Hello All! We are getting ready for a 20th Anniversary AHSP this next year at Spruce Knob Mountain Center with our partners Experience Learning. Look for an announcement post from us around the beginning of May to kick off the beginning of registration for AHSP 2026. This event will be 7 full days with [...]
The Night Owl Star Party registration is live! This May time event at Spruce Knob started during COVID and is the barebones sister star party to our late summer AHSP. The core is still the same which is camping, food, facilities and observing. We basically save the outdoor and astronomy events and talks for [...]
Fastest Sellout Yet! Email info@ahsp.org if you have any questions. Please join us at Experience Learning's Spruce Knob Mountain Center to partake in the darkest skies on the East Coast from August 18 - 22, 2023. We will have all the usual events at our seventeenth AHSP! The event will sellout fast so don't delay [...]
We have run a prize giveaway every year at AHSP and it is has had some very memorable moments from excited attendees winners and AHSP 2023 was another great year for our giveaway. We want to take a few minutes to recognize the continued amazing support and prizes we have received for AHSP from our [...]
As many of you may know while Almost Heaven Star Party (AHSP) in its full capacity wasn't possible in 2021 Experience Learning ran a bare bones Star Party in its stead. The Night Owl Star Party (NOSP) is back now in the rotation permanently as well as a Spring Star Party option for people that [...]
The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness was published June 10, 2016 by Falchi, et al. The dynamic map produced by this study can be found here. It shows that Spruce Knob continues to be in the darkest area of the mid-Atlantic region. Revised July 25, 2016
It is with tremendous sadness that we announce NOVAC has lost one of our most beloved members and shining stars of our club due to heart failure on March 10, 2015. Phil has been a NOVAC member since 2002, in that time he has done so much to carry the torch for the club in [...]
The following notes are updates from the Registrant Newsletters sent out in previous years (updated Aug 9, 2022). There have been minimal changes, so most of the suggestions remain the same. Some highlights A limited number of folks can stay overnight to take part in their own radio astronomy observations with the 40 ft. telescope. [...]
Here are the latest Site Maps and overhead aerial views we have done up for AHSP. Enjoy them and leave comments below if you have questions on the layout or where something might be located. TMI Yurt, Dorms and Shower/Restroom area drawing - Updated August 26, 2016 AHSP Site Map (pdf) - Updated August 2022 Aerial view of [...]
