A full evening of cosmic discovery!

Duration

Approximately 1.5 - 2 Hours

About

In addition to being the world's largest easily-accessible dark sky preserve, Jasper is also one of the smallest towns in North America with its own planetarium.

Enjoy an entertaining, fun-filled evening of cosmic discovery! This full program includes both our Planetarium Experience & Telescope Experience.

Planetarium Experience — indoors Welcome to a virtual guided tour in our 34-seat domed theatre with a LIVE local astronomy guide. Orbit the Earth, looking down on night time storms and the auroras. Explore local constellations, the Northern Lights, the Milky Way, and right to the edge of the universe from Jasper Dark Sky Preserve. Includes time for a Q&A with staff. Duration: 40 minutes. Note no one under the age of 4 is permitted in the dome.

Telescope Experience — outdoors Join us outside the planetarium for...

• An interactive guided tour of the largest, most powerful telescopes in the Rockies and how they work
• A 4K 'instant-replay' of the latest screen-captures from recent live views through our telescopes in Jasper
• A look at how to photograph the Northern Lights and Milky Way with your DSLR camera (upon-request)
• Hands-on experiences: make an aurora, hold a meteorite!
• Also, if the skies are clear enough, we will offer LIVE guided views through our optical and video-based telescopes next to the planetarium.

As this is an outdoor event, please dress for evening Rocky Mountain weather (i.e. warmly!)

NOTE: the Telescope Experience is a learning opportunity with many non-weather-dependent aspects AND weather permitting views of the sky. While we do not need the sky to be completely clear to use our telescopes we CAN NOT guarantee clear skies. We DO NOT provide refunds if the skies are too cloudy BUT this tour includes a 2-year “rain check” to re-book for another date. (No action is required to activate this rain-check. It is automatically included in your tour)

When booking this tour, please be mindful of expected time of the sunset in Jasper on the date you wish to attend. Selecting a time after the sunset will help with providing the best chance of seeing night time views.