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OUR 21st ANNIVERSARY! APRIL 28th - 29th, 2012Only 30 minutes away from New York City at Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY
NEAF IS THE WORLD’S PREMIER ASTRONOMY FORUM!![]() Over the past two decades, NEAF has grown to become the largest astronomy gathering of its kind in the world. NEAF is not only the world’s largest astronomy showroom with 90,000 square feet of telescopes and astronomy related gear, it is the enthusiasts ultimate place to be! You can attend lectures and workshops by world renowned speakers as well as rub shoulders with some of the biggest names making astronomy news today. NEAF offers daily solar observing, beginners classes, children’s activities, informal lectures, door prizes, raffles and more. You can also learn about clubs in your area as well as meet people who are like minded enthusiasts. NEAF is quite simply the world’s premier astronomy forum! So come and see this year’s all-star line up of special guests including Mark Clampin from the NASA James Webb Telescope project, Steele Hill from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Joseph Liske from the European Southern Observatory, Stephen Ramsden from the Bates Solar Astronomy Project, Marni Berendsen from the NASA Night Sky Network, plus— those fun guys from the Science Channel’s hit series The Meteorite Men will be back again. This along with over 130 astronomy vendors from around the world and plenty of fun surprises, make this year’s NEAF a spectacular event second to none.
Check out Astronomy Technology Today's NEAF/NEAIC
article: NEAF/NEAIC 2011 Check out Kirk Roger's NEAF photojournal: NEAF 2011 Check out Kirk Roger's NEAF Solar Star Party photojournal: NEAFSSP 2011 SPECIAL EVENTS:
See the Amazing Sun at the Solar Star Party The IDA Regional Meeting Rockland Astronomy Club is proud to sponsor the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) regional meeting at NEAF this year. In addition to their booth next to the Rockland Astronomy Club, IDA will have presentations from leaders in the dark sky movement as part of the Saturday program. Admission to the IDA program is free to IDA members and non-members can join IDA on-site for $35. Look for more information and a speaker schedule soon.here
NEAF 2012 List of Vendors (as of March 30th)More than 140 on-site vendors with fantastic door prizes!
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