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…
The Winterstellar Charitable Trust and the Lakes District Museum presents The Dark Side of the Universe A talk by Professor Brian J. Boyle Discover the 99.5%of the universe which is invisible to the naked eye illustrated with images taken by Prof Boyle from his observatory near Arrowtown. Friday 5th August Read more…
A large crowd, including local Mayor Jim Boult and other dignitaries, attended the opening of the Winterstellar 2022 Exhibition at Lakes District Museum and Gallery in Arrowtown on 22nd July. The opening ceremony included a stirring karakia delivered by Jana Davis, formal opening by Mayor Jim Boult, a brief overview of Read more…
Some wonderful photography and videography from Nicholas Doran at the Matariki Pre-dawn Celebration on Coronet Peak, 24th June. Winterstellar Chair, Professor Brian Boyle joined 80 intrepid skiers to ascend to the top of the Greengates Express Lift on Coronet Peak to witness the rise of Matariki. The event went extremely well. Matariki Read more…
Very pleased to announced we have had another huge donation of a Panasonic 40″ 4k HD LED TV by John Feron from Central Appliance Plus in Alexandra. This will be presented to the overall winner of the 2022 Astrophotography Competition. This is the second year John has kindly offered the Read more…
This is our third year organising the Winterstellar Astrophotography Competition and Exhibitions, and during that time we have talked to many excellent astrophotographers who have produced wonderful images. Printing an exhibition standard picture of their work though can be quite expensive, and may not be a financial priority for some. Read more…