Winterstellar are delighted to announce Tāhuna Glenorchy as the first Winterstellar Astronomical Site (WAS) The Winterstellar Astronomical Site program was launched in August 2024 to recognise those special places in Otago with exceptional dark skies, and strong support from their community and local authority to protect and preserve this important Read more…
The Central Otago night skies are unique and relatively unspoiled To protect this for future generations, Winterstellar is intending to prepare an application for International Dark Sky Reserve status for a large area of Central Otago. We expect this will take some time, but there is no time like the Read more…
Hundreds of visitors passed through the exhibition on the evening of the Arrowtown Matariki Festival with some getting a guided tour through the exhibition by Winterstellar CEO Andy Davey. The exhibition runs in Arrowtown until 20th July 2024.
This year’s competition not only attracted the sponsorship of global camera manufacturers Nikon as leading sponsors, but also a record number of entries. Because of the ‘once in a lifetime’ Aurora on May 11th, the deadline for submissions was extended and a new Aurora category was added. This was opened Read more…
This event was held in Alexandra Memorial Theatre in June 2024 and attracted over 250 to attend. The movie was projected while original soundtrack composer Liz Conway performed live on stage on grand piano. Movie directors Andy Davey and Liz then interviewed on stage some of the video artists who Read more…
Excellent article in National Geographic by Cassandra Brooklyn. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/what-is-astrotourism-and-why-is-it-trending One report estimates one to four million people will travel to see this year’s solar eclipse—but it’s not the only cosmic event happening this year. It is time to start making preparations for Otago Eclipse 2028. Find more details on this Read more…
From Otago Daily Times, 24 February 2024 By Ruby Shaw Sponsors of an astrotourism course coming to Alexandra hope it will provide the skills to share the taonga of Central Otago’s night skies with the rest of the world. Aotearoa Astrotourism Academy (AAA) is the offering course, which will be held Read more…
From The News, August 31, 2023 The Central Otago District Council is making changes to protect the region’s night skies, much to the delight of local astrophotographers. Mayor Tim Cadogan announced the changes when he opened the Winterstellar exhibit at Central Stories in Alexandra on Tuesday night. Floodlights illuminating the Read more…
From the Otago Daily Times, 18 June 2022 The images that make up the “Winterstellar” exhibition 2022, which opened at Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery in Alexandra last night, can be a single shot where the camera lens is left open for an hour or more, or stitched together Read more…
For four Fridays in September, Winterstellar delivered 4 talks to Alexandra U3A covering: Astrophotography with Andy Davey & Vicky Bowman Winterstellar with Andy Davey Dark Side of the Universe with Professor Brian Boyle Otago Dark Sky Project & Astro Alexandra with Professor Brian Boyle & Andy Davey The talks were Read more…