Sky Tours
Sky Tours are one of our most popular items. Take a guided tour of the night sky in real-time with our science instructors as your guide. These tours are live via an Internet connection from your PC. Your guide not only explains the night sky to you, but they also provide hands-on training on the use of the telescope systems at the observatory. During each tour you will take your own photos of astronomical objects. The images taken during each Tour are real-time images, not downloads of images that have been acquired from professional institutions. You control the telescope, you take the images, and you keep them. Build your own image library of deep space objects. Learn astronomy and take part in actual astronomy research projects. There are several Sky Tours to choose from. Take a general survey of the night sky, learn about a specific object of interest, or take the complete deep space tour!
Sky Tour - Survey
This is a general Survey tour designed to acquaint the participant with the observatory interface, telescope, and camera control system. A brief tour of night sky objects is provided to demonstrate the capabilities of the equipment. This tour is required for participation in other SkyTitan Tours.
Sky Tour - Galaxies
The SkyTitan Galaxies tour takes you on a deep space sky tour. You will be able to acquire images of several different types of galaxies. Learn about the different types of galaxies and what gives them their shapes. Understand the ways that we measure the distances to these beautiful structures and the vastness of the cosmic distance scale. Your images of galaxies will prove to be some of your most favorite SkyTitan images.
Sky Tour - Nebulas
Our tour of Nebulas is truly intriguing. "Nebula" is a general term that encompasses several different celestial objects. You will learn the differences between planetary, emission. absorption, and other types of nebula. Gain an understanding as to how these different structures relate to star birth and death and other structure of the galaxy. Most participants in the Nebula tour often desire to follow up with color imaging sessions to capture the true beauty of these dynamic celestial wonders.
Sky Tour - Star Clusters
During the many star parties that SkyTitan has presented over the years, Star Clusters have been one of the most impressive objects that people have viewed through a telescope eye piece. The same is true when imaging them through our remote telescopes. These galactic features provide important insight into the structure, age, and formation of our galaxy. Your tour and images of the many open and globular clusters in the night sky will give you a better understanding of the Milky Way in which we live.
Sky Tour - Solar System
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SkyTitan is currently deploying a dedicated telescope that is optically configured for imaging the moon and planets. Take a "local" tour of the our solar system's planets and moons. Though follow-up sessions, you can build your own movie of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn as they orbit these gas giant planets. Image the many different features of our moon such as craters, mountains, and lunar rilles. Gain a more in-depth understanding of the most prominent features in the night sky.
SkyTitan is currently deploying a dedicated telescope that is optically configured for imaging the moon and planets. Take a "local" tour of the our solar system's planets and moons. Though follow-up sessions, you can build your own movie of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn as they orbit these gas giant planets. Image the many different features of our moon such as craters, mountains, and lunar rilles. Gain a more in-depth understanding of the most prominent features in the night sky.