People of Earth!
We come
in peace...
To Share The Wonders of Our Universe!
Our Mission is to improve scientific literacy, and heighten awareness to the evils of light pollution. To that end, we offer the DELUXE stargazing experience featuring:
  • Lots of BIG telescopes = more viewing & less queueing
  • Expert telescope operators
  • Fun and funny laser constellation tours
  • A variety of hi-tech educational multimedia shows
  • Unparalleled enthusiasm for sharing astronomy
  • Model rocket workshops
  • Astrophotography lessons
  • AND  much, much, MORE.
Time lapse video of 2.5-hour long Summer Public Telescope compressed to 30 seconds.

FREE Zero Gravity Chair Add-on with Proof of COVID Vaccine.

Verify your Vax, and then Relax!   Add 1 or more zero gravity chairs to your booking. Then email or text a picture of your 1 or more corresponding vaccination cards (redact DOB & Patient # if you want). You'll receive a $10 REBATE per proof of vaccination, per corresponding Zero Gravity add-on you have already booked.

Gunning Down COVID-19 !

We use    Protexus electrostatic sprayers armed with sodium troclosene (NaDCC) to treat our indoor space and amphitheater seating. Without being toxic to humans, this    is   a medical-grade anti-viral chemical, with longer potency than  bleach (NaOCL). These "guns" also disinfect the air--which matters most--not just surfaces, which probably never did.

We wonder... if the Public Defense Act had been used to mass produce these "guns," perhaps 600,000 Americans wouldn't have died? Certainly the schools could have reopened as soon as they had these.  Oh well, at least we got ours and continue to use it.

In spite of our mostly outdoor setting, we were one of the first Utah businesses  to require (and provide) face masks, and we might be one of the last to completely stop.   We no longer require you, our guests, to wear face masks, but our staff, who  is 100% vaccinated, will still theirs while at the telescopes.  Why? Out of doors at night, doesn't come with the disinfecting benefit of UV from our Sun. And because looking through telescopes is sort of like eating off the same 4-7 plates with dozens of strangers.

Read more and you might decide you still want to wear your  face mask too.
Our next Special event (one NIGHT ONLY):

Perseid Meteor Shower!
Aug.12, 12:30am - 3:00am

Dark Rangers® hate mornings... except when we stay up all night! So if this special event matters this much to us, you are going to love it too!  ...even if you are also not a morning person.

The Perseid Meteor Shower is one of the most productive meteor showers of the entire year, often exceeding 100 meteors per hour. Like most meteor showers, viewing is best after midnight when Earth fully rotated into the "storm" of these little bits of comet debris. Because of our spectacular dark sky location,  we often see 2 in the exact same second. Maybe this will be the year when we can finally say we have seen 3 simultaneous meteors. 

By stargazing this late, our BIG telescopes will also give you stunning views of Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune,  and even a glimpse of beloved Pluto. Yes! If you come to the Dark Ranger Observatory on a moonless night, like this one you can be one of the VERY few humans to brag that you have seen "the original photons" from Pluto.
While booking, don't forget  the Zero Gravity Chairs add-on. They are especially great  sighting meteors in the North or scanning  the Milky Way in the south. Too bad you can look both directions at once, huh?
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Family posing for 30 seconds so photographer could catch a few Perseid meteors in a single low exposure photograph.

I'm clicking the "book now" above, because I'm a "reader" and see this is for 1 night only. I'm NOT a troublesome "skimmer" tying to book any other night of the year, who should instead be booking using  the "Book a Tour" drop down menu on the upper right corner of every page on this website.
Yes, reservations are required.
That way we will know how many
telescopes to set up.
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We are The Dark Rangers, a small family business of astronomers, night sky advocates, and entertainers. Click on the photo to learn more about us.