Southwest Conservation Adventures

Southwest Conservation Adventures SWCA is a guiding company and outfitter that specializes in reconnecting with the outdoors through hands-on, educational conservation adventures

Specializing in adventure tourism throughout the American Southwest, we live by a "choose your own adventure" style, providing unique and unforgettable experiences in one of the great gems of the world.

Latest imaging session revealed the lovely Veil Nebula with over 1.5 hours of exposure time. Observed using by
05/31/2022

Latest imaging session revealed the lovely Veil Nebula with over 1.5 hours of exposure time.
Observed using by

The night sky of Baja was great after editing but incredibly difficult to see with the naked eye. It is amazing how much...
05/29/2022

The night sky of Baja was great after editing but incredibly difficult to see with the naked eye. It is amazing how much of an affect poorly aimed lighting can have on the night sky, even in a place with such a low population.
Regardless, I am happy with my first attempt at nightscape photo stacking, I will be revisiting this blend soon to hopefully improve the edit.

The latest in fashion trends…wearable art of nearby and iconic nightscape images. This is the first batch of many, c...
05/10/2022

The latest in fashion trends…wearable art of nearby and iconic nightscape images.
This is the first batch of many, currently available in small, medium, and large for $25 plus shipping or local pickup in Flagstaff.
You’ll also notice a new logo in the design that is alluding to a big announcement coming up regarding our stargazing tours 📣😉

This months round of stargazing tours has come to a close, but we’ll be firing back up at the end of May for our Dark Sk...
05/09/2022

This months round of stargazing tours has come to a close, but we’ll be firing back up at the end of May for our Dark Sky tours! Message us to book now and get signed up for an “out of this world” experience and also the most unique family photos in northern Arizona!
Booking link in bio or send us a message.

More stargazing tours coming up every night this week!Message us today to reserve your tour tomorrow to learn about the ...
05/03/2022

More stargazing tours coming up every night this week!
Message us today to reserve your tour tomorrow to learn about the night sky, find faraway galaxies, and get your photo taken under one of the greatest night skies available!

Revisited The Pinwheel Galaxy, M101, last night for my longest session yet on this one, 1143 images totaling a little ov...
04/26/2022

Revisited The Pinwheel Galaxy, M101, last night for my longest session yet on this one, 1143 images totaling a little over 3 hours of exposure time.
We’re getting kept inside tonight and tomorrow due to some unexpected cloud cover coming in but we will be back at it on Wednesday at 9:00 pm.
Send us a message to get signed up for this cycle of new moon stargazing and deep space imaging tours 🌚

Going into a fresh round of stargazing tours requires a little bit of prep, including the occasional software update…whi...
04/23/2022

Going into a fresh round of stargazing tours requires a little bit of prep, including the occasional software update…which is always both exciting and a little scary as you never know if there might be a bug you weren’t expecting.
However that also makes it so we get to try some cool new things in preparation for what’s available in the sky on any given week 🌌
Last night was my first capture of M13, The Great Hercules Cluster, which is a globular star cluster with an estimated 100,000 stars within its boundaries.
Have you ever seen a star cluster before?
Let us know in the comments below!
Better yet! Message us to find out how you can join on this month’s round of stargazing tours!

Hey would ya look at that!That’s two spiral galaxies 🌌 in one frame!Unfortunately I missed the third one of the “Leo Tri...
04/08/2022

Hey would ya look at that!
That’s two spiral galaxies 🌌 in one frame!
Unfortunately I missed the third one of the “Leo Triplet”…but to be fair, I was only aiming at one of them in the first place 😂 (M66)
289 10” exposures for a total exposure time of 2:18:10
This months round of stargazing tours has come to an end, but we’ll be revving back up towards the end of April with tours available for booking from 4/25-4/28.
Feel free to tag someone you think might be interested in joining on our “Stargazing, Deep Space Imaging, and Astroportrait Tour” ✨ 🌌

Still out here imaging on our stargazing tour! We’ve had full groups this week and as a result, we’ve had the opportunit...
04/06/2022

Still out here imaging on our stargazing tour! We’ve had full groups this week and as a result, we’ve had the opportunity to get images of nebulas and galaxies to over 40 people!
Would you like to see live images like this galaxy (Cigar Galaxy), using your own cell phone as the eyepiece?
Message us today to find out how to get on our next round of stargazing, Astroportrait, and deep space imaging tours!

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04/01/2022

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Couldn’t be happier with the decision to invest in a for our “Stargazing and Astrophotography Tour”. This technology a...
03/31/2022

Couldn’t be happier with the decision to invest in a for our “Stargazing and Astrophotography Tour”. This technology and how it enable live viewing of deep space long exposure images in a way that is so simple and provides incredible results with little to no effort.
I get it…it’s kind of cheating as far as astrophotography is concerned and a dedicated system provides superior images…but it is very difficult to share that type of imaging easily in real-time for this type of tour….I’ve done it.
This puts images instantly on my and my guests cell phones…up to 10 of them at once!
That also allows our amazing tour guides to speak about and instruct other stargazing and celestial matters, such as cell phone astrophotography and constellation mythology!
Have you ever seen a nebula or galaxy in real time?
Now is your chance!
Link to booking in bio

Perhaps the best investment made to our stargazing tour to-date, is this new telescope that takes long exposures and str...
03/31/2022

Perhaps the best investment made to our stargazing tour to-date, is this new telescope that takes long exposures and streams the images directly to our guests smartphones!
We all watch these images created in real-time as we explore constellations, galaxies, nebulas, and planets. We’re out here making astronomy fun again ✨
Message us today to get signed up on our next tour!

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