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Sedona Stargazing Tour: Award-Winning Astronomy Experience
4.3
773 Ratings
Sedona
Our company is proud to be a TripAdvisor Hall of Fame member, having received the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for 14 consecutive years. We offer the world’s premier astronomy star gazing experience.
Our company is proud to be a TripAdvisor Hall of Fame member, having received the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for 14 consecutive years. We offer the world’s premier astronomy star gazing experience.
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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3511 Verde Valley School Rd - Sedona Stargazing is delighted to provide a tailored and unique astronomy experience. It is recommended that customers visit our website for all ticketing options and to access our exceptional customer service for refunds and rebooking.
Guests will meet at our observing location, a 20-minute drive from West Sedona in…
- 3511 Verde Valley School Rd - Sedona Stargazing is delighted to provide a tailored and unique astronomy experience. It is recommended that customers visit our website for all ticketing options and to access our exceptional customer service for refunds and rebooking.
Guests will meet at our observing location, a 20-minute drive from West Sedona in the Village of Oak Creek. The tour includes a constellation overview using a high-power laser pointer. Guests will then enjoy a close-up view of planets, galaxies, star clusters, and nebulae through one of our large, powerful telescopes. Each guest receives a pair of wide-field view binoculars, and each reservation group is provided with their own GPS auto-position telescope. Our astronomers are highly knowledgeable, ensuring an educational and entertaining experience. Sedona Stargazing has been awarded the TripAdvisor Award of Excellence for 12 consecutive years, leading to our induction into the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame. We have been featured in National Geographic and the New York Times and are ranked by TripAdvisor as one of the top 10 US Space-Based Attractions.
What's Included
- Blankets and parka jackets
- Telescopes, laser pointers, binoculars, chairs, hand sanitizer
- Blankets and parka jackets
- Telescopes, laser pointers, binoculars, chairs, hand sanitizer
Additional Information
- After the booking you will recive some information via email about this ticket/pass (departure details, adress,etc)
- After the booking you will recive some information via email about this ticket/pass (departure details, adress,etc)
Location
3511 Verde Valley School Rd
Verde Valley School Road
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(773 Ratings)
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214coltonf
Jan 1, 2025
Amazing! If you're thinking about it do it!! - Wes was amazing!! We saw Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn. And there was so much more detail given than we could have expected!! They even provided lawn chairs and blankets.
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Shaundj5711vg
Jan 1, 2025
INCREDIBLE - Incredible experience and highly recommend taking this tour. The setup is perfect, the team is so friendly, and Wes is wildly knowledgable about the subject matter.
10/10!!!
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Aswati22
Dec 31, 2024
Best sky to go stargazing! - Dr. Shaffer and Jeff were very informative and helpful in describing the various stars and formations. It was a very clear sky the night we went and so we were able to view Jupiter, Saturn, the Andromeda galaxy and globular star clusters under the telescope. Dr. Shaffer also pointed out various constellations, the milky way and stars to us. Sedona is definitely a wonderful place to go stargazing. The sky was light up with stars and the milky way was visible even to the naked eye. Would highly recommend this experience!
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Seaside25241916464
Jan 5, 2025
Views Amazing with minor disappointments. - Sedona is great place to stargaze. The guide was knowledgeable with a documentary voice and cadence that added to the experience. The laser beam during discussions was a huge help to be able to follow what he was talking about in the night sky.
On this tour we looked at Saturn, Jupiter, Orion Nebulous, and a star cluster through the telescope, with many discussions about constellations and identifying stars, like Polaris.
The large tour group was broken down into seats ( with blankets) of 6 people with a large telescope and a couple of binoculars. It did take a bit of self-trial and error as a novice to get an optimal clarity looking through the telescope.
The only con was a group that dominated the main guide with questions the whole time, making it hard for other groups to get a question in. Guide could've done a better job at equalizing time moving around to each group after each telescope introduction. He stayed longer answering their questions, which was kind.
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Gregmn538at
Jan 3, 2025
Prepare for cold! - The astronomer was very knowledgeable, and we learned a lot. However, it was extremely cold, which made it not quite as enjoyable. They had blankets, but they were not enough. We underestimated how cold it would actually be. Extremely grateful they had portal potties!
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Lisa_m
Dec 29, 2024
Just as others have said,... - Just as others have said, you really need to prepare for the temp drop at night in Sedona. Since you are not moving around much your limbs will get super cold. We bundled up like when we go skiing, used the extra blankets they hand out, and we were still freezing by the end. The host was super knowledgable though and we did enjoy our experience.
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Danny_b
Dec 29, 2024
The experience was a good... - The experience was a good introduction to stargazing. With such a large group, you can only look at so many things. The information posted on your listing was not accurate, as they did not provide a parka, hand sanitizer, or even mention wide angle binoculars. Over all , this was a good event.
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Lm4167
Jan 3, 2025
Just OK - On the positive side, the guide was highly knowledgeable, and was able to answer a range of questions from people on the tour. Seeing various planets through the telescope was perfectly fine, but for me, not worth the high cost of the tour. Perhaps those who are really into astronomy enjoyed the tour more than me. If you simply want to star gaze in a dark night sky, there are various locations from where you can do this on your own in Sedona.
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Nicole_h
Jan 4, 2025
So so value for the money… - I’m from an area with a lot of light pollution and had never been to a dark site before so the stars were absolutely breathtaking.
I don’t necessarily feel that I got much out of the tour, which could be partially because due to my aging eyes.
There was only one person setting up the telescopes, which for our group had five people per telescope and no one monitoring their use, so if you have a greedy person in your group, you don’t necessarily get much time per person for viewing.
Also, don’t expect to get a super clear view of what’s being shown because you’re not looking through a Hubble telescope. Just managing expectations…
The speaker was informative but I think I would have been just as happy sitting in a chair looking at the sky myself without spending $250.
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Steve_s
Dec 29, 2024
Stars not out - Unfortunately it was canceled due to cloud cover. The organizers were very nice and we got a refund.
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