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  Star Parties August 2009
 
 

Stellafane Star Party
August 5-8, 2010

On August 17, 1920, fifteen men and one one women signed up to lean how to grind their own mirrors from instructor Russell W. Porter in Springfield, Vermont.  After successfully completing their telescopes and using them for a while to explore the wonders of the universe the men decided to build a hilltop observatory and form an official club.  On December 7, 1923 the first official meeting of the Springfield Telescope Makers, Inc. was held. Their clubhouse, Stellafane, was completed soon after.
Oregon Star Party
August 19-23, 2009

The Oregon Star Party operates under a Special Use Permit on the Ochoco National Forest. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. The site is located on primitive and undeveloped Forest Service land, approximately one hour’s traveling time east of Prineville, Oregon, which is the nearest location for medical facilities, supplies, and gas.

Mt. Kobau Star Party
August 19-23, 2009

Annual, week long gathering, held in British Columbia in late August. Open to diehard and beginner dark sky observers.
LVAAS Megga Meet
Friday, 08/21/09 - Sunday, 08/23/0
Pulpit Tock, Lenhartsville, PA

MEGAMEET is a PA regional amateur club observing event sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society. MEGAMEET will take place at the 1600 foot summit of Pulpit Rock on Blue Mountain, north of Hamburg, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles west of Allentown.
Astroblast
August 18 - 23
Franklin, PA

ASTROBLAST is an annual event, first held in June 1994, by the Oil Region Astronomical Society. Our organization is blessed with a remote "dark sky" site located far from the light pollution of large urban areas. The event is held in a large field surrounding our observatory in the Lockwood Campground at Venango County's Two Mile Run Park, near Franklin, Pennsylvania.
 
 
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