Are there any Astronomy Tour boats to go 300 Miles in the Ocean to get away from Civilizations Lights?

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4 Responses to “Are there any Astronomy Tour boats to go 300 Miles in the Ocean to get away from Civilizations Lights?”

1. By the Ocean Says:
   January 3rd, 2012 at 10:12 pm

   If there are any, it better lands you on a terra firma, viewing stars with a telescope on a rocking boat would be a challenge to say the least.

2. Lightsmith Says:
   January 3rd, 2012 at 10:15 pm

   I know I have heard of them. I did a Google search… found this one:
   http://eclipsetours.clickforward.com/?adid-2E343B92-B097-442c-BFA5-BE371E0325A2=363466&kw-2E343B92-B097-442c-BFA5-BE371E0325A2=solar+eclipse+cruise

3. Nyx Says:
   January 3rd, 2012 at 10:55 pm

   Not that I heard of. For most astronomers (those with telescopes) the ships potential rolling would make it hard to do. Your object would keep drifting in and out of view.

   However, there are several land based astronomy adventures you can partake on (depending on the depth of your budget).
   http://www.quasarchile.com/
   http://www.articlesbase.com/destinations-articles/astronomy-tourism-worlds-best-places-for-star-gazing-3668157.html
   http://www.findseedo.com/spastronomy.html
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Australian-Astronomy-Observatory-Planetarium-Telescope-Tours-and-Visitor-Centres
   http://gosw.about.com/od/informationfortravelers/a/azdarkskies.htm

   For the less well heeled, you can go to any one of several regional star parties around North America that might close to home for you -
   http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Star_party
   http://stardate.org/nightsky/star_parties

   For me, the regional star party of choice is the Oregon Star Party -
   http://www.ospcommittee.org/
   http://cleardarksky.com/lp/OrgnSpORlp.html?Mn=science (light pollution map)

4. Lauphing McDonald Says:
   January 3rd, 2012 at 11:21 pm

   The other problem is it sometimes gets cloudy out there due to the moisture. Where you really want to go is the middle of a big desert.