DAV

Welcome to the Deerlick Astronomy Village home page.

The Deerlick Astronomy Village, DAV, is a unique planned community catering to the specific needs of amateur and professional astronomers.

DAV is located in the very darkest skies in Sharon Georgia, far away from big city lights but at the same time convenient to many major metropolitan areas in the South Eastern USA.

DAV Coordinates:

33.561420, -82.763140

+N33° 33' 41.11"

-W82° 45' 47.30"

Elevation: 550 - 600ft

Light Pollution Website

The AAC’s former light trespass officer Marc Sandberg has started a new web site with information how to reduce light pollution.

Astronomy Picture Of The Day

Business Affiliates

NGC 7822 in Narrowband
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Image taken by Austin Kreisler on 10/22/2011 at DAV.

Click for more details on the DAV Clear Sky Clock

Summary of past DAV forecasts

If you would like to join DAV, please click the DAV Membership tab at the top of this page...

Again...The PSSG 2011 was a complete success. It was great to see old friends and make some new ones. The talks were really great and many thanks go out to all that participated in this year’s event. Special thanks go out to Sharon, Peter and Joanne for their tireless efforts to make this event special to all.

Aerial pictures of the Peach State Star Gaze 2011.

The Deer Lick Group, LLC is the organization that is making this all possible. This group consists of investment members with a common interest in Astronomy and a drive to see this vision come to fruition.

It is the goals of this group to:

1) Build a community that encourages individual ownership of land plots for observatories and home sites

2) Support the needs of amateur astronomers by leasing observatory area sites (currently all sites are occupied),

3) Establish a large common observation area to support individual member access, as well as to support various public and private events and

4) Establish common sense covenants and rules to protect the site from light pollution, provide for the safely of observing members, and at the same time, provide a location that is both family friendly and educationally significant.

Some images displayed on this site are used as representation only and are not meant to be actual site photos.