Stargazing: the deep southern skies – 6 March

The Deep Southern Skies: Two thirds of all the stars we can see from Earth are concentrated in the southern region of the sky.

On a prefect Moonless evening, our large telescopes reveal the delicate structures of far away objects such as the sparkling stars in the colourful ‘Jewel Box’ cluster. Observe massive clouds of dust and gas in the Eta-Carina Nebula, a birth place of stars. See over 3 million stars in the brightest of the globular clusters, Omega Centauri.

Join Maropeng’s resident astronomer, Vincent Nettmann, for an informative after dinner talk, illustrated with spectacular astro-photo images.

Bring your binoculars with to participate on a laser guided southern sky tour, weather conditions permitting.

This event will be hosted by the Maropeng Hotel Restaurant for R295 for adults.

The star-viewing evenings are weather dependent. Please bring your own binoculars.

Stargazers will be pleased to know that Maropeng is offering an accommodation special for the Friday and Saturday of each stargazing weekend. Prices are R770 per person sharing per night, or R1170 if you are spending the night on your own.

Please click here to make a booking.

Please note that this even is sold out