Quick Details
The universe awaits!
THIS TOUR IS CURRENTLY OPEN (but limited to x10 participants per time-slot)
photo: Tim Poaps, Jasper Planetarium
To comply with new Alberta Health restrictions under “Group Physical Activities”, The Jasper Planetarium will be limited until-further-notice to 10 people or less per-tour for our outdoor Telescope Experience and all cohorts must maintain 2 metre distance at all times. Masks are required at all times.
Come look through the largest, most powerful telescopes in the North American Rockies…
- award-winning ‘weather-proof’ evening program
- FREE 2-year rain-check (not clear? come on back at no-additional-charge!)
the Whirlpool Galaxy ‘eating’ a smaller galaxy, as seen LIVE through one of our telescopes
You’ll also have the opportunity for a variety of hands-on experiences and activities, to enhance your tour. Things like:
- an interactive guided tour of the largest, most powerful telescopes in the North American Rockies and how they work
- a look at the latest 4K ‘instant-replays’ of live views as seen through our telescopes in Jasper
- a look at how to photograph the Northern Lights and Milky Way with your DSLR camera (if of-interest)
- hands-on experiences: make an aurora, hold a meteorite! (NEW come touch our new Moon rock AND Mars rock!)
- also, if the skies are clear enough, we will offer LIVE guided viewing through our telescopes***
Duration: approx 45-60 minutes
meteorite samples from our collection
*** For health and safety reasons, our telescope experience is now ‘touchless’, using video-based telescopes as our primary observing tool (so guests never have to put their face up to a telescope eyepiece – instead, live telescope views will appear on 4K TV screens, which provide the brightest, most colourful views of space possible PLUS no waiting in line for telescope views – Many people can view at the same time!)
In cases where binoculars are available, we will disinfect them after each use by an individual travel party.
For hands-on activities, disposable plastic gloves are provided.
This can be an outdoor event so please dress warmly!
Please note: This tour does not include the Planetarium dome
NOTE: The Telescope Experience is a learning opportunity with 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 “rain check” to re-book for another date. (Just contact us and remind us of the name you booked under and the date you originally booked for and you’re good to go!)
DAYTIME TELESCOPE EXPERIENCE
At certain times of year (usually some spring and summer months) when it doesn’t get dark until later, we also offer a DAYTIME Solar Telescope Experience looking at LIVE safely filtered
views of the surface of the Sun, and other daytime sights (such as the Moon or Venus, if they’re out).
As with our main evening Telescope Experience, our daytime telescope tour features all the non-weather-dependent parts noted above AND our 2-year rain-check, good to use if your tour is cloudy, on any day we have availability, including later in the evening on the day of your original booking or any other day within two years!
(To book the daytime telescope experience, just click on the ‘BOOK NOW’ button on this page. If the daytime tour is offered on the date you are looking at, you will be able to book it OR call us at (780) 931-3275 for availability)