Star Parties & "Nights Out" The Chester County Astronomical Society offers "nights out" to interested organizations including local schools, scouting groups, and other civic groups for the purpose of learning more about the heavens. For example, scouting groups often hold them to earn badges for their members. If your organization is interested in hosting a Night Out, please contact our coordinator, Don Knabb. Star Parties are similar to our "Nights Out" but are open to the public and are organized at the national and regional level. Listed below are upcoming star parties; click on the star party title for more information directly from their website. March 2015 Star Parties Triad StarFest (*Tri*Star*) March 7, 2015 Hosted by the Greensboro Astronomy Club and the Cline Observatory. Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, North Carolina. 15th Annual Mid-Atlantic Mirror Making Seminar March 19 - 22, 2015 Sponsored by Delmarava Star Gazers at the Mallard Lodge in Smyrna, DE. April 2015 Star Parties 24th Annual Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) & Telescope Show April 16 - 17, 2015 Sponsored by the Rockland Astronomy Club. Rockland Community College - Suffern, New York. South Jersey Astronomy Club Spring Star Party April 16 - 19, 2015 Sponsored by the South Jersey Astronomy Club. Belleplain State Forest, near Woodbine, New Jersey. 24th Annual Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) & Solar Star Party April 18 - 19, 2015 Sponsored by the Rockland Astronomy Club. Rockland Community College - Suffern, New York. May 2015 Star Parties Spring Star Gaze May 14 - 17, 2015 21st Annual Delmarva Star Gaze at Trap Pond State Park, near Laurel, DE. 10th Annual Tennessee Spring Star Party May 15 - 17, 2015 Sponsored by the Cumberland Astronomical Society. Fall Creek Falls State Park, Pikeville, Tennessee. June 2015 Star Parties Cherry Springs Star Party June 11 - 14, 2015 Presented by the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg, PA. Cherry Springs State Park, Coudersport, Pennsylvania. 2015 Grand Canyon Star Party - North Rim June 13 - 20, 2015 Held in conjunction with the star party on the south rim. Sponsored by the Saguaro Astronomy Club of Phoenix. Grand Canyon Star Party (GCSP). June 13 - 20, 2015 Held on the South Rim in northern Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park. For eight days in June, park visitors will explore the wonders of the night sky with the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association. Green Bank Star Quest 12 June 17 - 20, 2015 National Radio Observatory, Green Bank, West Virginia. July 2015 Star Parties Connecticut River Valley Astronomers Conjunction July 10 - 12, 2015 The 33rd annual convention held at the Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environment Center, Northfield, Massachusetts. Mason-Dixon Summer Star Party July 15 - 19, 2015 Sponsored by the York County Astronomical Society. Located on a private grass strip airport at 380 Kralltown Road, near Wellsville, Pennsylvania. August 2015 Star Parties Rockland Astronomy Club Summer Star Party August 7 - 16, 2015 Sponsored by the Rockland Astronomy Club. Peppermint Park Camping Resort, 169 Grant Street, Plainfield, Massachusetts. Stellafane Convention August 13 - 16, 2015 The 80th Convention of Amateur Telescope Makers on Breezy Hill in Springfield, Vermont. Sponsored by the Springfield Telescope Makers, Inc. Almost Heaven Star Party August 14 - 18, 2015 Sponsored by the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club. Held at The Mountain Institute's Spruce Knob Mountain Center in Circleville, West Virginia. September 2015 Star Parties Black Forest Star Party September 11 - 13, 2015 Sponsored by the Central Pennsylvania Observers. Cherry Springs State Park, Coudersport, Pennsylvania. October 2015 Star Parties South Jersey Astronomy Club Fall Star Party October 8 - 11, 2015 Sponsored by the South Jersey Astronomy Club. Belleplain State Forest, near Woodbine, New Jersey.