The Milky Way is at its brightest from December to March, the most recognisable time of year when every star shines clearly and beautifully brightly in the night sky. Summer is also the time of year when New Zealand's skies are at their clearest and brightest, making it the perfect time to go stargazing!
The South Island town of Tekapo, New Zealand, is home to the 4,300 square kilometre Dark Sky Reserve, one of the world's seven Dark Sky Reserves, and is famous for some of New Zealand's brightest starry skies.
I don't know when it started, but looking up and seeing a sky full of stars has become an unattainable surprise in life. When the city lights are getting brighter and the air is no longer so pure, it is undoubtedly a blessing to be able to see the sky full of stars, constellations, meteor showers, and even the Milky Way with the naked eye.
As night falls, the best of Tekapo is revealed as it gets darker. On a good night in Tekapo, you can look up and see the stars in the sky, which are denser than you can imagine with the naked eye under what New Zealanders recognize as one of the cleanest and most spectacular starry skies in the world.
The best way to enjoy the beauty of the starry sky is to find an open space and watch it quietly in an undisturbed environment. At this time, it seems that there is only yourself left in the world, so quiet that there is no sound, and your heart is also quiet. At night in Tekapo, time no longer seems to rush by as it does in the city, so you can take out your camera, set up your tripod, slowly feel your way, adjust, and keep recording the beauty of the starry night sky, and then shoot the most satisfactory starry night works.
If you know anything about astronomy, you can look up and see famous constellations, such as the Southern Cross, which can only be observed in the southern hemisphere and hangs clearly in the sky of Tekapo. But it's a matter of luck if you want to see a shooting star gliding by.
If you are full of curiosity and desire to explore the stars in the sky, you can also join the local John Hill Observatory stargazing trip, you can observe the stars more clearly through the telescope of the Observatory, and listen to the professional astronomical tour guide to recount the names and stories of the stars in the sky. Chinese language service is also available.
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Mt John Night Observatory Tour, Lake Tekapo
Duration: 120 minutes
Adult Price: 148 NZ$
Child Price: 83 NZ$
Remarks: Children under 8 years old cannot participate
Lake Tekapo Cowans Observatory Tours, Cowan's Observatory Tours, full duration: 75 mins
Duration: 75 minutes
Adult Price: 93 NZ$
Child Price: NZ$53
Note: Children under 5 years old are not allowed to participate.
As usual, we are offering a 10% discount on our tours, please call or contact us for more information.
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Last but not least, we recommend a stargazing tool, the mobile phone app StarWalk teaches you to identify the star charts.
(Graphic compiled from the Internet)
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