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2 HUGE DAYS   \\   ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE    \\    NEW YORK

THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST SPECTACULAR ASTRONOMY & SPACE EXPO

EXPERIENCE IT TO BELIEVE IT!
World Class
World Renowned
APRIL 15-16

2023

ANNOUNCING NEAF 2023!
LIVE IN NEW YORK

 
AT RCC, SUFFERN,NY
APRIL 15 & 16, 2023

SATURDAY 9-6   SUNDAY 10-5

"A spectacular event!  Nowhere else can you find such an exciting array of programs brought together in one place, at one time."   

“There is no other venue where you can see the very latest in astronomy equipment by all of the major manufacturers.”

90,000 SF OF SHOWROOM FLOOR PLUS WORLD CLASS SPEAKERS, 2 THEATERS, PRO/AM WORKSHOPS, PLANETARIUM SHOWS, SOLAR VIEWING, BEGINNERS CLASSES, HUGE RAFFLE, AMAZING DOOR PRIZES, KIDS ACTIVITIES AND MUCH MORE

LATEST NEAF NEWS

Welcome to the official NEAF website where you can keep up with everything NEAF!

New speakers just added-  Fred Haise -  Apollo 13 Astronaut and Lunar Module Pilot

                                          Felix Schlang - Space news reporter.  Host of What About It1?

                                          Alyssa Pagan-  James Webb Space Telescope imagery                                                                                     specialist 

A directory of local eateries has just been added to the site.  CLICK HERE

If you have purchased booth space or admission tickets to either the 2020, 2021 or 2022 show, your purchases will be honored at the 2023 show.  Ticket receipts are not required at the box office, we will confirm you electronically.

A special message from the NEAF Team:

The past three years have been trying times for everybody and certainly not any less for those of us here at NEAF and Rockland Astronomy.  Postponing shows has been heartbreaking for our team as well as for our patrons and exhibiters. With those decisions governed by state and county regulations as well as the economic risks in a pandemic environment and the concern to keep everybody safe and healthy, there was little recourse in the postponements.  However, as we move beyond those times, we here at NEAF & RAC have been working extremely hard this past year to reassemble our professional team of show experts and bring NEAF back to all its pre-pandemic glory.  As a result, Rockland Astronomy is proud to announce our 32nd annual blockbuster event, the Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF), taking place LIVE at the convenient SUNY Rockland Community College campus in Suffern, NY on Saturday April 15th, and Sunday April 16th, 2023.

General ticket sales NOW OPEN! 

 

CLICK HERE

NEAIC 2023 ticket sales NOW OPEN! 

 

CLICK HERE

Keep up with the latest news and pictures on our Facebook & Twitter sites.

 

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2023 CONFIRMED SPEAKERS 

JUST ADDED:

Fred Haise
Apollo 13 Astronaut and Lunar Module Pilot.  

Robert Reeves
Astrophotographer / Author 

HOSTED BY

JOE RAO

JOE RAO

NEAF Talks Host

VINCE COULEHAN

VINCE COULEHAN

NEAF Talks Host

Fred Haise

Fred Haise

Apollo 13 Astronaut

EILEEN COLLINS

EILEEN COLLINS

Space Shuttle Commander

Gerry Griffin

Gerry Griffin

Apollo Flight Director

Holly Ridings

Holly Ridings

Deputy PM NASA’s Gateway project

Felix Schlang

Felix Schlang

What About I!?

Jonathan Ward

Jonathan Ward

Author

Nagin Cox

Nagin Cox

JPL Systems Engineer

JANI RADEBAUGH

JANI RADEBAUGH

Planetary Scientist/Dragonfly Mission

Alyssa Pagan

Alyssa Pagan

JWST

Robert Reeves

Robert Reeves

Astrophotographer / Author

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2023 CONFIRMED Vendors & Manufacturers

10MICRON by COMEC - ITALY
ADM Accessories
Amateur Astronomers Association
Amateur Astronomers Inc., Sperry Observatory
Andover Corporation
Antique Telescope Society
Antlia Filter
Applied Surface Technologies
Astronomers without Borders
Astronomical League
Astronomy Magazine
Astronomy Now Magazine
Astronomy Shoppe
Astro-Physics, Inc.
AstroWorld

AstronSCIENTIFIC
Atik Cameras
Big Bang Prints.com
Burt Aulisio
Camera Concepts & Telescope Solutions
Camera Concepts for Kids
Celestial Chart
Celestron
Cherry Springs Star Party
Chroma Technology Corp
Cloud Break Optics
Cloudy Nights Classic Telescope Forum
CUNY Astronomy
Dark Dragons Astronomy LLC
Daystar Filters LLC
Deep Sky South
Diffraction Limited
Digital Optica
Distinct Solutions - APT
Dynamic Deep Sky
Ephemer ADK

Explore Scientific LLC
Field Tested Software
For the Love of Toffee
Fornax Mounts/Fervent Astronomy

ICStars
InfiniTees Scientific Apparel
Innovations Foresight LLC
International Occultation Timing (IOTA)
iOptron
LeafFilter North LLC
Losmandy Astronomical Products
Lowell Observatory
Lunt Solar Systems LLC
Main Sequence Software
Maine Astronomy Retreat (MARS)
MyCaseBuilder

NASA Night Sky Network
NASA
NEAF Solar Star Party
New Jersey Astronomical Association
New Mexico Skies Astronomy Enclave
NexDome
Nimax GmbH (Omegon)
nPAE Precision Astro Engineering
Oberwerk Corp
Obstech
Pegasus Astro
Photonic Cleaning Technologies, LLC"
Planewave Instruments
Practical Astrophotography Magazine

Primalucelab

QHYCCD

Rockland Astronomy Club, Inc.

Rowan Astronomy
Sea West Observatories
Simulation Curriculum
Sky & Telescope Magazine
Sky Watcher
Skyhound
Software Bisque
Springfield Telescope Makers
Star In A Star
Starizona
Starfield Optics Inc
Starlight Instruments, LLC
Starlight Xpress Ltd.
STARtorialist

Stellarvue
Suffern Robotics
Takahashi America
TechWorks! (Center for Technology & Innovation, Inc.)
Telescope Live
Telescope Support Systems
Tele Vue Optics
The Visible Universe
United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey
USS Abraham Lincoln
Vernonscope
Vixen Optics
Westchester Amateur Astronomers
William Optics
Woodland Hills Telescopes
ZWO

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PRIOR Vendors & Manufacturers

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NEAF is  the world’s prëeminent symposium for award winning talks, workshops, classes, and conferences.  NEAF is an annual gathering of more than 4,000 professionals, amateurs, and space and astronomy enthusiasts, all coming together to share interests and passions.

NEAF brings over 120 vendors and exhibiters from around the world, representing every major manufacturer and dealer in the business, which also makes it one of the largest trade shows and collaborative venues of its kind in the world, not to mention an enthusiast’s shopping paradise.

NEAF is a true ‘Forum’ of events for anyone who has gazed upward to the night sky and found a curiosity to understand the cosmos that lies beyond our own thin atmosphere.   Each year NEAF searches the globe to present an all star line up of amazing guests that are making history today. Nowhere else can you find such an exciting array of programs brought together in one place and at one time.

Quite simply- If space and astronomy interest you, then you don’t want to miss NEAF.

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NEAF is a 501(c)3 educational non-profit event produced by the Rockland Astronomy Club, Inc.

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