Astrophotography Workshop

CHF 200

Col du Marchairuz or OFXB
10 participants per session

Beginning Astrophotography - Assemble, calibrate and shoot your first nebula, together

You've just bought your setup and you're afraid you don't know how to use it? This course is for you.

Why take this Astrophotography Workshop?

You've invested in a mount, a camera, filters... but you're worried about plugging everything in?
This course is designed to help you avoid the pitfalls of a beginner, the nights lost fighting with cables, and the hours spent trying to find where to click.

In one day-evening, we put it all together - your equipment, not a demo setup - we calibrate, adjust, and capture your first roughs.
No fancy theories or useless jargon: just do it, set it, shoot it.

Program (100 % practical and adapted to your setup)

Step What you learn What you do
Complete installation of your setup Camera connections, power supply, balance, alignment, clean wiring We assemble YOUR equipment together, step by step
Calibration and set-up Polar align, balancing, guidance calibration You do everything yourself, with guidance
Launching a real session Setting up an imaging session with your software We shoot your first roughs on a real target
Initiating treatment Discover the steps: stacking, background removal, stretching, colors Processing your raw data on PixInsight or equivalent
Tips and tricks Checklists, common errors, quick troubleshooting You'll leave with concrete, personalized tools

Who is this course for?

  • To those of you who have just bought a setup and don't want to be left alone with a pile of cables.
  • At motivated beginners who want to avoid nights of frustration and get off to a good start.
  • To all those who want to see their own images from the sky.

You leave with...

  • A functional setupready for your next clear night.
  • A series of raw files captured with your own equipment.
  • A first treatment carried out together and the ability to do it again at home.
  • A self-help group to keep improving and share your images.

Are you ready to go from cardboard to heaven? Plug in the frame, fix the telescope, breathe. Tonight, you capture the universe.

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