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2024 Cherry Springs Star Party

Started by Jim Davis , Mar 06 2024 09:53 PM

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#1 Jim Davis

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Posted 06 March 2024 - 09:53 PM

Registration for the 2024 Cherry Springs Star Party, 6 to 9 June, will open on March 18th at 4pm Eastern. Link to the Eventbrite event will be posted here when available.

Edited by Jim Davis, 07 March 2024 - 02:48 PM.

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#2 Rotciv.greene

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Posted 07 March 2024 - 12:52 PM

I’m assuming the dates are June 7th through the 9th?

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#3 Richie2shoes

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Posted 07 March 2024 - 01:36 PM

I’m assuming the dates are June 7th through the 9th?

6/6/2024 - 6/9/2024

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#4 Jim Davis

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Posted 07 March 2024 - 02:48 PM

Correct, 6-9 June. Info can be found at www.CherrySprings.org.

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Posted 11 March 2024 - 05:57 AM

Now that I am permanently ensconced in the Buckeye State, only 3 hours away, you may be seeing more of me than your sanity can bear.

See you in June!

Dave Read

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#6 Jim Davis

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Posted 17 March 2024 - 02:44 PM

Here is the EventBrite link. Sales start at 4pm March 18th.

https://www.eventbri...ts-864677251937

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#7 George N

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 09:40 AM

Here is the EventBrite link. Sales start at 4pm March 18th.

https://www.eventbri...ts-864677251937

I'll try to remember!

.....somehow my mind is occupied with thoughts of a certain day in early April -- and hoping for no blizzards in the Adirondacks...... "may the moon block yer sun!"

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#8 Rotciv.greene

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 11:54 AM

Locked and loaded ready to go!

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#9 coldzero

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 03:06 PM

Got my tickets! Can't wait, had a fun time last year.

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#10 Jim Davis

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 03:14 PM

Tickets are going extremely fast.

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 03:57 PM

55 minutes in and they appear to be all gone. Guess I'm not going, after all...

Any suggestions for other star parties?

Edited by bobclark86, 18 March 2024 - 04:00 PM.

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#12 dawnpatrol

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 04:01 PM

Tickets are going extremely fast.

That's an understatement.

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 04:03 PM

55 minutes in and they appear to be all gone. Guess I'm not going, after all...

Any suggestions for other star parties?

Black Forest Star Party which is in September, also at Cherry Springs. Last year was great! Sorry to see you didn’t get a ticket. I can’t believe they sold out that fast.

Edited by Rotciv.greene, 18 March 2024 - 04:04 PM.

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#14 Rich_W

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 04:04 PM

Got two. Whew. felt like I was buying Rolling Stones tickets.

I was getting an "unavailable" notice at 4:50 pm and thought I was out of luck but kept trying and a couple minutes later I could get through.

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#15 Chuck99

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 04:10 PM

Looks like I missed getting the two tickets I needed as well. I tried at 4:55 PM. If anyone changes their mind about going, let me know. I'll need two tickets. Thank you.

Chuck

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#16 Jim Davis

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 04:14 PM

Sold out in less than an hour. Last year it took 2 1/2 days.

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 04:18 PM

No surprise. It's one of the last remaining dark sky sites east of the Mississippi.

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#18 GKlein

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 04:25 PM

Less than an hour to sell out! Wow, unbelievable! I also missed out and will be looking for anyone whos situation changes and wants to sell their ticket. Please let me know.

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 05:09 PM

I used to go but driving 6 hours for sucker holes got tiring. I'm glad they sold out before I made a late night decision I'd regret. I'll do Black Forest though. A much better event.

Brian

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#20 Ac2aj

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 05:19 PM

I know a few people that by 2 tickets each every year but never go. They buy them just in case. I'm sure a lot of people do it. I wonder how many actually check in versus how many registered. Then you have the people that don't register and go early that fall through the cracks. I guess it evens out.

Brian

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#21 Jim Davis

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 06:17 PM

I used to go but driving 6 hours for sucker holes got tiring. I'm glad they sold out before I made a late night decision I'd regret. I'll do Black Forest though. A much better event.

Brian

Be ready to order. They sold out in a day last year.

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#22 Mike Q

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 06:29 PM

Now that I am permanently ensconced in the Buckeye State, only 3 hours away, you may be seeing more of me than your sanity can bear.

See you in June!

Dave Read

Wouldn't it be nice if we could pull something off like that here in Ohio?

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#23 JimB1

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 06:34 PM

I couldn’t go this year anyway, just starting a new job, but 55 min, wow! That has to be some kind of record…

-Jim

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#24 Jim Davis

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Posted 18 March 2024 - 06:59 PM

I couldn’t go this year anyway, just starting a new job, but 55 min, wow! That has to be some kind of record…

-Jim

Yes. We sold out in 2 1/2 days last year. Black Forest sold out in less than a day. But this year was just mad. We used to not sell out at all. It has just became way to popular.