Events
Nebulae. Star clusters. Distant galaxies. Come see what’s hiding in Hawaiʻi’s night sky. Step up to the telescope. Watch live images bring the deep sky out of the darkness.
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September 2026
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Heart of the Scorpion
Scorpius stretches across the southern sky with fiery Antares at its heart, surrounded by some of the richest star fields in the Milky Way. We’ll explore nebulae, clusters, and the glowing depths of Sagittarius and Scorpius.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Heart of the Scorpion
Scorpius stretches across the southern sky with fiery Antares at its heart, surrounded by some of the richest star fields in the Milky Way. We’ll explore nebulae, clusters, and the glowing depths of Sagittarius and Scorpius.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Heart of the Scorpion
Scorpius stretches across the southern sky with fiery Antares at its heart, surrounded by some of the richest star fields in the Milky Way. We’ll explore nebulae, clusters, and the glowing depths of Sagittarius and Scorpius.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Heart of the Scorpion
Scorpius stretches across the southern sky with fiery Antares at its heart, surrounded by some of the richest star fields in the Milky Way. We’ll explore nebulae, clusters, and the glowing depths of Sagittarius and Scorpius.
Full Moon Tour
A Moon-focused telescope night exploring lunar geology, bright crater rays, maria, mountain ranges, and seasonal bright targets.
October 2026
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Rise of Andromeda
Andromeda and Cassiopeia take over the autumn sky as M31 climbs into prime viewing position, joined by the Double Cluster, Pleiades, and the first returning winter targets.
Saturn at Opposition
A special telescope night centered on Saturn at its best observing window of the year, including its rings and brighter moons.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Rise of Andromeda
Andromeda and Cassiopeia take over the autumn sky as M31 climbs into prime viewing position, joined by the Double Cluster, Pleiades, and the first returning winter targets.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Rise of Andromeda
Andromeda and Cassiopeia take over the autumn sky as M31 climbs into prime viewing position, joined by the Double Cluster, Pleiades, and the first returning winter targets.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Rise of Andromeda
Andromeda and Cassiopeia take over the autumn sky as M31 climbs into prime viewing position, joined by the Double Cluster, Pleiades, and the first returning winter targets.
Full Moon Tour
A Moon-focused telescope night exploring lunar geology, bright crater rays, maria, mountain ranges, and seasonal bright targets.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Rise of Andromeda
Andromeda and Cassiopeia take over the autumn sky as M31 climbs into prime viewing position, joined by the Double Cluster, Pleiades, and the first returning winter targets.
November 2026
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Rise of Andromeda
Andromeda and Cassiopeia take over the autumn sky as M31 climbs into prime viewing position, joined by the Double Cluster, Pleiades, and the first returning winter targets.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Rise of Andromeda
Andromeda and Cassiopeia take over the autumn sky as M31 climbs into prime viewing position, joined by the Double Cluster, Pleiades, and the first returning winter targets.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Rise of Andromeda
Andromeda and Cassiopeia take over the autumn sky as M31 climbs into prime viewing position, joined by the Double Cluster, Pleiades, and the first returning winter targets.
Lunar Observations: Moon & Winter Sky
A Moon-focused night with craters and mountain ranges, followed by the Pleiades, bright double stars, and Orion rising in the east.
Full Moon Tour
A Moon-focused telescope night exploring lunar geology, bright crater rays, maria, mountain ranges, and seasonal bright targets.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Rise of Andromeda
Andromeda and Cassiopeia take over the autumn sky as M31 climbs into prime viewing position, joined by the Double Cluster, Pleiades, and the first returning winter targets.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
December 2026
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Return of Orion
Orion returns in force with the Orion Nebula, Taurus, the Pleiades, brilliant winter stars, rich clusters, and classic deep-sky targets.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Return of Orion
Orion returns in force with the Orion Nebula, Taurus, the Pleiades, brilliant winter stars, rich clusters, and classic deep-sky targets.
Geminids Meteor Night
A late-night session for one of the year’s most reliable meteor showers, with Gemini, Orion, and the winter sky overhead.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Return of Orion
Orion returns in force with the Orion Nebula, Taurus, the Pleiades, brilliant winter stars, rich clusters, and classic deep-sky targets.
Full Moon Tour
A Moon-focused telescope night exploring lunar geology, bright crater rays, maria, mountain ranges, and seasonal bright targets.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Return of Orion
Orion returns in force with the Orion Nebula, Taurus, the Pleiades, brilliant winter stars, rich clusters, and classic deep-sky targets.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
January 2027
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Return of Orion
Orion returns in force with the Orion Nebula, Taurus, the Pleiades, brilliant winter stars, rich clusters, and classic deep-sky targets.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Return of Orion
Orion returns in force with the Orion Nebula, Taurus, the Pleiades, brilliant winter stars, rich clusters, and classic deep-sky targets.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Return of Orion
Orion returns in force with the Orion Nebula, Taurus, the Pleiades, brilliant winter stars, rich clusters, and classic deep-sky targets.
