aug 7 |
Indiana Family Star Party www.mintel.net/~pgo/starparty/index.html |
Prairie Grass Observatory Camp Cullom – Frankfort, IN |
| Aug 4 Aug 7 |
Stellafane 2016 stellafane.org |
The Springfield Telescope Makers Inc. – Springfield, VT |
| Aug 5 Aug 7 |
Northwoods Star Fest www.cvastro.org |
Chippewa Valley Astro. Soc. – Fall Creek, WI |
| Aug 10 Aug 13 |
ALCON 2016 alcon2016.astroleague.org |
Astro. League and the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club – Washington, DC |
| Aug 31 Sep 3 |
Northern Nights Star Fest www.mnastro.org/northern-nights-star-fest/ |
Minnesota Astro. Soc. – Palisade, MN |
| Aug 31 Sep 5 |
Brothers Star Party www.mbsp.org |
Oregon Observatory at Sunriver Nature Center – Sunriver, OR |
| Sep 2 Sep 6 |
Almost Heaven Star Party www.ahsp.org |
Almost Heaven Star Party – Spruce Knob, WV |
| Sep 2 Sep 4 |
Black Forest Star Party bfsp.org |
Central Pennsylvania Observers Inc. – Coudersport, PA |
| Sep 9 Sep 10 |
Kensington Astronomy at the Beach www.glaac.org/kensington-astronomy-at-the-beach/ |
Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs Kensington Metropark – Milford, MI |
| Sep 22 Sep 25 |
Acadia Night Sky Festival www.acadianightskyfestival.com |
The Acadia Night Sky – Mount Desert, ME |
| Sep 22 Sep 25 |
Blackwater Falls Astronomy Weekend www.kvas.org |
Kanawha Valley Astronomical Soc. Blackwater Falls State – Park Davis, WV |
| Sep 23 Oct 2 |
ASNNE’s Starfest www.asnne.org |
Astro. Soc. of Northern New England – Kennebunk, ME |
| Sep 24 Oct 2 |
Okie-Tex Star Party www.okie-tex.com |
Oklahoma City Astronomy Club – Camp Billy Joe, OK |
| Sep 25 Oct 2 |
Peach State Star Gaze atlantaastronomy.org/pssg |
Atlanta Astronomy Club – Sharon, GA |
| Sep 29 Oct 2 |
Great Lakes Star Gaze www.greatlakesstargaze.com |
Great Lakes Star Gaze – Gladwin, MI |
| Sep 30 Oct 2 |
Hidden Hollow 2016 wro.org/?page_id=7 |
Warren Rupp Observatory – Bellville, OH |
| Sep 30 Oct 2 |
2016 Fall Bootleg Star Party bootlegastronomy.com |
Bootleg Astronomers – Harmon, IL |
| Sep 30 Oct 2 |
Connecticut Star Party www.asnh.org |
The Astro. Soc. of New Haven – Goshen, CT |
| Oct 7 Oct 8 |
Kopernik AstroFest kopernikastro.org/astrofest/ |
Kopernik Astronomical Society – Vestal, NY |
| Oct 23 Oct 30 |
Chiefland Star Party www.chieflandastronomy.com |
Chiefland Astronomy – Chiefland, FL |
| Oct 24 Oct 29 |
Eldorado Star Party eldoradostarparty.org |
Austin Astro. Soc. San Antonio Astro. Association and Hill Country Astronomers – Eldorado, TX |
| Oct 25 Oct 30 |
Deep South Regional Star Gaze XXXIV www.stargazing.net/dsrsg/ |
Deep South Regional Star Gaze – Norwood, LA |
| Oct 26 Oct 29 |
Enchanted Skies Star Party enchantedskies.org |
Magdalena Chamber of Commerce – Magdalena, NM |
| Oct 27 Oct 30 |
Nightfall Star Party nightfallstarparty.com |
Nightfall Star Party & Imaging Conference – Borrego Springs, CA |
Pending Events For 2016 Are Below, Including The 2015 Dates
| Start & End Dates |
Event & Website | Organizer & Location |
| Feb 16 |
Cedar Key Star Party www.floridastateparks.org/park/Cedar-Key-Museumwww.parkplaceincedarkey.com/Events.html |
Cedar Key Museum State Park – Cedar Key, FL |
| Mar 7 |
Tri Star 2016 www.gtcc.edu/observatory/tristar.aspx |
Guilford Technical Community College – Jamestown, NC |
| Mar 28 |
International Sidewalk Astronomy Night (ISAN) 8 www.sidewalkastronomers.us/ |
The Sidewalk Astronomers Global |
| Apr 16 Apr 19 |
Zombie Star Gaze atlantaastronomy.org |
Atlanta Astronomy Club – Atlanta, GA |
| Jun 18 Jun 21 |
South Dakota Star Party www.sdsp.org |
Tri-State Astro. Soc. – Wally’s Corner, SD |
| Jul 15 Jul 19 |
Mason Dixon Star Party www.masondixonstarparty.org |
York County Astro. Soc. – Wellsville, PA |
| Sep 4 Sep 6 |
Arunah Hill Days www.arunah.org/calendar.htm |
Arunah Hill Natural Science Center Inc. – Cummington, MA |
About This Document
This document is based on an original survey by the godfather of solar observing, Barlow Bob (Robert Godfrey, deceased 2014), was compiled and maintained jointly by Barlow Bob and Chuck Higgins (Mohawk Valley Astronomical Society, mvas-ny.org), and is now c’ed + m’ed by Damian Allis (CNY Observers, cnyo.org).
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 and beyond? Please contact Damian Allis (info@cnyo.org). 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 can be found at: www.cnyo.org/2016-u-s-star-parties-and-astro-events/
