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

Note: If you would like to become a member of DAV, please click the DAV Membership tab at the top of this page...

Messier 82 (also known as NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy or M82) is a nearby starburst galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

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Image taken by Paul Tankersley at DAV on April 6, 2012.

Click for more details on the DAV Clear Sky Clock

Summary of past DAV forecasts

* * * * * Annual Deerlick Astronomy Village Memorial Weekend Picnic Sunday, May 27th, 2012 * * * * *

On Memorial Day Weekend, the DAV residents & the Deerlick Group LLC will be hosting our annual Deerlick Astronomy Village Memorial Weekend Picnic on Sunday, May 27th, 2012 at 5 PM at the pavilion on Grier’s Field. We will have an Open House Sunday afternoon so that guests may tour DAV. Please RSVP to picnic@deerlickgroup.com by Thur., the 24th. Detail Information...

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.