01 — Southern skies · 2,140 m
Dark sky.
Big glass.
Stay for the stars.
A private observatory with an eight-room guesthouse above the clouds. Dinner at dusk, an astronomer at your side, and the Antares — our 600 mm telescope — under the dome until the sky turns blue again.
02 — The Observatory
The Observatory
Not a planetarium, and not a hotel with a telescope on the roof. A working observatory where guests stay the night: one dome, one big mirror, eight rooms and the darkest sky for 200 km in any direction.
How a night goes →- The dome6.5 m · rotating
- The Antares telescope600 mm · f/8
- Guesthouse8 rooms · 16 guests
- Kitchendinner at dusk
- Astronomerstwo on duty every night
- All nights and prices →
03 — Around the dome
The Grounds
Three places you’ll know by heart before morning, and tonight’s sky. Pick one to look inside.
pupil 7 mm, dark-adapted
adaptation 30 min to full
faintest magnitude 7.5+ here
night light red only, after dusk04 — Eye to star
Eye to star
The light you’ll see tonight left Antares about 550 years ago. Here are seven layers, from your eye out to the star. Pick one.
The last 24 millimetres.
Give your eyes thirty minutes of darkness and they become a different instrument. That is why every light here turns red after sunset.
dark adaptation · 30 min · red light only05 — Your night
How a night goes
Six steps from the car park to the last star. Each one ends with something to show for it.
- 01ArrivalCheck in from 16:00. Transfers from the nearest airport on request; the road is paved to the door.→ a red torch to keep
- 02DinnerThree courses on the terrace while the sun goes down.→ sunset at the table
- 03BriefingTwenty minutes on what’s up tonight and how to look at it.→ your own star map
- 04The domeTwo to three hours in the dome with our astronomer.→ a dozen objects, seen yourself
- 05Open skyThe terrace stays open: loungers, blankets and big binoculars.→ the Milky Way overhead
- 06MorningBreakfast until 11:00, check-out at noon. Nobody will wake you.→ a photo of your night
06 — House rules
House rules
Not a list of amenities. Five rules that keep the sky dark and the nights good.
- 01Dark sky comes first.No white light outdoors after dusk, ever.
- 02Eight guests per astronomer.So everyone gets real time at the eyepiece.
- 03Clouds move your night, not your money.Clouded out? Your next session is on us, any night within 12 months.
- 04Quiet after ten.Low voices, soft doors, phones on night mode.
- 05The sky is the show.No lasers, no projections. Only what is really up there.