Chapel Hill Astronomical and Observational Society

President’s Message

Greetings CHAOS and Guests, I am honored that CHAOS has been named “Volunteer Group of the Year” by Virginia’s DCR. The Chapel Hill Astronomical & Observational Society has had a long standing relationship with Staunton River State Park in Scottsburg, Virginia since 2011. It is a pleasure working with the staff and their volunteers there … Read more

Star Party Status

What an amazing week we had at the Spring 2025 Star Party. We had a little rain on Monday, but the rest of the week was awesome. We observed every day except Saturday. But by then, we were pretty tired and enjoyed an early night to turn in. We had almost 100 registered and close … Read more

Star Party Experience

Read about one person’s stellar experience at Staunton River Park, and how she ended up connecting with CHAOS and the star party.

Welcome to the New Website

We hope you’ll look around. Is there something we’re missing that you’d like to see? Please post your feedback, questions, etc. to our new email server, chaosastro.groups.io. If you were part of the Mobilize group, you shouild have received an invitiation by email.This is a new platform for me and I suspect for many of … Read more