Planetarium North

Planetarium North operates the only public astronomy tours in Northland, with the Planetarium based in Maunu, Whangarei and special observing locations at specific times. We are lucky to live in a region where light pollution is minimal, but our late sunset does mean we have to wait until it's really dark enough to enough the summer sky.

The planetarium tours operate until early December and with the indoor sky we don't have any problems seeing the objects of interest, but out at the beach you'll probably want to wait until 10 during December / January before you can see the treasures.

Come December the best viewing of Matariki is possible at sunset, give it a go! There is also the Moon, easy to recognise and often surprising how much detail you can see through binoculars and telescopes.