Earth and Sky Observatory Archives

Posted May 9, 2014 by Martina Mcauley & filed under Current Items Country: New Zealand.

9/5/2014 (The Kiwi/Kerry Connection) On Monday 12th May 2014 the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve (I.D.S.R.) will be unwrapping an unexpected gift. There is a lot of mystery surrounding this present but all will be revealed at an opening ceremony in Kerry this coming Monday night at 10pm. The gift has travelled halfway across the… Read more »

Posted August 23, 2012 by Martina Mcauley & filed under Travel Country: New Zealand.

12/3/2012 The weather wasn’t great for the first two days I was in Lake Tekapo but it was forecast that it would pick up very soon. I was really hoping that I would get at least one clear day but a clear night especially. Lake Tekapo is a great place for watching the stars at… Read more »

Posted June 13, 2012 by Martina Mcauley & filed under Travel Country: New Zealand.

20/9/2009 After spending 5 days in Kaikoura, I decided to backtrack a little bit and head to Lake Tekapo. It meant going back through Christchurch and on out to the southwest, towards the mountains. I had been to an Observatory in Christchurch and seen a cluster of stars through a small telescope there, called the… Read more »