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This thread is intended to be an ongoing list of 2007 star parties and events (open houses, expos, etc.) by date, with links to the parties/events websites for more information. Our hope is that you'll find an event you didn't know about near you to attend, meet new friends and old friends, and most of all -- have fun!
If you'd like to have a star party or event added, or see something that needs changing, please PM me with the relevant information (website preferred)!
2007
January
February
March
April
May
June
- 9 - Mt. St. Helens Star Party 4 (CN thread) (near Mt. St. Helens Visitors Center in Washington)
- 9-16 - Grand Canyon Star Party (website) (near Flagstaff, AZ)
- 12-17 - Heart of America Star Party (website) (near Kansas City, KS/MO)
- 13-16 - Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival (website) (Bryce Canyon National Park, UT)
- 14-16 - Prineville Reservoir Star Party (website) and (CN thread) (Prineville, OR)
- 14-17 - Rocky Mountain Star Stare (website) (near Colorado Springs, CO)
- 15-16 - Apollo Rendezvous (website) (Dayton, OH)
- 15-17 - Buck-Eye on the Sky (CN thread) (Lodi, OH)
- 15-17 - Colorado West Star Party (website) (near Grand Junction, CO)
- 15-17 - North Dakota Star Party (website) (near Bismarck, ND)
- 15-17 - AOS StarFest (website) (Roxbury, NY)
July
August
- 8-12 - Mt. Bachelor Star Party (website) (near Bend, OR)
- 9-11 - Weekend Under the Stars (website) (near Laramie, WY)
- 9-12 - Almost Heaven Star Party (website) (Spruce Knob, WVa)
- 9-12 - Saskatchewan Summer Star Party (website) (Cypress Hills Inter-provincial Park, Saskatchewan, Canada)
- 9-13 - Starfest 2007 (website) (Ayton, Ontario, Canada)
- 10-11 - Stellafane Convention (website) (Springfield, VT)
- 10-11 - Deception Pass Star Party (website) (Bowman Bay, Deception Pass, WA)
- 10-19 - Summer Star Party (website) (Savoy, MA)
- 11-19 - Mt. Kobau Star Party (website) (near Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada)
- 16-19 - Oregon Star Party (website) (near Prineville, OR)
- 17-19 - Montana Starwatch 2007 (website) (Harley Park, MT)
September
- 6-9 - Alberta Star Party (website) (near Caroline, Alberta, Canada)
- 10-20 - Autumn Equinox Sky Camp (website) (Norfolk, UK)
- 13-16 - Prairie Skies Star Party (website) (near Bourbonnais IL)
- 13-16 - Great Lakes Star Gaze (website) (Gladwin, MI)
- 13-16 - Illinois Dark Skies Star Party (website) (near Springfield, IL)
- 14-15 - Mt. St. Helen's Star Party 5 (CN thread) (near Mt. St. Helens Visitors Center in Washington)
- 14-15 - Orion Nebula Star Party (website) (Table Mountain, near Ellensburg, WA)
- 14-16 - Black Forest Star Party (website) (near Coudersport, PA)
- 14-16 - Tennessee Star Party (website) (Lynchburg, TN)
- 28-30 - East Coast Conference on Astronomical Imaging (website) (Philadelphia, PA)
October
- 5-6 - White Sands Star Party (website) (Alamogordo/White Sands, NM)
- 5-7 - Whirlpool Star Party (website) (Birr, Co Offaly, Ireland)
- 6-14 - Okie-Tex Star Party (website) (near Kenton, OK)
- 7-14 - Peach State Star Gaze (website) (Deerlick Astronomy Village near Sharon, GA; new location)
- 8-14 - Mid-Atlantic Star Party (website) (near Robbins, NC)
- 10-13 - Eldorado Star Party (website) (near Eldorado, TX)
- 10-13 - Enchanted Skies Star Party (website) (Socorro, NM)
- 10-14 - Kielder Forest Autumn Star Camp (website) (Northumberland, UK)
- 11-14 - CalStar (website) (Lake San Antonio, CA)
- 11-14 - ICSTARS Star Party (website) (near Warrensburg, MO)
- 11-14 - IceInSpace AstroCamp (website) (Lostock, NSW, Australia)
- 12-14 - All Arizona Star Party (website) (near Arizona City, AZ)
- 12-14 - StarQuest (website) (Hope, NJ) (was in summer in prior years)
- 12-14 - Hidden Hollow (website) (Warren Rupp Observatory, near Cleveland, OH)
November
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Y'all may have noticed that dates are beginning to fill in on the 2007 calendar as event planners get their websites updated or folks PM me with info. If you have definite data on any events not shown here, please feel free to PM me!
In the meantime, since all of the 2006 events that were listed have wrapped up, that thread has now been unpinned. Fear not, friends; if you want to refer back to the 2006 star party calendar for any reason, you can find it here: 2006 Star Parties and Events
A joyous and clear-sky-filled, star-partying 2007 to us all!
-------------------- Steph
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Several more dates have been filled in, and there's a new February Florida star party added to the list -- check things out if you haven't lately!
-------------------- Steph
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More new dates and new info filled in on the 2007 list! Among other things, Cherry Springs is in May instead of June, Peach State has moved to a new location, and StarQuest in New Jersey has moved to October from summer. I hope a lot of folks will get the chance to attend a big star party this year!
-------------------- Steph
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The 2007 Star Party season is getting in gear now! The list above has been updated with a few new entries, and also some new dates that were finally posted for other parties. Get out there to a star party near you, whether a big one listed here or a smaller one with a local club, either way you'll have a great time! 
I'm headed to Texas Star Party myself at the end of next week!
-------------------- Steph
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The major June parties are done, but July through November still have plenty of fun awaiting YOU! Yes, that's right, YOU! Check out a star party near you this summer (or winter, for our southern hemisphere friends ); registration should still be open for all or most of the big ones listed above, and if there's an astronomy club local to you, they'll almost surely be having public and private observing nights throughout the summer. Or find some CN'ers in your area and get together with them (start a thread in this forum to find 'em!). Observing on your own is fun, but observing with others can be even better. 
Clear skies to us all!
-------------------- Steph
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The year is ticking to a close, but there are still plenty of star parties left for this month -- many this weekend! -- and October, and a couple in November. If there's one near you, I encourage you to attend if you can. You'll likely have a fabulous time!
-------------------- Steph
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