Full Moon Tour
A Moon-focused telescope night exploring lunar geology, bright crater rays, maria, mountain ranges, and seasonal bright targets.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Return of Orion
Orion returns in force with the Orion Nebula, Taurus, the Pleiades, brilliant winter stars, rich clusters, and classic deep-sky targets.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Return of Orion
Orion returns in force with the Orion Nebula, Taurus, the Pleiades, brilliant winter stars, rich clusters, and classic deep-sky targets.
February 2027
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Titans of Winter
Orion, Sirius, Gemini, Taurus, and Canis Major dominate the evening with bright stars and some of the finest deep-sky objects of the year.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Titans of Winter
Orion, Sirius, Gemini, Taurus, and Canis Major dominate the evening with bright stars and some of the finest deep-sky objects of the year.
Jupiter & Orion Night
Jupiter and its Galilean moons share the night with Orion, the Pleiades, bright winter stars, clusters, and selected nebulae.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Titans of Winter
Orion, Sirius, Gemini, Taurus, and Canis Major dominate the evening with bright stars and some of the finest deep-sky objects of the year.
Full Moon Tour
A Moon-focused telescope night exploring lunar geology, bright crater rays, maria, mountain ranges, and seasonal bright targets.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Titans of Winter
Orion, Sirius, Gemini, Taurus, and Canis Major dominate the evening with bright stars and some of the finest deep-sky objects of the year.
March 2027
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Titans of Winter
Orion, Sirius, Gemini, Taurus, and Canis Major dominate the evening with bright stars and some of the finest deep-sky objects of the year.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Titans of Winter
Orion, Sirius, Gemini, Taurus, and Canis Major dominate the evening with bright stars and some of the finest deep-sky objects of the year.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Titans of Winter
Orion, Sirius, Gemini, Taurus, and Canis Major dominate the evening with bright stars and some of the finest deep-sky objects of the year.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Titans of Winter
Orion, Sirius, Gemini, Taurus, and Canis Major dominate the evening with bright stars and some of the finest deep-sky objects of the year.
April 2027
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Realm of Galaxies
Explore the galaxy fields of Leo, Virgo, and Coma Berenices, with Markarian’s Chain, the Virgo Cluster, and bright companions for the eyepiece.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Realm of Galaxies
Explore the galaxy fields of Leo, Virgo, and Coma Berenices, with Markarian’s Chain, the Virgo Cluster, and bright companions for the eyepiece.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Realm of Galaxies
Explore the galaxy fields of Leo, Virgo, and Coma Berenices, with Markarian’s Chain, the Virgo Cluster, and bright companions for the eyepiece.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Realm of Galaxies
Explore the galaxy fields of Leo, Virgo, and Coma Berenices, with Markarian’s Chain, the Virgo Cluster, and bright companions for the eyepiece.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Realm of Galaxies
Explore the galaxy fields of Leo, Virgo, and Coma Berenices, with Markarian’s Chain, the Virgo Cluster, and bright companions for the eyepiece.
May 2027
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Realm of Galaxies
Explore the galaxy fields of Leo, Virgo, and Coma Berenices, with Markarian’s Chain, the Virgo Cluster, and bright companions for the eyepiece.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Realm of Galaxies
Explore the galaxy fields of Leo, Virgo, and Coma Berenices, with Markarian’s Chain, the Virgo Cluster, and bright companions for the eyepiece.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Realm of Galaxies
Explore the galaxy fields of Leo, Virgo, and Coma Berenices, with Markarian’s Chain, the Virgo Cluster, and bright companions for the eyepiece.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Realm of Galaxies
Explore the galaxy fields of Leo, Virgo, and Coma Berenices, with Markarian’s Chain, the Virgo Cluster, and bright companions for the eyepiece.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
June 2027
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Celestial Forge
Explore the Lagoon, Trifid, Eagle, and Omega nebulae in the summer Milky Way. Every Friday in June and July.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Celestial Forge
Explore the Lagoon, Trifid, Eagle, and Omega nebulae in the summer Milky Way. Every Friday in June and July.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Celestial Forge
Explore the Lagoon, Trifid, Eagle, and Omega nebulae in the summer Milky Way. Every Friday in June and July.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Celestial Forge
Explore the Lagoon, Trifid, Eagle, and Omega nebulae in the summer Milky Way. Every Friday in June and July.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
July 2027
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Celestial Forge
Explore the Lagoon, Trifid, Eagle, and Omega nebulae in the summer Milky Way. Every Friday in June and July.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Celestial Forge
Explore the Lagoon, Trifid, Eagle, and Omega nebulae in the summer Milky Way. Every Friday in June and July.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Celestial Forge
Explore the Lagoon, Trifid, Eagle, and Omega nebulae in the summer Milky Way. Every Friday in June and July.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Celestial Forge
Explore the Lagoon, Trifid, Eagle, and Omega nebulae in the summer Milky Way. Every Friday in June and July.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
The Celestial Forge
Explore the Lagoon, Trifid, Eagle, and Omega nebulae in the summer Milky Way. Every Friday in June and July.
August 2027
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
September 2027
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
October 2027
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
Build a deep-sky image from the ground up—align, focus, frame, guide, capture, stack, and reveal real starlight in one hands-on night.