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Experience Hawaiʻi’s night sky through small-group telescope tours designed around what is actually visible each season. From moonless deep-sky nights and hands-on astrophotography sessions to lunar observing and our seasonal Hawaiʻi After Dark tours, each event is built around the best objects in the sky that night — with guided visual observing, live imaging, and plenty of time to explore the stories, science, and structure of the universe overhead.
Upcoming observing events
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.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
A hands-on field session for tracked night-sky imaging, camera setup, exposure, framing, and real astrophotography workflow.
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.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
A hands-on field session for tracked night-sky imaging, camera setup, exposure, framing, and real astrophotography workflow.
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:
Andromeda Rising
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.
Shooting the Stars: Astrophotography 101
A hands-on field session for tracked night-sky imaging, camera setup, exposure, framing, and real astrophotography workflow.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
Andromeda Rising
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:
Andromeda Rising
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
A hands-on field session for tracked night-sky imaging, camera setup, exposure, framing, and real astrophotography workflow.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
Andromeda Rising
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:
Andromeda Rising
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
A hands-on field session for tracked night-sky imaging, camera setup, exposure, framing, and real astrophotography workflow.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
Andromeda Rising
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:
Andromeda Rising
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
A hands-on field session for tracked night-sky imaging, camera setup, exposure, framing, and real astrophotography workflow.
Hawaiʻi After Dark:
Andromeda Rising
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:
Andromeda Rising
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
A hands-on field session for tracked night-sky imaging, camera setup, exposure, framing, and real astrophotography workflow.
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
A hands-on field session for tracked night-sky imaging, camera setup, exposure, framing, and real astrophotography workflow.
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
A hands-on field session for tracked night-sky imaging, camera setup, exposure, framing, and real astrophotography workflow.
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
A hands-on field session for tracked night-sky imaging, camera setup, exposure, framing, and real astrophotography workflow.
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
A hands-on field session for tracked night-sky imaging, camera setup, exposure, framing, and real astrophotography workflow.
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
A hands-on field session for tracked night-sky imaging, camera setup, exposure, framing, and real astrophotography workflow.
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
A hands-on field session for tracked night-sky imaging, camera setup, exposure, framing, and real astrophotography workflow.
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.