Alpine Astrovillage located in Lue Switzerland, will be the world’s first resort for amateur astronomers. Astrovillage will feature 6 studio apartments each of which comes with its own 3 meter domed mini-observatory equipped with either a 10″ Ritchey-Chretien or a 12.5″ Dall-Kirkham telescope.

AAV is located in eastern Switzerland at an altitude of 1935 meters in the pristine Muestair Valley, and interestingly only about 25 miles from where Ötzi was found. Opens March 7, 2009, which is the 217th anniversary of John Herschel’s birth.

Alpine Astrovillage Lue-Stailas - A Center for Astrophotography in the Alps - homepage

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