I went to a STAR PARTY!

[@BLastrophoto]

What an incredible time and those beautiful skies never disappoint! It was awesome meeting you dude. Can’t wait for the next trip there! Awesome video and amazing photo!

[@CyricFTW]

KZbinr astrophotographers are incredibly nice people. Nico is being the king. It's like there is a secret code that if you want to be an astrophotographer and a youtuber, you first need to be super nice.

[@MissileGuidance]

I totally agree 👍🏼

[@SirJokerX]

Definitely!

[@jamiboothe]

Being nice is a good lubrication into any field.

[@RodrigoPolo]

Is there any webpage of this club? I'm from Guatemala and I'm planing to travel to Texas for the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse, and looking for astrophotography clubs in the area :S

[@mattcostanza]

Incredible video Trevor! It was awesome meeting you in person! Thank you for the mention in the video too! I’m honored! 🙏

[@AstroBackyard]

You too, man!! Let's do it again in the future

[@mattcostanza]

@@AstroBackyard Sounds good Trevor!

[@RazorChrist]

6:10 That wood panel newtonian is gorgeous! I'm still waiting for my local club to start up star parties again. We've been drenched in rain for nearly two months so far. Kinda missing the clear winter right now. It was cold, but at least I had clear skies almost every night.

[@BlackRain_]

Well done for getting off the internet and into the real world with people. We all need to do more of this.

[@RupeshVarghese]

This was definitely a great star party to be at!

[@AstroBackyard]

Great meeting you dude! Did you subscribe yet? 😄

[@BLastrophoto]

LOOOL

[@timetorepentpa4705]

@@keeplookingup911 vhosree ke like kar🤣🤣

[@keeplookingup911]

Can't escape an Indian 😁

[@3DAstroTC]

It was great to finally meet you both! Until next year!

[@AstroBackyard]

Great meeting you too man!!

[@Ohmy1956]

Be thankful that you can go to these events. And keep the awesome videos going

[@StargazerFS128]

The star party videos you make are my favourites, something about everyone gathered with telescopes everywhere is like the perfect setting.

[@stephenpalmer7281]

Great video and tribute to an amazing event. This was my first star party and time in dark skies. On Thursday night I was also up around 2:30am when it finally cleared, and after viewing with the dob for just a few minutes, I thought, it’s already been worth the 6 hour drive. Can not wait to get back there.

[@Crypticdragon1]

Thank you so much for all the content you make! Ive been following your site for a couple months now, doing my best to learn from your advice.

[@willrothfuss8470]

Very nice video, Trevor. I came by and said hello at Cherry Springs. I am the guy with the Canadian girlfriend who spent summers with her grandparents in St Catherines. I'll show her your video and some stills from it so she can see what I am doing when I disappear for weekends several times a year.

[@aharshephotography]

This is amazing! Love to see you out and about Under the Dark skies.

[@REDROBRCFPV]

It’s so cool when you meet a bunch of people that are into your hobby. It’s so great.

[@Uittot]

Beautiful!!!I wish i was there 💫

[@DylanODonnell]

Nice done video Trevor, and the Voyager 1 looks like it's working out to be a great bit of kit too!

[@susquehannocksurvival4545]

Saw some very familiar faces in your video. Thanks for coming, enjoying, and speaking of the park. Friday was glorious for me as well and I was able to finally visually observe NGC 4038/39, something I have been trying to do for three years. Conditions were exceptional to finally identify it after the moon had set. Hopefully, the summer stays cooler and the air drier. Clear nights, to all that attended!!

[@douglasgrove6957]

Great video and image! It was really nice to see you and Ashley again. Glad you enjoyed the star party. It was nice of you to show my 20" Dob so often, too. LOL. See you at next year's party.

[@Slider617]

Holy shit those Dobs are 'uge!!! What a rad night! Never knew that sort of thing existed.

[@DeepSkyDude]

Nice! Having been to many star parties this is one I need to try next year. I saw several familiar faces out there!

[@fatmafatoma5138]

I really like your chanel. Thank you for showing this to the public.

[@maggi3320]

I’ve been to Cherry Springs for the star party. Awesome!

[@Astrobloke]

Amazing image Trevor. I went to my first star party earlier this year in the UK and had an amazing time. Not as big a group as your one and bortle 4 skies. I too imaged a dark nebula The Dark Shark. Was so happy with it. Canoot wait to go to another, Clear skies

[@LAAstroSociety]

I really enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing it!

[@ekalbkr]

It was obviously a great party at a perfect location, and yes, you got a great capture! We pick up our new Hiker Trailer July 20th in Colorado and will spend the next 2 weeks going thru New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada - stopping at every dark sky spot we can on our way back home to California. Soooo excited!

