Cathedral Gorge Star Party

Join the Las Vegas Astronomical Society at our Cathedral Gorge Campout and Star Party, held at Cathedral Gorge State Park near Panaca, Nevada. This event is often graced with two nights of clear dark skies - a great opportunity to get out and observe some of the Wonders of the Night Sky. All astronomers and visitors are welcome.

LVAS will reserve the Group Campgrounds. The Telescope Field is in the volleyball court next to the group campsites. Whether you camp in the main campground, the group site or park an RV in the overflow area, you may (and are encouraged to) set up your telescope in the Telescope Field.

Over the years, a number of attendees have decided to start the weekend on Thursday. Should you decided to do so, know that you can set up telescopes in the Telescope field on Thursday, rather than observe from your campsite and move on to the telescope field on Friday.

NOTE: Cathedral Gorge State Park campground is by reservation now.

Click the park link below. On the top menu bar, the "Reservations" link will take you to an explanatory page for the reservation system. Farther down the park page under "Park Details" is the actual "Make a Reservation" link.

You will have to set up an account to make reservations. As explained in the "Reservations" page, if you have a state park permit, you email them a picture of your permit and they will add it to your permits list, so you won't have to pay for your reservation.

This event includes a Pot Luck Lunch on Saturday. If you want to participate, there is a place on the registration form to tell us what you are bringing to share. Water and a selection of soda will be provided along with plates, cups, bowls and utensils. Grills will be fired up to cook whatever main dish you bring for yourself. Click Here to see the current list of what people are bringing, as a reference so we hopefully don't have too many duplicates.

Normally, this event includes having the club pay the entry and camping fees for club members. With the new reservation system for individual campsites, this will be done by reimbursing members after the event. Please bring a copy of the email you should have received from the reservations website, to show what nights and how much you paid.