Welcome
Have you ever wondered about how to find the south from the southern cross, or why we have constellations?
All your questions and more will be answered by a guided tour of the night sky with an expert astronomer and physicist. You will have access to your own telescope for an entire evening, and we will guide you to amazing stellar objects.
Light pollution has limited our view of the night sky in towns and cities, but out here in the Flinders Ranges, the light pollution is virtually zero. We have positioned our telescopes away from as much light as possible on a secluded camp.
Please note that October 4th and 5th we are at Wilpena Pound for Park of the month celebrations.
Friday through to Tuesday we are based at Skytrek Willow Springs.
Wednesday and Thursday we are based at Rawnsley Park.
Using one of our 10-inch reflecting telescopes, like the one above, along with my personalised guidance, the night sky will be described and illuminated like never before.
I'll help you identify the key international constellations and some of the constellations of the traditional landowners. We will also observe some globular clusters, nebulae, and of course, the planets that are visible at the time, which in October will be Saturn, Venus and Mercury in the evening.
As a memento of the evening, we will capture an image of you with the night sky as a backdrop, have a look in the photo gallery for some examples.
We offer a choice of 3 services starting at $40 where you will get to see the stars and planets with your family and friends.
Have some questions? Try the FAQs page or meet me in the Willow Springs camp kitchen at 5:30 pm every day.
To find out more hit the link below!
For further information contact me on karlgrice@stellarscience.org