[@charliesheehan9504]

Another great video. Hoping to get to Cherry Springs next year.

[@jdpartridge]

Wow great to see you out and sharing the night sky with other people again. I wish I was there too.

[@olegpopov6123]

Excellent video! With great respect, from Russia.

[@astronomylover]

Great Video! Loved the photo at 6:34

[@Rogn1]

DUDE!!! I love that image. I live near a designated dark area, Antelope Island State Park in Utah. I really enjoy your videos, thanks for sharing your talent Be Safe and Be Blessed.

[@absorbingphotons]

Man, I need to get to Cherry Springs Star Party one year. I grew up in PA, and have been there before, but never for the star party. Thanks for letting me live it through you!

[@AstroCreation]

Great video, Trevor! I'm looking forward to joining this party next year! Will have to drive just about 7.5 hours :-))

[@lukomatico]

Beautiful work man, somehow you made me homesick for a place I've never even been to! That looked awesome, so glad to see you enjoying yourselves! 🙂 Clear skies!

[@DeepSkyDanAstro]

If I still lived in the US I would have been there! Very cool to see all the astro crew getting together and enjoying God's amazing creation.

[@michaelsaltsman7550]

can't wait Trevor always love your Vlogs from the yearly Star Parties

[@johngiromini5745]

Beautiful IC 4592...wow! One of the members in our astronomical society took a picture of that this year and shared it with the group. It was the first time for me to see that awesome configuration. I have to say that there is nothing more enjoyable than participating in a star party. And when it is super clear, and stars look as though they are just as excited to be twinkling, it is an amazing experience. How can one not share that exuberance?

[@maxencelemoine4190]

this kind of event must be so cool to be ! Such a diversity of gear and so many people with the same passion

[@MountainFisher]

Here in Southern New Mexico we have Bortle 2 skies 30 minutes away in almost every direction except East on I-10. Have Bortle One a little farther away and for the hot summer up over 6,000-9,000 feet high. 300+ sunny days a years which is helpful, but June through August is our rainy season. Get a really heavy rain the hibernating frogs come out and breed until their puddle dries up and then back into the ground they go.

[@briankotak403]

Glad that you and Ashley had a good time and got some clear skies. Beautiful blue horse head too! So pumped that my camera is on its way back from ZWO repair and that my USB3.0 cable is en-route for my Canon RP. Just need the mosquitoes to chill out!! Dr B from Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦

[@TheUrbanAstronomer]

Beautiful skies and image. Looks like a wonderful event!!

[@pranjal6593]

This video deserves a million atleast , great job Trevor ......Would love to be there at that star party along with people who really appreciate the night sky

[@rchrislee]

This was an amazing video! I run the Almost Heaven Star Party at Spruce Knob, WV and I can’t wait for ours later this summer to get to where things were before COVID. I got a tear or two when you talked about how special it was to be back. There is really nothing better than soaking it all in under extremely dark skies with the amazing people that are in the same frame of mind. Maybe you can drive down further some year for AHSP!

[@davidsprague6250]

When is that Star Party?

[@nickambrose8606]

Beautiful image !

[@AstroParkAstrophotography]

Incredible shot Trevor! I haven't been to a star party yet, but it's something that I'll hopefully cross off my list one day. Cherry Springs is not too far from me, so that will be the first place for me to check out!

[@thewarhenk]

Tremendous Blue Horse Head, Trevor! You know, this is where it all pretty much started for me. I gave my first presentation ever at a Cherry Springs Star Party, ‘opening’ for Terry Dickinson. It’s where Pete Proulx and I met for the first time, and where IP4AP was born. I moved out to Sweden Township from NJ in 2004, where I met Christine while I was working at a funny little market in downtown Coudersport, and where I set up my first real observatory. I’m glad you had a great time. It was wonderful seeing you in San Jose, and I’ll talk to you real soon.

[@scottshort9931]

Yep 12 miles from my house. Welcome to my neighborhood ! Very glad you had clear skies! - 20x110mm binos w/ Universal Astronomics mount - 18” Obsession Telescope. Visual Astronomer

[@StarlancerAstro]

You need to attend the Nebraska star party, over 300 attendees and BORTLE 1 BABY!!! Truly amazing, I drive 12 hours for it, but it's also almost a week long so well worth it!!

[@DSOImager]

Awesome video. I really need to do a star party like this at some point. CS!

