08/09/2026
From 18 August to 8 September, Astronomy Nights at Finca Astronomica brought together visitors, telescopes, shared tables, and a sky full of reasons to look up.
During the build-up and passage of the Perseid Meteor Shower, we gathered for unhurried evenings in the gardens: sharing dinner, meeting fellow sky-watchers, and following the night as it deepened above our observing area. Under the stars, guests explored the sky through our telescopes and joined us in live robotic astrophotography—turning each session into a journey from the experience on the ground to the objects far beyond it.
This album includes some of the deep-sky treasures captured during those nights: M8, the Lagoon Nebula; M17, the Swan Nebula; M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy; and M57, the Ring Nebula. Together, these views offer a small reminder of the variety waiting overhead—from stellar nurseries and glowing nebulae to distant galaxies and the beautiful remains of evolved stars.
But Astronomy Nights are also about the moments between the observations: conversations around the tables, families and friends gathered by the telescopes, and the quiet anticipation of waiting for the next object to appear in the eyepiece or on screen.
Thank you to everyone who shared these evenings with us. We look forward to welcoming you back for another adventure beneath the starry sky.
Keep Stargazing: https://www.astronomytours.org/stargazing-experiences
18 August to 8 September, Astronomy Nights at Finca Astronomica brought together visitors, telescopes, shared tables, and a sky full of reasons to look up.
During the build-up and passage of the Perseid Meteor Shower, we gathered for unhurried evenings in the gardens: sharing dinner, meeting fellow sky-watchers, and following the night as it deepened above our observing area. Under the stars, guests explored the sky through our telescopes and joined us in live robotic astrophotography—turning each session into a journey from the experience on the ground to the objects far beyond it.
This album includes some of the deep-sky treasures captured during those nights: M8, the Lagoon Nebula; M17, the Swan Nebula; M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy; and M57, the Ring Nebula. Together, these views offer a small reminder of the variety waiting overhead—from stellar nurseries and glowing nebulae to distant galaxies and the beautiful remains of evolved stars.
But Astronomy Nights are also about the moments between the observations: conversations around the tables, families and friends gathered by the telescopes, and the quiet anticipation of waiting for the next object to appear in the eyepiece or on screen.
Thank you to everyone who shared these evenings with us. We look forward to welcoming you back for another adventure beneath the starry sky.
Keep Stargazing: https://www.astronomytours.org/stargazing-experiences
