"Dark Sky Reserves are a big deal for stargazing, " explained Chris Bramley, editor of Sky at Night magazine.
What mattered, though, was that the event introduced hundreds of people to the wonders of stargazing.
Preliminary results of the Mars exploration by Stargazing viewers will feature in the final programme.
Stargazing Live returns to BBC Two at 20:00 GMT on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8-10 January 2013.
The three stargazing live events will be held in Onchan on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 19:00 GMT.
More unusual guided outings include boat trips, cycling tours, stargazing and snorkelling.
The increasingly competitive stargazing industry is hoping not, and Trunzo says the audience that supports it wouldn't be pleased either.
Covering 5268 square kilometres and including 45, 000 dwellings, the Biosphere provides an unpunctuated skyline across much of its expanse: the ideal conditions for stargazing.
The programme begins at 7:30 pm, after the general visitors have left the park, with a stargazing session at the Gandhi Smarak memorial on Pavilion Hill.
The park allows access to the drive after 10:00 pm for stargazing, if you register and and pay a fee at the park office.
Spend a night or two in Hilo, taking time to day-hike on Mauna Kea or to drive partway up the mountain for stargazing after dark.
The Forstars name is a reference to both the glass roof that allows for stargazing and the projector that can be used for watching film stars.
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Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain will present their Stargazing Live series live from Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire from 8-10 January on BBC Two.
As portrayed in the commercial, Trammell said he used Twitter to choose things like what wine and what book to bring on the first date, where the two end up stargazing.
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So consumed by his hobby is he that early in his 18-year marriage to former freelance science writer Carol Foote, the couple decided that Mandel needed an agreement restricting his stargazing time.
Over the course of six days, he unveiled the earthshaking revelations that renowned English astronomer John Herschel--who was stargazing in southern Africa at the time--had seen beavers, bison and man-bats on the moon through his revolutionary new telescope.
But there is plenty for the less physically ambitious to do as well, including taking a walk through the Valley of the Moon near sunset (the salt rock formations can be heard popping and crackling with temperature swings), visiting flamingo-dotted salt lakes, swimming near the El Tatio geysers, or stargazing at Explora's own observatory.
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