Moon and Mars
The 9th annual North Carolina Statewide Star Party, a signature event of the 2021 NCSciFest, will be held Friday, April 16 and Saturday, April 17, 2021. This year's theme is "Moon and Mars."
In recognition of continuing uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's Star Party will be planned as a pandemic-proof event, following a hybrid model that can pivot to all-virtual offerings as needed.
List of host organizations
| County | City | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Beaufort | Aurora | Aurora Fossil Museum |
| Brunswick | Bald Head | Bald Head Island Conservancy |
| Buncombe | Asheville | Buncombe County Library System - Pack Memorial Library |
| Buncombe | Asheville | University of North Carolina Asheville |
| Buncombe | Black Mountain | Christmount Assembly |
| Burke | Nebo | Lake James State Park |
| Cabarrus | Harrisburg | Cabarrus County Public Library |
| Carteret | Atlantic Beach | Fort Macon State Park |
| Dare | Hatteras | Hatteras Village Civic Association |
| Dare | Nags Head | Jockey's Ridge State Park |
| Durham | Durham | City of Durham Parks and Recreation |
| Forsyth | Winston-Salem | Kaleideum |
| Guilford | Greensboro | Greensboro Science Center |
| Guilford | Jamestown | Cline Observatory, Guilford Technical Community College |
| Guilford | Sedalia | Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum |
| Jackson | Cullowhee | Western Carolina University |
| Lee | Sanford | Lee County Libraries |
| Mecklenburg | Charlotte | McDowell Nature Center |
| Mecklenburg | Mooresville | Davidson College |
| Montgomery | Mt. Gilead | Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site |
| New Hanover | Wilmington | Cape Fear Museum of History and Science |
| Onslow | Swansboro | Hammocks Beach State Park |
| Orange | Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill Public Library |
| Pasquotank | Elizabeth City | Khan Planetarium, Elizabeth City State University |
| Pitt | Grifton | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Contentnea Creek |
| Randolph | Asheboro | Asheboro Public Library |
| Robeson | Hope Mills | Robeson Planetarium and Science Center |
| Rowan | China Grove | Rowan Public Library System |
| Wake | Garner | White Deer Park, Town of Garner |
| Wake | Raleigh | City of Raleigh |
| Wake | Raleigh | Triangle Land Conservancy |
| Watauga | Boone | Appalachian State University Dark Sky Observatory |
| Wilson | Wilson | Imagination Station Science and History Museum |
| Yancey | Burnsville | Yancey County Public Library |
| Yancey | Spruce Pine | Mayland Earth to Sky Park |
For more information, please contact:
Amy Sayle
Coordinator, NC Statewide Star Party
Email: starparty@unc.edu
The Statewide Star Party is made possible with the support of NC Space Grant and the NC Science Festival.
Click here for digital copies of Statewide Star Party kit materials