Mid Atlantic Star Party - Modern Times

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With attendance usually numbering in the hundreds, MASP was held at the Occoneechee Council Boy Scout camp for the first decade of operation before scheduling conflicts forced a site change. The star party has become a focus of the town of Robbins' economic and cultural planning process and has spurred the creation of a regional "dark park" to control light pollution.

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