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Come Explore the Stars!- Astronomy Sky Tours
We are pleased to host you for a fascinating night of exploring the stars under the canopy of a dark night sky. You will experience an incredible evening of stargazing guided by Mark who has been exploring the stars for decades. We use large telescopes and high powered laser pointers to guide you through the stars, planets, galaxies, and nebula. We always keep our groups small so that thoughts can be shared and viewing is not rushed. Our tour location is in Hebron, CT.
What to Expect 
Expect to lay back in lounge chairs with a cozy blanket in comfort in our enclosed viewing area and thoroughly enjoy the heavens above. Expect really cool stuff like the light of 800 Billion Stars entering into your pupil after traveling 2.5 million years....this is the Andromeda Galaxy...staggering to try to comprehend! Expect to see planetary detail like the rings of Saturn or the great storm and belts of Jupiter. Expect to see things our own galaxy has to offer....like nebula...these are clouds of dust and gas illuminated by surrounding stars and glow in there light...simply beautiful! Expect the unexpected...like a random fireball (large shooting star) or a comet that has just entered our region from deep space....many of these comets are never mentioned in the media since you can only see them by telescope.
As you lay back in comfort looking up at the stars, you will be given an overview of the constellations and the brightest stars in the night sky using a high power laser pointer.
The tour is 60 to 90 minutes and during that time you may have suprise viewings of shooting stars or even a fireball.
After the overview of the night sky, we then give you an up close view of selected celestial objects through one of our powerful telescopes and what we look at will depend on the viewing conditions and what is actually visible that night.
We operate our tours all year long! We provide the lounge chairs and blankets when needed to keep help keep you comfortable.
We view the following objects:
Send us an email to make a reservation or call to inquire about availability. Our tours will be starting at 8 PM during February and March 2012. Our tours operate on Saturday evenings from November to April. May through June we operate tours on Friday and Saturday, and July through October we operate tours Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. We will confirm your reservation back by email with directions and other information.
860-908-3853
Priority is given to those guests who make a reservation and purchase ticket(s) online (bottom of this page).
Full refunds are provided for cancellations 48 hours in advance of tour date as well as tours not completed due to weather. Reservations cancelled with less than 48 hours notice are not afforded a refund.
There is never a cancellation fee for bad weather. 100 percent refund.
New 2012! Summer Milky Way Tours in the mountains of Northern New England! - We are be putting together two Explore the Stars tours at the Franconia Inn ( http://www.franconiainn.com/ ) in the mountains of New Hampshire with large open fields and dark skies during summer 2012. We will be arriving Friday and leaving Sunday. If you have never seen the breathtaking beauty of the Milky Way on a clear summer night, far far away from light polluted cities and towns, then this tour is a must! Current Groupon holders are welcome to use Groupons for this tour, but will need to purchase rooms, and dinning. Rooms will be discounted for our group. If interested, let us know by email that you are interested in the Inn Tour, so we can add you to our schedule before it fills up. Dates are the weekends of June 9 and July 7.
We accept Visa and Mastercard and tickets can be purchased online at the bottom of this page. Payments can be made upon arrival only by check or cash.
$75 per adult
$60 per adult for groups of 5 or more booking together
$25 per child (12 years old and under)
If your child is too young and you don’t intend for them to look through the telescope the child attends as our guest. If your child intends to look through the telecope they will be priced at the child rate.
We do not recommed chidren under 5 years old participate in our program as their eyes are unable to focus on faint objects and our telescopes are expensive delicate finely tuned instruments. They are welcome to come as our guest.
$450 Private tour of 1.5 hours for up to 20 people. Great for birthdays or family gatherings.
* No deposit is necessary for individual reservations. There is never a cancellation fee due to bad weather. We reserve the right to cancel not less than two hours before the tour begins if the weather changes unexpectedly.
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