Visit: 3511 Verde Valley School Rd, Sedona, AZ 86351, USA
Sedona Stargazing is pleased to offer you a personalized and custom astronomy experience by professional astronomers. You will meet us at our observing location which is a 20 minute ride from West Sedona in the Village of Oak Creek. Your tour includes an overview of the constellations using a high power laser pointer. We then give you an up close view of planets, galaxies, star clusters and nebula through one of our large powerful telescopes. Each guest has a pair of wide field view binoculars and each reservation group will have their own gps auto position telescope. Our astronomers are exceptionally knowledgeable and provide you with an educational and entertaining experience. Sedona Stargazing has received the Award of Excellence 9 years in a row from TripAdvisor resulting in our induction into the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame. We have been featured in National Geographic and the New York Times and ranked by TripAdvisor as one of the top 10 US Space Based Attractions
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1 hour(approx.)
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Most travelers can participate
After the booking you will recive some information via email about this ticket/pass (departure details, adress,etc)
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Ellen_S
This wasn't quite what we had hoped for.
Very textbook-y, rapid-fire outpouring of facts. Interesting in some ways but not really engaging.
FYI... not professional astronomers. Knowledgeable, yes, but not professionals. Wish that would have been stated more accurately in the description. Felt a little duped. Also the description states individual sets of binoculars would be given but this did not happen.
Timing issue - the time was changed to one hour later due to seasonal sunset time changes (so the change happens a couple times a year and is fairly predictable.) We didn't know this or see any mention of the possibility of this in the description even after the fact when intentionally digging for it. We learned of the change when we received a text a few hours prior telling us what time to arrive - not informing us of the time change, just assuming we already knew. While trying to clarify it via text, I was simply told that this had always been a possibility and I should've seen it. A screenshot of a confirmation with the new time was then shared with me as 'proof' - a confirmation that I had never received because my own confirmation came from Viator, not the organizers. Very strange, curt and unnecessary mixup and communication. Strongly suggest to the organizers to simply clearly state this possibility within the description (including within Viator and TripAdvisor descriptions) AND to let people know more in advance. It really upset our schedule and caused a lot of last minute confusion.
The cost of $120 per person seems too high in arrears. The whole experience fell a little flat for us; just not quite on target - the strange, unnecessary time mixup with the response that it was entirely our fault; the inaccurate descriptions of binoculars and professional astronomers; and the rapid, sterile delivery of facts.
We just wouldn't recommend it to others unfortunately, at least not at this price.
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Posted On : 2024-05-13
Posted By : Stuart_B
I mistakenly booked the tour a week before I meant to - and when I reached out to the operator to try reschedule it I was ignored.
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Posted On : 2024-05-12
Posted By : allisonb727
What a wonderful evening looking at the moon and stars. This time of year the planets aren’t visible in the evening sky so it allowed for seeing and learning about other galaxies far, far away. Weston and Kenan were super knowledgeable and gave great information. I felt like I was listening to Neil De Grasse Tyson speak about space and time. Fabulous telescopes were used, chairs with blankets as well. Great setup to see what our universe has to offer and beyond.
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Posted On : 2024-05-11
Posted By : Getaway569339
Very knowledgeable people and kind. We learned a lot and will definitely recommend them. It was a bit cold but they had all these blankets to keep us warm. Only warm hot chocolate was missing. lol
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Posted On : 2024-05-11
Posted By : Michelle
Our guide was very knowledgeable as to the night sky. Seeing the entire sky lit up with stars was magical. Blankets were provided so I was able to lay down and watch the stars move thru the sky. ❤️
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Posted On : 2024-05-09
Posted By : Rebecca_M
They changed the start time to an hour later the day of the event- we ahead people unable to change there schedules
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Posted On : 2024-05-08
Posted By : Kaitlyn_D
Our guide was so knowledgeable and informative. It truly was a pleasure spending an evening with him. While the telescope was neat, the information was even more impressive. We learned a lot!
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Posted On : 2024-05-04
Posted By : Elizabeth_A
Excellent spectacular views guides were very informative. I was very pleased with the whole star gazing experience
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Posted On : 2024-05-04
Posted By : MARK_P
Being able to view the star clusters & discovering some stars we see in the sky are actually multiple stars only viewable through the telescopes provided. Guides were very knowledgeable & answered all questions
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Posted On : 2024-05-04
Posted By : Delane_B
The man overseeing the excursion was quite rude. We left about 10 minutes into it.
I’m sure it would have been lovely with a different person .
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Posted On : 2024-05-01
