Our evening of stargazing with Donna and Scott was among the best experiences of our three weeks in Hawaii. Good weather and dark sky conditions at the viewing site enabled us to see the Milky Way clearly overhead. After introducing us to the main visible constellations, Donna used her wonderful easy viewing telescope to show us individual stars, binary stars, star clusters, and other celestial phenomena, including the light from a galaxy beyond our own. Her educational commentary included the ancient Polynesian voyagers and their skill at using the night sky to guide them among the islands of the Pacific Ocean. Anyone with an interest in science who has an opportunity to visit Maui should not miss an evening of stargazing with Donna and her great telescope.
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What's Included
Includes
- Telescope
Excludes
- We don't provide transportation
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- I will confirm this location by 7 pm on the night of the stargazing tour. I will send specific instructions on how to get there. It is just before the coffee farm. If the weather is bad in this location, I will send instructions to an alternate location.
Return
- I will confirm this location by 7 pm on the night of the stargazing tour. I will send specific instructions on how to get there. It is just before the coffee farm. If the weather is bad in this location, I will send instructions to an alternate location.
Itinerary
You will experience an unforgettable world-class stargazing tour with a professional GPS tracking telescope. Your astronomy guide will trace the constellations in the night sky with a green laser and talk about Hawaiian star names, Hawaiian mythologies, as well as other cultures' mythologies. Then we look through the telescope for about an hour and 15 minutes. Your astronomy guide will explain in simple English what you are seeing and point the objects out in the night sky. We provide cushioned chairs, and walking is minimal. At the end of the tour, we take special nighttime photographs of you and your group next to the telescope with the stars in the background. The next day we will send you fact cards with Hubble images showing the objects seen in the tour.
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We had an awesome trip to the Planets , Stars and Galaxies with Donna & Scott !! Very educational and amazing trip to the universe and what lies beyond’ our eye‘s vision and imagination! Thanks for a wonderful experience and evening out stargazing Maui‘s night sky! Mahalo! Love to be back some day! PS- thanks for the tips how to get our own telescope calibrated 😀🌺
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