Telescopes set up at Black Nugget Lake Park, September 2025 by Ray Wiens

UPDATE: May 8, 2026

Join us for unforgettable autumn nights under the stars, enriching and interesting daytime workshops and presentations, and time to learn and talk with other amateur astronomers at the annual Northern Prairie Star Party (NPSP) at Black Nugget Lake Park campground.

NPSP 2026 will run from Tuesday, September 8 to Sunday, September 13, 2026, with most of our group activities planned for Friday, September 11 and Saturday, September 12. It is being held at the Black Nugget Lake Park campground located about an hour’s drive southeast of Edmonton. The campground is also the location of our Black Nugget Lake Observatory. Bring your sense of wonder for stargazing under seriously dark skies (Bortle Scale 3).

Planning is well underway. Preliminary information on speakers, registration opening day, T-shirts, programming and volunteering appears below – as well as in the current issue of RASC Edmonton Centre’s newsletter, Stardust. We will add more information as it becomes available.

For the detailed report on last year’s 2025 NPSP, see https://edmontonrasc.com/stardust/stardust202510.pdf

For more information, please talk with one of the members of the NPSP Planning Team or email npstarfest@shaw.ca.

REGISTRATION

Register for all aspects of the 2026 NPSP through the online NPSP registration page. This includes attendee fees, campsite reservations, T-shirt orders and signing up to volunteer.

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