# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Statewide Star Party OBX
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Check out the night sky at our annual Statewide Star Party: OBX! We will set up telescopes and lots of activity tables for kids on all things night sky. Table activities will run until sundown. This event may be cancelled due to inclement weather. Thank you to all of the people that help make this event possible: OBX Astronomy Club, Back Bay Amateur Astronomers, Friends of Jockey's Ridge, North Carolina State Parks and Recreation, and generous volunteers.

For more information, contact Ranger Austin Paul at austin.paul@ncparks.gov.

NCSciFest’s annual Statewide Star Party is made possible through the generous support of the NC Space Grant.

More details can be found here: https://ncsciencefestival.org/events/statewide-star-party-obx/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nags-head/statewide-star-party-obx/200029892311422
- **Event Categories**: Kids
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029892311422?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=nags+head-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Nags Head
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Jockey's Ridge State Park
- **lat**: 35.9595978
- **long**: -75.6328868
- **full address**: Jockey's Ridge State Park, 300 W Carolista,Nags Head, North Carolina, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Back Bay Amateur Astronomers (https://allevents.in/org/back-bay-amateur-astronomers/11604363)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Jockey's Ridge State Park, 300 W Carolista,Nags Head, North Carolina, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Back Bay Amateur Astronomers
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Kids
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Statewide Star Party OBX ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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