On the weekend of 12th to 14th April, Winterstellar Charitable Trust was proud to sponsor and facilitate the Aotearoa Astrotourism Academy‘s first visit to Central Otago. WCT were able to do this due the Promotional Grant we gratefully received from the Vincent Community Board of Central Otago District Council. Central 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…
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…
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…
On 30th November 2021, a meeting was held at the Monteiths pub in Alexandra at which the Trust Deed for the creation of the Winterstellar Charitable Trust. The objects of the Trust, as included in the deed were as follows: To foster a greater general appreciation of the night sky Read more…
UPDATE: 24th September 2020 On Friday 28th August we had the privilege of Simon Williams presenting the first Winterstellar Astrophotography Workshop. All those present at the Alexandra Golf Club were treated to a full night of education, inspiration and fun as Simon shared his years of experience and many practical Read more…
Friday 17th July 2020. The 70 people who attended the opening of the Winterstellar 2020 Exhibition last Friday were treated to two excellent talks. The first was by exhibitor and award winning time-lapse film maker, Stephen Patience. Stephen revealed some of his secrets to the production of his epic clips Read more…