Acadia Night Sky Festival

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The Acadia Night Sky Festival is an annual celebration of the starlit skies above Acadia National Park on Maine's Mount Desert Island and the Schoodic Peninsula.[1][2][3] The festival takes place every September.[4]

Hosted by the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce and other local organizations, the festival attracts speakers, researchers, photographers, and artists to the area, in addition to dozens of workshops.[5][6]

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  1. ^ "Maine's night sky beckons stargazers to Acadia National Park". AP NEWS. 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2019-02-27.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Travel, Budget (2018-02-07). "Acadia's Dark Sky Festival Is Calling All…". Budget Travel. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  3. ^ Newsroom. "Festival to showcase starlit skies in Acadia National Park". www.foxbangor.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  4. ^ Beatty, Kelly (2018-09-14). "Stars Shine Brightly for Acadia Night Sky Festival". Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  5. ^ "Acadia Night Sky Festival a celestial celebration". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  6. ^ Writer, Ray RouthierStaff (2018-05-30). "This photo of Acadia beat 16,000 entries to win contest celebrating national parks". Press Herald. Retrieved 2019-02-27.

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