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Twinkle Dark Sky Tours

Name: Twinkle Dark Sky Tours
Address: Oban, NZ
Telephone: +642102849892
Price range: $$
Rating: 5

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Come and explore Stewart Island's Dark Sky Sanctuary with us! 🌠🪐⭐️🚀🔭🌌

Getting there
- Our tours take place at the Ringa Ringa Heights Golf Club (23 Deep Bay Road, Stewart Island) which provides a flat area with a low horizon and toilet facilities
- The golf course is a 30-minute walk from the South Seas Hotel in Halfmoon Bay or a 5-minute drive

Cancellation and refund policy
- Cancellations more than 4 days from the tour date will receive a full refund
- We cannot

provide refunds for cancellations within 4 days of a tour
- We will process refunds within 10 days of the cancellation
- We encourage you to book a dark sky tour on the first night of your stay on Stewart Island/Rakiura so if it's cloudy on your chosen night we can wait for clear weather

Weather
- When we cannot see the stars because of cloud a full refund is available or we can provide a gift card for use on your next visit to Stewart Island/Rakiura
- We live on an island with changeable weather. If the clouds close in during a tour we will endeavour to continue the tour using the parts of the sky that we can see, but if this is not possible then a refund will be provided

Aurora australis
- As the solar wind that triggers auroral displays is unpredictable, we cannot guarantee that you will see an aurora on one of our tours. However, if an aurora is visible, our tour site offers clear views of the southern horizon and you'll have front row seats for the show �.

22/05/2025

Reminder: there's a FREE astronomy talk on AI in Astronomy from Prof. Anna Scaife right at 7 at the RSA Pavilion on Rakiura.

We'll bring along our telescope for anyone attending who wants to have a look at the stars afterwards (weather permitting). See you there!

19/10/2024

We are excited to be on our way to the New Zealand Starlight Conference with our newest little star 🌠 Arthur 🌠‼️

30/07/2024

Aurora alert! There could be auroral displays over the next three nights, so keep an eye out 👀

28/06/2024

It was great to be out under (nearly) clear skies this morning to look for Matariki!

It popped out between the clouds for roughly 10 seconds 😅, but we also got great views of Piripi (Aries), Puaka (Rigel), Marama (the Moon), and the planets Saturn, Mars and Jupiter.

Thank you to all who came along! 🌟

25/06/2024

Update: as the weather looks average on Friday morning, this event will take place on Saturday morning instead (29/6) at the same time

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Ngā mihi o te tau hou! 🌟

Come join us for Matariki!

We'll be by the Oban sign at 6:30am hoping to catch a glimpse of the stars of Matariki rising - as well as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, and the Moon. (Weather permitting) 🌙

See you there!

23/05/2024

We sometimes take the Moon 🌙 for granted, but even with a pair of binoculars, you can see mountains ⛰️ and craters that meteorites 🌠 have left on its surface.

12/05/2024

Great infographic showing how we get colours in the aurora - thanks Dark Sky Waiheke Island! 🌟

Here’s useful info about those incredible colours!!, in the northern hemisphere (and further down south) the land masses are closer to the poles. We mainly saw the reds and greens🤩

11/05/2024

Excited this morning to see our photos on RNZ 😊

10/05/2024

Aurora alert!

A large solar storm hit the earth around 5am this morning and sparked the strongest geomagnetic storm in years. It originated from monster sunspot 3664, which is as wide as 15 Earths.

The kp index is currently an 8.67 out of 10 and more storms are following behind it. If you're in New Zealand and have a clear sky this evening it'll be worth having a look.

We're running a Twinkle tour this evening and have space if anyone on Stewart Island would like to join it.

Happy Aurora hunting!

03/04/2024

Welcome to International Dark Sky Week! (2-8 April)

We and DarkSky International are encouraging everyone to get out and enjoy the night sky this week. You could gaze at Mars, Saturn and Venus just before sunrise, find the Southern Cross, or just enjoy beautiful views of the Milky Way if you live far enough from sources of light pollution.

Or.... you could join us and the Stewart Island / Rakiura Community Environment Trust for a night of 'Bats, Moths, & Stars' on Sunday 7th April at Traill Park in Oban!

We'll have bat detectors to listen for long-tailed bats, a telescope and binoculars for looking at the stars, and a moth trap to search for New Zealand's rarest moth - the Frosted Phoenix!

Meet at 7pm at the SIRCET nursery, and dress warmly

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