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The Enchanted Skies Star Party


September 24-27, 2008
One of America's Leading Star Parties

The Enchanted Skies Star Party offers several exciting features, including a unique opportunity for a night of observing at an elevation of 10,000 feet. We'll continue our decade-long tradition of presenting outstanding lectures by leading professional and amateur astronomers, and we'll gather on Saturday night for an evening of great food, Southwestern entertainment and excellent, dark-sky observing.

The Enchanted Skies Star Party promises to be one of the premier astronomical highlights of the year. We know you'll want to share this excitement with your friends.

A Huge Lineup of Exciting Events

Outstanding Observing

Lectures and Special Tours

Prizes You'll Want to Win



Stargazing Under Enchanted Skies

"Make no mistake about it -- the skies are wonderful. Hot, dry, days make for clear, steady skies, and ESSP participants cheerfully brag of spotting 7th-magnitude stars from the campsite at Pound Ranch. After dinner, when the clouds had cleared and the Moon had set, the Milky Way glowed overhead like a giant storm cloud."

Carolyn Collins Peterson
Sky & Telescope, February 2001



The Enchanted Skies Star Party is sponsored by the New Mexico Tech Astronomy Club, the Socorro County Chamber of Commerce, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the City of Socorro, New Mexico Tech, and the Bureau of Land Management.