Astronomy camps

ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY CAMPS

Learn the art of taking pictures of the night sky on our astrophotography camps dedicated for the astronomer and astrophotographer in you. The camp offers state of the art dedicated astrophotography cameras and motorised equatorial telescopes for you to take pictures like the ones you see on internet. Join us for the exhilarating experience of capturing the cosmos in your personal devices.

STARGAZING CAMPS

Join us for stargazing camps where you will get access to the astronomical equipments like telescopes and binoculars to gaze stars up close and personal. The big light buckets will help you observe the distant celestial objects in great details and also during the course of the camp, you will be able to learn how to use these equipments. If you already own one, bring it to our camps and use it to its full potential under the dark starry skies.

SPECIAL CELESTIAL EVENTS

The celestial objects sometime make us feel their presence in a spectacular way. Be it an eclipse of the Sun or the Moon or rare planetary alignments like conjunctions and occultations or a meteor shower, there is something interesting going on in the sky occasionally. We conduct special camps for you to witness these events and learn more about the universe.

STAR PARTIES

Are you an amateur who just like to gaze stars or are you an enthusiast who is looking to buy their first telescopes or you are new to this hobby and don’t know where to meet like minded people? AstroNomadLife Star parties are designed to help you in every possible way when you join us. From dark skies to the comfort, convenience and safety of yourself and your equipment, we organise these star parties for you to have fun while following your passion.

PERSONALISED STARRY EVENTS

Are you a group of astronomy enthusiast who is travelling to some place in a group and want to do stargazing but don’t know how to begin? We got you covered. Our expertise lies in travelling to remote locations with our equipment and provide you with memorable experience of the night sky with your loved ones. Amateur astronomy group in institutions, large family gatherings, and personal/corporate events on the outskirts of the city limit, we can provide you great stargazing experiences.

Astro nomad life astronomy camps

AstroNomadLife takes pride in organising cost effective and highly interactive astronomy camps. The camps are designed to cater to people with nil experience in stargazing to experienced users joining us to take it to the next level of learning and expertise with an experienced team. All in all, the astronomy camp offers a great opportunity for everyone to learn something and take home great pictures, experiences and learnings form the camp.

Astronomy camps in India are still in their in-fancy stage. Many are organising it with not much of an idea or experience of what dark skies means. As a result they are not able to offer what ideally should be offered. The experienced team of AstroNomadLife knows exactly what needs to be offered and also understand what is missing in the market and has inculcated the same in our practice to ensure the participants gets a great learning experience.

When you participate in a camp with us, you not only get comfortable and luxury stays at off-beat locations but also you get your hands-on experience on verity of equipment. Different kind of telescopes, binoculars and eyepieces, cameras and other accessories which are available for use during the camp make your observation experience so much better that you don’t event realise you are a beginner in the field. This also proves to be a test ground where you can work on different equipment and understand which of these should be your first telescope or binocular as well.

In the camp you are not shown objects through the telescope. Rather you are taught how to point the telescope in the sky and also how to locate various deep space objects. Starting with the bright ones like Orion Nebula or Pleiades star cluster, you work your way up towards the fainter objects. During the process, you learn the parts of the telescopes, working principal and also find ways to point, align and observe several objects in the night sky. During the course of the program, you are given valuable handy tips as to how to learn and explore the night sky on your own.

One major aspects of astronomy camps in India should be indulging in discussion with the participants about the cosmos. Everybody has a question or two in their mind. They don’t know where to look for answers. These astronomy summer camps organised by AstroNomadLife have experts from different domains who can help you find answers to the questions. Many participant are coming to experience how the sky would look through a telescope as they are very keen on buying a telescope for themselves. They seldom have a model in mind but not sure if it suit their needs well. When they come to the camp, they want to understand if there is a better option available. Some have bought a new telescope but don’t know how to use them. They often find it difficult to see through their telescopes thinking they are doing something wrong, however most of the time they are the victim of overselling by the seller with false promises and expectations. A typical marketing gimmick which many of us fall for every day. When they bring their equipment here and we check the quality for them, it becomes clear that their expectations were way too high.

The idea behind an astronomy camp is to make people learn about the night sky, the culture of star party and most importantly to learn the usage of telescope. We ensure that for all the participants in our group, they achieve all three objectives listed above and a few more which will encourage them to recommend us to their family and friends. For astrophotography enthusiast, we offer a wide range of equipment for them to test and assess how easy or difficult the photography will be. They can test special cameras, filters and learn the tips and tricks of astrophotography, like guiding, polar alignment, exposure triangle etc. Also during the camp, they learn to process images taken on any night and start looking for their own astrophotography gear in the coming months. All participants get free consultation to buy equipment from us.

The Astronomy Camps in India are still in its early form, a lot need to be done in this field and while we are trying our best to offer the best services to our clients, we are also rewarded by returning clients or clients who have been referred which makes us believe that we are doing a good job which people are liking it. Hopefully we will see you in a camp soon.