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About York County Star Party
Your friendly neighborhood Star Party
Note the New Location: Wizard Ranch - New Birth of Freedom Council, Boy Scouts of America
1060 Acomac Rd, York PA 17406
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The Event
The York County Star Party (YCSP) is an annual dark-sky amateur astronomy observing event. Held every year around July and it lasts four fun filled days and nights,
2018 dates - YCSP star party begins Wednesday, July 11 noon and ends Sunday, July 15 at noon.
ABOUT THIS YEAR'S DATES--PLEASE NOTE: Last year, 2017, with less than optimal observing for Saturday night, we completed talks and activities by dinnertime Saturday, and many people chose to head home after the raffle drawing and dinner. I am planning to repeat that scenario for those who wish to make holiday weekend plans. If the weather is cooperating, anyone wishing to come early or stay for the weekend is welcome but please contact me - Phil DeRosa - starpartyphil@comcast.net in advance. Busy Bee will not be available for meals for Sunday or Monday or on any extra days.
PLEASE join YCSP Yahoo group where you can meet most participants, and stay up-to-date on current info. To join YCSP Yahoo Group click here or copy paste this link into your browser: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/YCSP/info
The York County Star Party (YCSP) is an annual dark-sky amateur astronomy observing event. Held every year around July and it lasts four fun filled days and nights,
2018 dates - YCSP star party begins Wednesday, July 11 noon and ends Sunday, July 15 at noon.
ABOUT THIS YEAR'S DATES--PLEASE NOTE: Last year, 2017, with less than optimal observing for Saturday night, we completed talks and activities by dinnertime Saturday, and many people chose to head home after the raffle drawing and dinner. I am planning to repeat that scenario for those who wish to make holiday weekend plans. If the weather is cooperating, anyone wishing to come early or stay for the weekend is welcome but please contact me - Phil DeRosa - starpartyphil@comcast.net in advance. Busy Bee will not be available for meals for Sunday or Monday or on any extra days.
PLEASE join YCSP Yahoo group where you can meet most participants, and stay up-to-date on current info. To join YCSP Yahoo Group click here or copy paste this link into your browser: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/YCSP/info
Site Location:
2018 Star Party has started - see photo above.
New location - Wizard Ranch - New Birth of Freedom Council, BSA - Boy Scouts of America and a fairly dark sky location as you see in the photo above. The location is off US 30, North East of York, between York and Lancaster PA. It is, as before, convenient to many mid-Atlantic cities including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, NOVA and Washington DC. Seeing is better than the old site and sometimes excellent. Light pollution is not a serious issue. You can see the majestic milky-way quite well.
YCSP observing site is at Wizard Ranch - BSA, 1060 Acomac Road
York, PA 17406.
Click goo.gl/maps/B5Z1MfPP1Wx to open in Google Maps
GPS: Latitude: 40.0371139 Longitude: -76.5705677
Star Party contact: 717-891-8380 or email starpartyphil@comcast.net.
Directions
You can Google "Wizard Ranch BSA" or "New Birth of Freedom"
Additionally there will be a number of signs to YCSP, posted along the US 30 and later on to guide you to the site.
(PLEASE REFER TO GOOGLE MAPS LINK ABOVE)
Facilities
This site is very flat and you can view sky horizon to horizon. Situated at an elevation of 154 m above msl, the field is very flat, pitch your tent or your camper. The site has hard packed turf with good run-off and mud is not a problem.
Cell phone coverage is fair and depends on your carrier.
Busybee has been the catering vendor, and offers an excellent menu at reasonable prices.
Please also read "Rules and FAQ's" Page for more details.
2018 Star Party has started - see photo above.
New location - Wizard Ranch - New Birth of Freedom Council, BSA - Boy Scouts of America and a fairly dark sky location as you see in the photo above. The location is off US 30, North East of York, between York and Lancaster PA. It is, as before, convenient to many mid-Atlantic cities including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, NOVA and Washington DC. Seeing is better than the old site and sometimes excellent. Light pollution is not a serious issue. You can see the majestic milky-way quite well.
YCSP observing site is at Wizard Ranch - BSA, 1060 Acomac Road
York, PA 17406.
Click goo.gl/maps/B5Z1MfPP1Wx to open in Google Maps
GPS: Latitude: 40.0371139 Longitude: -76.5705677
Star Party contact: 717-891-8380 or email starpartyphil@comcast.net.
Directions
You can Google "Wizard Ranch BSA" or "New Birth of Freedom"
Additionally there will be a number of signs to YCSP, posted along the US 30 and later on to guide you to the site.
(PLEASE REFER TO GOOGLE MAPS LINK ABOVE)
Facilities
This site is very flat and you can view sky horizon to horizon. Situated at an elevation of 154 m above msl, the field is very flat, pitch your tent or your camper. The site has hard packed turf with good run-off and mud is not a problem.
Cell phone coverage is fair and depends on your carrier.
Busybee has been the catering vendor, and offers an excellent menu at reasonable prices.
Please also read "Rules and FAQ's" Page for more details.