Tucson Stargazing Tours

Modest Elevation

The moderately high elevation in Saguaro National Pak (2,600ft where we stargaze) means that you’re looking through less atmosphere than at sea level. That makes the night sky that much clearer!

Grandes telescopios

We’ll have a big telescope in use during our stargazing programs. That means we can collect a ton of light from distant objects, allowing you to be able to see galaxies millions of light years away!

Clima predecible

The low humidity and predictable weather in Tucson means that we have lots of clear night skies. We rarely have to cancel a stargazing program in the summer because of bad weather.

Líderes de observación de estrellas

We employ knowledgeable and enthusiastic astronomy educators for our Stargazing Leaders. They not only have a huge amount of knowledge of the night sky, but are also very good at explaining the complicated details of astronomy.

Cielos oscuros

While Tucson is a large city, you’ll be amazed in how dark the sky is just 30 minutes away in Saguaro National Park. With little light pollution, you’ll be able to see thousands of stars on moonless nights, the arms of the Milky Way Galaxy and so much more.

Itinerario del programa (3-4 horas desde la recogida hasta la entrega):

• Recogidas en el hotel de 6:30 p.m. a 9:30 p.m. (según la temporada y el número de recogidas esa noche)
• 30-45 min. hacia y desde el lugar más oscuro posible
• 15-30 min. para configurar / desmontar telescopio o cámara
• 2 horas completas de telescopio o cámara compartidas con su grupo

You also get…

• Uso de silla y manta para acampar
• Uso de binoculares
• Uso de un iPad con la aplicación StarWalk para explorar el cielo con programas con telescopios
• Respuestas a todas sus preguntas candentes sobre el Universo
• Un nuevo sentido de tu conexión con el Cosmos.
• Programas de observación de estrellas impresionantes y educativos para todas las edades

Avoiding “Hubble Envy”

“Hubble Envy” is the expectation of seeing exquisite, colorful images through our telescopes like those taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Only with 100s of hours of exposure time with sophisticated cameras can astronomers produce the amazing colorful pictures that you see in magazines. One of our Board Members produces those images with his personal observatory. Our telescope DON’T do that.

What our telescopes can do is capture enough light from objects thousands to millions of light years away so that you can see those objects. However, becasue of the immense distances from those objects, they will appear as little white fuzzy spots through the telescope. We think it’s pretty cool to have photons (light particles) from distant galaxies actually hit your eye through the eyepiece of the telescope. Then, after traveling for millions of years, those photos are converted into electrical signals and become part of your brain!

Queremos brindarte esa experiencia. Hemos tomado una decisión consciente de utilizar telescopios que brindan las mejores vistas para una amplia gama de objetos, incluidos planetas, estrellas, cúmulos de estrellas, nebulosas, galaxias y más. Algunos otros telescopios son mejores para algunos de esos objetos, pero nuestros telescopios siguen la línea de ser buenos para proporcionar vistas de todos ellos. Siempre puede llamarnos al 844-996-7827 y conversar sobre el programa antes de registrarse en línea.

Fases de la luna

También tenga en cuenta que la fase de la luna changes the overall brightness of the night sky. During the week preceding the Full Moon some of the more distant objects that we look at get washed out by the brightness of the Moon. The Moon is amazing to see through the telescope and it’s an amazing experience stargazing under the Full Moon, but you won’t get to see the arms of the Milky Way Galaxy or much detail in deep space objects if your stargazing program occurs five days before the Full Moon and two days after it.

Confíe en nosotros con el clima

The weather in Tucson is fairly predictable. As the sky begins to get dark and the temperature begins to drop the clouds almost always dissipate, leaving incredibly clear skies for stargazing.

Despite a certain level of predictability, there is really no way to know what the weather will be more than a few hours before the start time of your program. We make all weather decisions at 7pm. We’ll make the best determination on whether we should run your program or not based on as much data as possible. We want you to have a great time with us so we won’t send you out there unless we think it’s going to be worth your time and money. No permitimos que los huéspedes vuelvan a reservar por clima antes de esa fecha límite. Gracias por su paciencia y comprensión.

Preparándose para su programa

The heat of the days we have here in Tucson can be deceiving – the temperature can drop down to below 40°F at night. ¡Recuerda vestirte abrigado! You should wear long pants, a warm jacket, closed toed shoes with thick socks, and a hat.

Nuestros grandes telescopios requieren el uso de una escalera para observar. Comuníquese con nosotros si usted o alguien de su grupo no puede usar una escalera para que podamos adaptarnos a sus necesidades específicas.

Política de cancelación y cambio de reserva

En caso de mal tiempo, hacemos todo lo posible para volver a reservar su programa para otra noche. Considere reservar su programa al principio de su viaje para que, en caso de un problema meteorológico, tenga la oportunidad de mirar las estrellas otra noche. **Please Note** Only Wyoming Stargazing will determine if the program will be canceled due to weather. Participants are not allowed to cancel “because of the weather” if the program is scheduled to run. En el caso de que tengamos que cancelar el programa de observación de estrellas por mal tiempo no hay cargo (excepto por la tarifa de reserva en línea no reembolsable 6% si reservó usted mismo en línea). Wyoming Stargazing OFRECERÁ reembolsos parciales si algunos de los objetos que queremos mostrarle quedan bloqueados por las nubes. Wyoming Stargazing COBRARÁ el monto total del programa si el cliente decide cancelar dentro de las 48 horas posteriores a la hora de inicio programada del programa. Wyoming Stargazing COBRARÁ una tarifa administrativa de 5% si el cliente decide cancelar o volver a reservar después de reservar el programa.

After Stargazing in Tucson…

Once you get hooked on stargazing by looking through one of our huge telescopes in Tucson and you’re planning on another adventure somewhere out West check out the night sky with our Stargazing Leaders in Jackson, Wyoming and other seasoned professionals in Aspen Colorado with Star Party LLC..