We are exploring whether stargazing fits our destination
Assess the site, audience, season and operating constraints before deciding what is worth building.
Opportunity assessmentStargazing programs for destinations
Turn the night sky into a reason to visit.
Build a stargazing experience your team can keep running.
Stargazing Solutions works with resorts, destinations, camps and communities to create night-sky experiences that fit the place, the guests and the people who will operate them.
12+years in astronomy outreach and field operationsTour operations since 2018 · North America · Australia · and Beyond
Selected clients & program partners
Winter Park ResortYMCA Camp Santa MariaDevil's Thumb RanchSonic BloomCity of Boulder OSMPGirl ScoutsMatch.com
Experience
Built on real-world experience.
Our background spans public tours, resort operations, staff training, camps, large events and live astronomy. That experience informs how we design for different sites, audiences and teams.
Selected media coverage
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Stargazing programs can start from very different places.
You may be exploring the idea for the first time, working with equipment you already own, preparing staff for launch or trying to improve an experience that already exists.
We want a complete stargazing program
Bring the guest experience, equipment, staffing, weather decisions, training and launch into one workable plan.
Program developmentWe already have telescopes or a site
Turn the assets you already have into a coherent guest experience and identify what is actually missing before buying more.
Experience + operations designOur staff need to deliver the experience
Give the team practical astronomy knowledge, field practice and reference material for the experience they will actually run.
Training + documentationWe already offer astronomy, but the program needs work
Review guest flow, equipment, staffing, weather decisions and communication to find the parts holding the experience back.
Program audit + revitalizationWe want help getting through launch and the first season
Keep astronomy and operating support close while the experience meets real guests and the local team builds confidence.
Pilot + ongoing supportHow we help
A practical path from idea to opening night.
We can take on the full build or focus on the part that needs specialist help.
Assess
Site, sky, audience, existing assets and operating constraints.
Build
Guest experience, equipment, staffing, weather plans and team training.
Launch & support
Pilot with real guests, refine the operation and support the local team.
Selected work
See how this works in practice.
Staff training, recurring resort operations and the revitalization of an established astronomy business.
Recurring resort operations
Colorado mountain resort programs
Building, staffing and operating astronomy experiences for mountain resorts, including a recurring program at Winter Park Resort.
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Program development & staff training
YMCA Camp Santa Maria
Helping a camp turn astronomy resources into a program its own staff could deliver.
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Program and business revitalization
Astro Tours Broome
Relaunching a long-established astronomy business after two dormant years.
Read the storyWhy astronomy
Give visitors a reason to stay out after dark.
See the traveler-interest, participation, visitor-spending and destination research behind the opportunity.
of 27,713 travelers across 33 countries and territories would consider a darker-sky destination
Global stated-interest survey; 72% were interested in starbathing and 59% in star guidesBooking.com global traveler researchaverage daily spend by foreign Northern Lights tourists in Norway in the 2025 tourism survey
1,043 aurora tourists were compared with 3,872 winter tourists; paid foreign guest nights in Northern Norway's aurora season were more than double 2019 levelsInnovation Norway Tourism Survey / Northern Norwayof Tourism WA's identified interstate and intrastate market showed moderate-to-high interest in traveling to stargaze
Australian target-market research, not all Australian travelers; 71% of the identified key market also considered dark-sky tourism worth paying forTourism Western AustraliaExplore the research
See the research, destination examples and practical implications behind the headline numbers.Why astronomyDiscuss your project
Tell us what you're working on.
A few sentences about the destination, what already exists and what you would like to create or improve is enough to begin.
Prefer email?[email protected]
Use this address for project ideas, active programs and specific stargazing questions.
What happens next
- We review the project details you send.
- We follow up with any questions needed to understand the site, audience and current program.
- If we can help, we suggest a practical next step and scope from there.