[@Silverboarding]

That's awesome 😎

[@isjoshhere]

Very awesome. I've been to a couple dozen public star parties. Since the pandemic, I've only been to 1, the Maine State Star Party in Cobscook Bay State Park in downeast Maine. It also has Bortle 2 skies and a large open field that hopefully we will be able to use. We'll be at it again this year Aug 26th and 27th, hope to see some of the viewers there. Acadia Night Sky Festival was a great event to go to. Unfortunately prior to the pandemic, the Park Service ended the large star party event on top of Cadillac Mtn due to high attendance; only smaller events are scheduled this year. It is a shame too. That was my favorite event to go to each year. Only other large star party that I've been to is Stellafane in Vermont. I've been a couple of times. Maybe some year I'll get to Cherry Springs. Looks like a nice event. I had no idea it was at 2200ft elevation.

[@Bluembuna79]

I just drove a little over 5 hours to cherry springs last weekend. The weather wasnt the greatest but i saw enough to make the trip again. I was thinking about camping in a tent out there but since we saw bears withing an hour of being there im not so sure now.

[@supernova4575]

Glad I had a chance to talk with you during the star party ,it was a great event I share your thoughts the people are so nice and can't wait for the star party in September the Black Forest star party

[@astrodoc4163]

Great video!

[@harvanims4076]

that's so awesome!!!

[@antoniohaluzan3396]

IC 4592 looks so amazing. Can't wait to shoot it tomorrow.

[@Luftbubblan]

Very nice. Fun to see so many riggs in one place

[@davidaaaa4611]

I have been to over 300 star parties. This one looks very nice. Darker site than the ones I have been to. If I could go any star party in the world I could go to the Cherry Springs star party.

[@avt_astro206]

I can Tell Its The Most Incredible Nights For Astrophotography or Stargazing. I have Been to a Bortle 2 skies With a Pair of Binoculars only, But Still ended Up with a Lot of Cool stuff To look at, especially the milky way Core! Nice image There Trevor 👏

[@dumpydalekobservatory]

I love star parties sadly I don't get to go to many like I used to but hopefully that will all change, great image at the end I wonder how Ash's imaging run went? Clear skies.

[@danjensen9425]

Dude so cool . Star Party. I’m going to my first one. The Golden State Star Party end of June beginning July. 4 nights , sold out at 250 people. Three categories, Astronomy , Astrophotography and wandering around in the dark . It’s been tough on what to image. And what scope to bring. Rho ophiuchi for the redcat or will the 102 with reducer be ok for that. But the C8 has a shoe for the canon t6i that has both 50 mm and 24mm lens , could get the lagoon , trifid and Milky Way plus whirlpool and pinwheel. It’s a dark sky at 4000 foot elevation and a 2 hour drive. OMG . Some say hope is not a good plan but I hope the weather is good and plan on bringing all three scopes.

[@MrDlt123]

I love star parties. Not so many here in East Texas, but I went to alot when living on the upper East Coast. This is a hobby that can be somewhat isolating (my wife and kids couldnt care less about getting up at 2a.m. to look at DSOs), so its me, and the dog if he's inclined. Star parties are great for swapping ideas, and even finding good deals on used equipment. Its also good to associate with other weirdos who share your passion. 😆

[@paigecfrancis]

This looks dope. Need to check one out.

[@brad0656]

been wanting to go out for a week trip for a astrophoto adventure but is been too cloudy here in Oregon for too long. Going out the alvord desert in the next two months fingers crossed.

[@nickie88888]

Beautiful!

[@CandyBarMoto]

Watching this listening to your descriptions of the place Reminds me how lucky I am. I live at 5,000 feet above sea-level in the western United States. It only takes me 5 mins to drive to a Dark Sky location. And being a flat desert, I have 360° unobstructed views of the sky... wish I would have gotten into this hobby 20 years ago and not just 1 year ago 😁

[@Poatatero]

Looks incredible. Wish I could’ve been there

[@Psychlist1972]

Nice. I've been meaning to get up there, but it's like 5 hours from Maryland. Still on my list, though :P

[@matthewbonfield956]

Been watching your channel every now and then and just recently got an Orion Spaceprobe 3" at a yard sale for $10. Just subscribed to your channel. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@555atU]

I got a pair of astro binoculars last year. We were able to get a view of Jupiter and some of its moons. Even though it was a fuzzy dot with lines, it felt a bit euphoric to see it live instead of a perfect in focus picture on a website.

[@beteljooz6180]

Great shot of the Blue Horsehead! Star parties are always fun events. How did Ashley's Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex shot come out?

[@nightsky_ash]

I’m embarrassed to say I haven’t even stacked the data yet. With the move, I just haven’t had time to process it yet! Soon.

[@beteljooz6180]

@@nightsky_ash - I know this is probably heresy to say aloud, but astrophotography can't always be everyone's first priority. When you have time you'll get around to it. And when you're ready to share, I, like many others, look forward to seeing it.

