We are pleased to offer you a personalized and custom astronomy experience. Your tour includes an overview of the constellations in the night sky led by one of our professional astronomers using a high power laser pointer. We’ll tell you stories about how the ancient civilizations named the constellations and how they are used.
We then give you an up close view of a miunimum of 6 objects through one of our powerful telescopes. Our astronomers are exceptionally knowledgeable and provide you with an educational and entertaining experience. We keep our tours to no more than 12 people per telescope so that you assured of a personal experience. Our tour lasts about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
We operate our tours all year long! For your comfort we provide chairs and blankets . We use several dark sky sites which are a 15 minute ride from anywhere in Sedona. We will provide directions when we confirm your reservation.
Please see our scheduled start times below. Due to weather the start time is subject to change by 30 minutes and will be confirmed on the day of your tour. We will be viewing the following objects between December 2011 and June 2012:
- Star Clusters
- Galaxies
- Double Stars
- Shooting Stars
- Earth’s Moon
- Satellite Passes
- Space Station Passes
- Red Super Giant Stars
- Saturn, Jupiter and Mars
- Planetary Nebula
- Pleiades Star Cluster (Wikipedia Information)
* Note: Not all objects are visible on every night.
Our dark sky sites are just a 15 minute ride from anywhere in Sedona, Arizona.
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Start times are as follows:
October – March 8 p.m.
April – May 8:30 p.m.
June – July 9:00 p.m.
August – September 8:30 p.m.
October – February 8 p.m.
