Temecula Wine Country Stargazing Tour
What to expect Take advantage of the dark night skies outside of Temecula's wine country go stargazing with fully customizable tour. Get a closer view of the cosmos and learn more about the universe from our friendly staff.
Meet at the observing location near wine country at the designated tour time. Get an overview of the constellations with a laser pointer, then take turns at the large and powerful telescope which will enable you to easily view planets, stars, galaxies, nebulas, and star clusters.
In between turns, guests can view the sky with wide-view binoculars while resting in a comfortable chair. Feel free to ask your astronomer guides questions and to customize what you want to see during the 1-hour experience.
Options
Private tour at your location
Telescopes come to you: We will bring our equipment to you and run a tour at your location.
What's included in Temecula Wine Country Stargazing Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Temecula
Your night tour guide will lead you through a full night sky experience which will vary slightly throughout the year and lunar cycle. Most tours will engage from near to far starting with Earth's closest celestial neighbor - the Moon. We'll spend time viewing the Moon visually and electronically ensuring that everyone has hands-on time. Next we'll move deeper into the solar system with views of what ever planets are available during your tour. We'll then move to deep sky objects viewing nebula, star clusters and galaxies. The evening will have everyone saying WOW at least once. The tour will include an introduction to astro photography using a smart scope to demonstrate how world-class telescopes obtain such amazing images. NOTE: The start time will vary throughout the year but will normally begin about 1 hour after sunset. Roughly 6:30pm in Winter, 7:30 in Spring, 8:30 in Summer, 7:30 in Fall
Inclusions
- Camp chairs
- Smart Telescope
- Visual Telescope
- Private transportation
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Some walking over uneven terrain is required
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Final details will be sent the day prior to the scheduled trip but the normal meeting spot is in Temecula Wine Country down Rancho California to the round-about and then going left (3rd exit from the round-about) on Anza Road about one mile.