[@johnstewart579]

Have been to Cherry Springs State Park several times despite the 4.5 hours drive. From that dark site I spotted M33 naked eye

[@iketurner1597]

I went to the Winter Star Party in the Florida Keys. What a great time I had.

[@steveamurray59]

My first Star party was interesting. Met many cool like minded people. I discovered why you need Dew Heaters. Nevertheless a lot of fun. Nice Work Ash & Trevor.

[@PilotPhteven]

Wish we had some of those star parties here.. but I'm not aware of any. Or at least, not any good ones to the scale of this, + I live in a climate where the weather isn't predictable enough to plan a star party well in advance.

[@ragrabau]

I am a tad jealous as my images from my Radian did not come out well. It was the first time I tried to get photos through the scope, so there are a few bugs to work out. It appears that I had some dew freeze on my ZWO 071 camera. I was really great to meet you in person. You got some really great shots!

[@Galactic_hermit]

Amazing shot!!! As a guy just getting into astrophotography I’m blown away by your ability to even be able to find this never mind get this incredible shot! Thanks for the inspiration ✌🏼

[@velaastro904]

Dammit man figured you would go the one time I don’t sign up in time!!! I never miss them either and now I only live 2 hours away!!

[@loonaboop2720]

One of my friends visited this place when you were there and apparently it was very cool, I'm very new to telescope stuff but I hope in the future I'll be able to go to events like this!

[@570foodie]

Omg I live in pa I been wanting to go to this park I’ll go one day !!!! Great video 😍

[@Caedo12]

Great shot! I was also curious to see how Ashley’s picture came out.

[@patricescattolin43]

You need to try the Winter Star Party in the Florida Keys. It's 26h drive but you get to see the Southern Cross (Omega Centaury, Carina Nebula). Ask around, some faces looked familiar. And you get to observe Orion in t-shirt!

[@Sxchie_editz]

Nice star party Also Love your astrophotography especially the pin needle galaxy Anyways, Keep up the good work

[@DeepSkyEye]

Nice! I miss star parties.

[@Dudleydogg]

I was a fishermman in the florida Keys for many years, we would spend 10 day trips out 100 miles out from Key West, when you woke up 3am and went to the back deck the sky was not dark with stars, it was solid stars. More stars than space between them. If I knew what I know now I would go step off on an remote island and setup the rig to photograph.

[@geoffnash3098]

Hey Trevor I just got my new Canon eo s 6 d can't wait to use it.

[@carltanner9065]

Looks like a great place to have a star party!!! How's the sky out at your new place? It won't be bortle 2 but I'd imagine it'll be a lot better than your old house. Rudy will have even more backyard to go crazy in!!! And, you'll have more snow to shovel :P

[@TheNarrowbandChannel]

OH the back side of me made it into this video! I know I was feeling really sentimental about leaving on the final day. We stayed Sunday night. It was actually clear half the night. I love seeing all the friends and making tons of new ones too, but the peace and quite on Sunday night was defiantly a break I needed from all the excitement.

[@bluedottrader5502]

We will be at Starfest in Ontario this August. Clear skies!

[@mayankraichura]

Your description of Star Party is so poetic.

[@misturarica7519]

I wish I had the chance to join one of those meetings with my rig!

[@greglight5808]

Trevor this image is incredible. Will you be attending StarFest this year in grey county. It will be my first star party

[@charlesmartin5565]

You should try to make it to some of the southern star parties like okie-tex star party or Texas star party or Eldorado star party. We would absolutely love to have you down here.

[@deep_space_dave]

Man you really inspire me! I finally have my rig together now I need to find light in the darkness :-)

[@samuelconlogue]

Yeah, this makes me want get out there with other astro folk. We have a newly designated dark site here in Maine. I'm hopeful some star parties are on the horizon up there! Going to google it right now.

[@NatarajanGanesan]

Hope to visit one.

[@jturie]

Ironic. I live in Pennsylvania and am 2 hours further away from CSSP than you. Hope to get there someday

[@AstroEscape]

It's an oddity of PA, it can take a long time to drive through. I live in Pittsburgh yet Trevor has the same drive time wise.

[@dubbleOHnegative]

Will you be at the Black Forest Star Party? We missed you there last year due to Covid.

[@jimpoop]

i love cherry springs i wish i was able to make it this year

[@markwhalebone751]

Star parties like Astrocamp in Wales always give my astro mojo a boost.

[@alanc2972]

I miss star parties. Not to many of them in my part of the world no thanks to the US Forest Service. What about Ashley’s photo? I love the Rho Ophiucus nebula.