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San Pedro de Atacama: Stargazing experience

By Astronomic tour, Observatory Licanatay
9.4 out of 10
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Overview

  • Learn about the stars, celestial bodies with an astronomy specialist.
  • Travel to ancient Greece and learn to look at its night sky
  • Learn how ancient cultures observed the sky and see the Southern Cross.
  • Use the telescope with the help of your guide
  • Observe the sky in the Atacama Desert, one of the most beautiful in the world

Activity location

    • San Pedro de Atacama
    • San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • San Pedro de Atacama
    • San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile

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What's included, what's not

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    Meeting point may vary depending on the option booked.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guide specialised in Astronomy
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    Coffee, tea or red wine
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    Courtesy Photo with sky (sent by email)
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    Telescope equipment
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Alcohol and drugs, Smoking

What you can expect

Enjoy two different views of the night sky during your tour. The first will be the Western vision, which studies the universe, the brightness of the stars, and their planets. You can observe, with a telescope, objects in the solar system, deep space, and constellations. Learn about the cosmos and its formation.

Then, go on an ethnic astronomical journey to understand how the ancient inhabitants of the Andes interpreted the universe, the milky way, and the night sky. Many centuries before the arrival of the Spaniards, in the indigenous settlements of America, many wise observers of the universe interpreted the objects of the night sky. In all the black spaces, they observed figures that gave them information about their daily life including animals, water, rivers, schedules, and life after death.

Next, learn to observe with a telescope and observe objects such as planets, stars, binary stars, star clusters, nebulae and galaxies, depending on the time of year. At the end of the tour you take a photo with the stars as a souvenir of the night.

Remember to check the lunar calendar before booking. If you book on moonlit nights, the sky may vary.

Location

Activity location

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    • San Pedro de Atacama
    • San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • San Pedro de Atacama
    • San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile