The Winter Star Party, aka WSP, is an annual convention of amateur astronomers where the primary activity is nighttime astronomical observation. Most attendees camp on site.

BBC Sky at Night

BBC Sky at Night

BBC Sky at Night magazine is a British monthly magazine about astronomy aimed at amateur astronomers and published by BBC Magazines Bristol. The title of the periodical derives for the likenamed Television program produced by the BBC, The Sky at Night. The magazine, in comparison with the TV...

 magazine rated WSP as one of the top 10 star parties in the world.

WSP was first established in 1984 by Tippy D'Auria

Tippy D'Auria

Tippy D'Auria is the founder of the world famous Winter Star Party held each year in the Florida Keys sponsored by the Southern Cross Astronomical Society...

. The event is run at Camp Wesumkee located on Scout Key in the Lower Florida Keys

Florida Keys

The Florida Keys are a coral archipelago in southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry...

. It is hosted by the Southern Cross Astronomical Society

Southern Cross Astronomical Society

The Southern Cross Astronomical Society, founded in 1922, is one of the oldest amateur astronomy societies in the Western Hemisphere. It is located in the Physics Department of Florida International University in Miami, Florida....

 of Miami

Miami, Florida

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...

, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

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External links

• Official Website
• BBC Sky At Night Magazine's Top 10 Star Parties
• WSP Clear Sky Chart Astronomy-specific weather forecast for the Winter Star Party.