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ASTRO: Cherry Springs State Park
Cherry Springs State Park is Pennsylvania's only "astronomy park". Very
remote, with very dark sky. However, it does have AC power on the observing field, water, and two domes and a roll-off available for rental (BYO scopes). They plan on putting in flush toilets, a classroom, and a planetarium this fall. The state runs astronomy programs on Saturday evenings. This is the home of the CSSP each spring and the Black Forest Star Party each fall. The total capacity is about 500 people on the observing field. It costs $4 per night to camp/observe here and there is another small fee for AC power use. There's a pay phone across the road - cell phones don't work here. The pic shows some apple trees in the forested section of the park. I'll try and post a few more pic's from CSSP in a few days. George N |
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ASTRO: Cherry Springs State Park
George very nice pictures thx for sharing,
unfortunetly we don't have these kind of meetings here in holland.but i sure like to attend one! Perhaps when i am in your country when i visit one of my (airline) vendor meetings :-) reg Dirk "George Normandin" wrote in message ... Cherry Springs State Park is Pennsylvania's only "astronomy park". Very remote, with very dark sky. However, it does have AC power on the observing field, water, and two domes and a roll-off available for rental (BYO scopes). They plan on putting in flush toilets, a classroom, and a planetarium this fall. The state runs astronomy programs on Saturday evenings. This is the home of the CSSP each spring and the Black Forest Star Party each fall. The total capacity is about 500 people on the observing field. It costs $4 per night to camp/observe here and there is another small fee for AC power use. There's a pay phone across the road - cell phones don't work here. The pic shows some apple trees in the forested section of the park. I'll try and post a few more pic's from CSSP in a few days. George N |
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ASTRO: Cherry Springs State Park
"D van den H" wrote ... George very nice pictures thx for sharing, unfortunetly we don't have these kind of meetings here in holland.but i sure like to attend one! Perhaps when i am in your country when i visit one of my (airline) vendor meetings :-) reg Dirk, I've seen in Sky & Telescope that some guys from Germany go to a remote hotel in South Africa that is set up for astronomy. Dark southern sky! They folks there would probably even speak some form of Dutch. Of the star parties in the USA I would bet the two best to visit would be the Texas Star Party and the Winter Star Party in the Florida Keys. George N |
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