Epic! Tours

Mauna Kea Stargazing Tours on the Big Island of Hawaii

Nov 28

#MaunaLoa is erupting from vents on the Northeast Rift zone. Flows are moving downslope to the north.

USGS Photos from Civil Air Patrol fight. #MaunaLoaErupts
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Jul 11

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Jul 9

Sometimes cars can even follow us.
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Jul 9

Trying to decide which stargazing tour company to go with?
Our tour times are hand-selected to avoid the moon. The other guys do tours even during a full moon. 😢 🌚 😢

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Jul 9

Rent a Jeep and follow us. 🤩
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May 26

Last nights lunar eclipse was EPIC!!

May 5

Omega Centauri is among the biggest and most massive of some 200 globular clusters orbiting the Milky Way. It is one of the few globular clusters that can be seen with the unaided eye. It’s visible almost all summer long on Mauna Kea.

Boasting a swarm of nearly 10 million ancient stars united by gravity, Omega Centauri is almost as old as our Milky Way galaxy. The stars in Omega Centauri are between 10 billion and 12 billion years old and lie about 16,000 light-years from Earth.
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Apr 21

Milky Way season is here! If you book a tour for sometime in May, you’ll see it after 10pm. For June through October it’ll be visible pretty much all night long! 💃 💃

This is the core of our own Milky Way galaxy. Some of the larger stars appear to glow in the photo. You can get this effect from a very thin, almost translucent layer of clouds that are covering the stars. Some nights we have clouds in the mountains and it just takes a little more time for the skies to clear up.

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Apr 20

This Mustang looks pretty epic under the stars too!

In order to get the stars to look this perfect, I use a technique I call “sky enhancement” that uses a star tracker to move my camera with the rotation of the planet to make the stars look absolutely dreamy.

Pro Tip:
Any vehicle can make it to the stargazing spot, so try to rent a Jeep or convertible and play the Interstellar theme song when you follow me to the stargazing location. 🌌 🎶
...As always, you can ride with me instead. 🚙 👩🏽‍🚀

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Apr 16

The Rho Ophiuchi nebula cloud complex is a beautiful, epic cloud of colorful cosmic dust and gas located 460 light-years from Earth. It's one of the closest stellar nurseries (star forming regions) to the solar system and one of my favorite objects to photograph in the night sky.

It’s wild to think that a 30 second exposure with my star tracker and scope can take this photo with very minimal post editing.

In the next few weeks I’m going to be getting an infrared and ultraviolet camera to take even more stellar photos. Stoked!🌌🌌🌌

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Unique Mauna Kea Stargazing and Photos

$259

We are the only stargazing company that does not do tours during a bright moon phase (not many stars are visible) and we offer a stargazing guarantee. See the stars or get a full refund.

a man flying a kite in a field

a person standing in front of water

a group of people in a dark sky

a man flying through the sky

a star filled sky with Gallery Arcturus in the background

Learn More About This Tour

(808) 747-1211 James@EpicBigIsland.com

Kailua-Kona, HI, 96740