TELESCOPE HIRE & PRIVATE STARGAZING EXPERIENCE NIGHTS ACROSS ENGLAND & WALES


Dark Sky Telescope Hire rent out high-performance astronomical telescopes for back garden stargazing in England and Wales. We offer dobsonian reflector telescopes from 150mm aperture upwards. Telescopes can be collected from our hire base in Toddington Bedfordshire by appointment only. We also offer a telescope home delivery & collection service across mainland England and Wales. 

Telescopes are manual in operation. The telescope tube fits on to a dobsonian base that rotates through 360-degrees. Tubes are balanced and (depending on the design) secured to the base using a couple of tension bars. The user simply pushes the telescope tube around manually to position the telescope. To find an object / area of sky a 6x30mm or 9x50mm finderscope is attached to the top of the tube for sighting.

A couple of interchangeable lenses are supplied to give you a choice of magnification to play with. You’ll also have a folder of stargazing information that shows you where to aim the telescope to get the best views of celestial objects for the time of year from your back garden.

PRIVATE STARGAZING EXPERIENCE NIGHTS

Experience the wonders of our universe with an astronomer from Dark Sky Telescope Hire as your guide. We bring a telescope and our astronomy knowledge to your back garden or to a nearby stargazing location for a 1-hour or 2-hour private stargazing experience. Your stargazing experience includes a laser-guided tour of the stars and constellations we can see on your chosen night and views through a large telescope of star systems, star clusters, nebulae and distant galaxies far beyond our own. If the moon or planets are visible at the time then we will visit them too with the telescope. For more details on our private stargazing nights please click here.

NEW FOR 2024!

Easily find planets in the night sky from the UK with our Planets 2024 astronomy gift box. Contained inside a luxury A4 sized gift box are detailed notes and charts to help you track down each of the 7 classical planets in 2024.Provided are month-by-month guides showing you exactly when and where to look to find Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the night sky from the UK, and notes on how to identify each of the planets. Planetary conjunctions, alignments and other notable planet viewing dates in 2024 are included in text and / or graphical format. For more details please see the astronomy gift boxes website.

HOW TO HIRE A TELESCOPE FROM US
  1. Click on the telescopes we have available on the website
  2. Click on 'add to booking' then head to your basket
  3. If all correct press the continue booking button
  4. Choose your start date for hire
  5. Complete your details then click the continue button
  6. Once we receive your booking request we’ll check availability of the telescope and get back to you with a booking confirmation and hire agreement form
  7. Payment can be made as cash on delivery or collection, or in advance by a bank payment or Paypal payment once we have agreed your booking
ABOUT DARK SKY TELESCOPE HIRE

Dark Sky Telescope Hire provide private stargazing experience nights for individuals, couples, families and small groups.

HOW TO FIND US

We are located on the High Street (A5120) in Toddington close to Jct 12 of the M1. From the motorway head up the hill into Toddington. The road bears left at the Church. Continue along the road past the shops on your right. We are 100 yards or so up on the left. SAT NAV - LU5 6BX

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dark Sky Telescope Hire
41 High Street
Toddington
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LU5 6BX
Get the latest from us on Twitter @DarkSkyScopes @SebTJay

Email: info@darkskytelescopehire.co.uk
Phone: 07884 001815

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