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Astro Tourism is a unique concept that combines fun, adventure and learning. Explorers are invited to travel, explore and dive into the intriguing and exciting world of Astronomy.
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Astro Tourism however is a unique concept that combines fun, adventure and learning. Explorers are invited to travel, explore and dive into the intriguing and exciting world of Astronomy.
Astro Tourism offers travelers the unique opportunity to satisfy their curiosity and learn truths about the mysterious skies above us. Our noted Astro Tourism programs are Local Astronomy Tours, International Astronomy Tours, Star Parties, Astrophotography and much more.
Local Astronomy Tours
We have different packages to cater to your interests, which are as follows:
Arabian Astronomy
Areas that will be covered and discussed:
- Arabian lifestyle and stories of the night sky
- Finding Locations and direction
- Finding your location using the night sky
- Finding your way using the night sky
- Determining time
- Time of the night
- Time of the month
- Time of the year
- Duroor Calendar
- Making sense of Earthly changes
- Seasons
- Weather
- Effect over life.
The package is inclusive of traveling to the site with a guided tour, followed with a session of an astronomer equipped with a pointing laser to point out celestial objects, decoding the night sky and naked eye observation. This would be followed with a Q&A Session and observation through a telescope.
Greek Mythological Astronomy
Areas that will be covered and discussed:
- The night sky according to Greek Mythology
- Finding Locations and direction
- Finding your location using the night sky
- Finding your way using the night sky
- Determining time
- Time of the night
- Time of the month
- Time of the year
- Making sense of Earthly changes
- Seasons
- Weather
- Effect over life.
The package is inclusive of traveling to the site with a guided tour, followed with a session of an astronomer equipped with a pointing laser to point out celestial objects, decoding the night sky and naked eye observation. This would be followed with a Q&A Session and observation through a telescope.
Ancient Civilizations and...
Astronomy in Ancient Civilizations and World Major Cultures
The package will cover a topic of your choice in terms of time and culture. Ranging from the Mayans to the Incas to the Vikings and much more, select from a time and culture that interests you and we can have a customized session according to that.
Areas that will be covered and discussed:
- The night sky according to the selected civilization
- Finding Locations and direction
- Finding your location using the night sky
- Finding your way using the night sky
- Determining time
- Time of the night
- Time of the month
- Time of the year
- Making sense of Earthly changes
- Seasons
- Weather
- Effect over life.
The package is inclusive of traveling to the site with a guided tour, followed with a session of an astronomer equipped with a pointing laser to point out celestial objects, decoding the night sky and naked eye observation. This would be followed with a Q&A Session and observation through a telescope.
International Astronomy Tours
We have different packages for different venues around the world.
Jabal Al Shams – Oman
Jabal Al Shams is around 500 km away from Dubai and it takes around 6 hours to get there. At 3000 meters above ground level the place is cold during the summer! Apart the star gazing at nights, there are other activities that we would be engaging in like Paleontology, Geology, Archaeology and a special visit to the Hootah Cave.
Los Angeles – USA
The trip from Dubai to Los Angeles is not only a well-structured and well thought out one, but also an extremely exciting one! It starts off right from our airplane ride where we will be provided with a complete section that is specified only for us. This would include in-flight astronomy movies and discussions. We will also be passing by the polar cap so we will get a chance to see the northern auroras as well. The next few days have been carefully planned so if you would like to know more contact us!
Iceland
This can only be done from December – Feburary for best results as the rest of the year the days are longer.
People will get to witness Auroras on this trip.
Ending the day, lying on their backs, when your team looks up into the night sky, they will come to understand their existence in this vast universe and will become one with this world.
Session Details
The session will consist of
Sky Mapping
Presentation
