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  • Blog Post: On the road: Tucson Star Party 2013

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  • Blog Post: Big “Astronomy” Tucson Star Party fast approaching!

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  • Blog Post: A Super Bowl Star Party!

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  • Blog Post: Join us in Tucson for a major star party event

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  • Blog Post: On the road: Great success in New York City

    [caption image="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-72-Star+parties/3808.Sheep_2D00_Meadow_2D00_at_2D00_dusk.jpg" position="right"]Night falls in Central Park with the Moon shining above buildings. //Credit: David J. Eicher[/caption]On...
  • Blog Post: On the road: New York City Starfest

    [caption image="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-72-Star+parties/4621.Sheep_2D00_Meadow.jpg" position="right"]Central Park's Sheep Meadow. // Credit: Charles Smith[/caption]Tomorrow morning, Senior Editor Rich Talcott and I will meet...
  • Blog Post: "Astronomy" New York City event coming up!

    [caption image="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-72-Star+parties-Greek+National+Amateur+Astronomers/0624.Greek_2D00_amateur_2D00_astronomers_5F00_1.jpg" position="right"]The Milky Way looms overhead. // Credit: Panagiotis Katsichtis...
  • Blog Post: "Astronomy" to guest at Starfest in New York City’s Central Park!

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  • Blog Post: On the road: Chabot Observatory Star Party, Day 2

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  • Blog Post: On the road: Chabot Observatory Star Party, Day 1

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  • Blog Post: On the road: Chabot Observatory Star Party

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  • Blog Post: Join us next week in the Bay Area for a major star party!

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  • Blog Post: "Astronomy" to guest at major New York City Central Park star party!

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  • Blog Post: Guest blog: Cherry Springs Star Party 2012, by Chuck Jennings

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  • Blog Post: Volunteers still needed for Philadelphia Science Festival Astronomy Night!

    On April 27, 2012, Philadelphia will be looking toward the stars! Astronomy Night during the Philadelphia Science Festival will feature more than 22 star parties, taking place at universities, museums, recreation and community centers, and even two burial grounds! With stargazing sites in neighborhoods...
  • Blog Post: BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Star party guidance from the Astronomy Foundation

    Most of you know that the Astronomy Foundation (AF), the telescope industry trade organization created several years ago, promotes amateur astronomy outreach in a variety of ways. Now it offers two important documents for astronomy clubs and groups to help them put on star parties, whether they be sidewalk...
  • Blog Post: Florida's upcoming "Discover the Universe" star party

    Welcome to Friday! Let’s hope that none of us is hit by pieces of an infalling satellite today. I want to let you know about a major star party event coming in 2 weeks that is being put on by Astronomy magazine Contributing Editor Mike Reynolds and his team of folks at Florida State College. Sponsored...
  • Blog Post: Astronomy at the Beach: A model skygazing outreach event

    Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of being asked to come to Astronomy at the Beach near Detroit, Michigan, the 15th annual public star party put on by seven different astronomy clubs in the metro area. Despite the fact that I was in Green Bay for the Packers-Saints game on Thursday night (and arrived...
  • Blog Post: On the road: Astronomy at the Beach

    For the 15th year in a row this weekend, the seven astronomy clubs in the Detroit, Michigan, metro area are sponsoring Astronomy at the Beach, an observing event held at Maple Beach at the Kensington Metropark near Brighton, Michigan, northwest of the city. It will feature nighttime observing, solar...