Event

The 35th annual Southern Star will be held May 2-5 at Wild Acres Retreat near Spruce Pine, NC.  Southern Star is the premier astronomical conference on the east coast, bringing together amateur astronomers from Georgia, Tennessee, Virgina and both of the Carolinas. The conference opens at 4 PM on May 2, with the first of 8 scheduled talks beginning after dinner. The talks this year feature a mix of history and research and feature speakers exclusively from North Carolina this year. The conference concludes on Sunday morning, May 5th at the conclusion of a Q&A session with this year’s speakers..

Go to our website, https://charlotteastronomers.org/southern-star/ and click on the registration tab. Register early to guarranty a seat at this great event.

Come join us for 4 days and 3 nights of friendship, fellowship, great speakers and (hopefully) star gazing.

 

Date: Thursday, May 2 - Sunday, May 5, 2024

Time: 4 p.m. - 11 a.m. Eastern

Location: Wildacres
1565 Wild Acres Rd
Little Switzerland, NC 28749

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