Breckenridge, Colorado ✦ November 2026View the festival schedule

Past astronomy programs

A taste of telescope time.

Real people, real telescopes, and a few very good evenings. These photos show previous astronomy activities, not a previous Breck Sky Fest.

People gathered at a brightly lit telescope during a night program — 01An evening gathered around the telescope

A telescope illuminated red beneath the Milky Way — 02A telescope beneath a sky full of stars

Adults and a child taking turns at a telescope at dusk — 03A first look, shared with the family

Visitors observing through a solar telescope — 04Astronomy starts before sunset

A telescope silhouetted against stars above a mountain horizon — 05Telescope time in the mountains

Colorful light-painting trails made by a group outside — 06Playing with light after dark

Craters and shadows on the surface of the Moon photographed through a telescope — 07A closer look at the Moon

Friends smiling together beside a telescope — 08Good questions. Good company.

A small group under red light pointing into the night sky — 09Learning the sky together

Locations pictured are not confirmed festival venues.

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