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 2020 Star Parties *Tri*Star* - The Triad StarFest March 7, 2020 Hosted by the Greensboro Astronomy Club and the Cline Observatory. Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, North Carolina. April 2020 Star Parties Annual Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAIC) Astro-Imaging Conference April 2 - 3, 2020 Sponsored by the Rockland Astronomy Club. Rockland Community College - Suffern, New York. 29th Annual Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) & Solar Star Party April 4 - 5, 2020 Sponsored by the Rockland Astronomy Club. Rockland Community College - Suffern, New York. South Jersey Astronomy Club Spring Star Party April 23 - 26, 2020 Sponsored by the South Jersey Astronomy Club. Belleplain State Forest, near Woodbine, New Jersey. May 2020 Star Parties Cherry Springs Star Party June 18 - 21, 2020 Presented by the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA. Cherry Springs State Park, Coudersport, Pennsylvania. June 2020 Star Parties Grand Canyon Star Party - North Rim June 13 - 20, 2020 Held in conjunction with the star party on the south rim. Sponsored by the Saguaro Astronomy Club of Phoenix. Grand Canyon Star Party - South Rim June 13 - 20, 2020 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 XVII June 17 - 20, 2020 National Radio Observatory, Green Bank, West Virginia. July 2020 Star Parties August 2020 Star Parties Stellafane Convention August 13 - 16, 2020 The 84th 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, 2020 Sponsored by the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club. Held at The Mountain Institute's Spruce Knob Mountain Center in Circleville, West Virginia. Rockland Astronomy Club Summer Star Party August 14 - 23, 2020 Sponsored by the Rockland Astronomy Club. Peppermint Park Camping Resort, 169 Grant Street, Plainfield, Massachusetts. September 2020 Star Parties Connecticut River Valley Astronomers Conjunction September 11 - 13, 2020 The 37th annual convention held at the Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environment Center, Northfield, Massachusetts. Black Forest Star Party September 18 - 23, 2020 Sponsored by the Central Pennsylvania Observers. Cherry Springs State Park, Coudersport, Pennsylvania. October 2020 Star Parties South Jersey Astronomy Club Fall Star Party October 15 - 18, 2020 Sponsored by the South Jersey Astronomy Club. Held at Belleplain State Forest, Woodbine, New Jersey.