Astronomia Photographica 2026

Capture the Cosmos through Astrophotography!

Led by GDCO Chief Astronomer, Rick Tonello, participants will explore Astrophotography fundamentals from setup to shooting techniques and processing to presentation on our Astronomia Photographica course.

Covering Astroscape, Wide-Field and Deep Sky photography, this three-part course is delivered over three weeks (one night/week) as two online lessons and one onsite practical lesson in our Observatory.

When booking, select your chosen start date (Session 1), you are then automatically booked onto the subsequent two dates of the course program.

Participants must bring their own Canon or Nikon DSLR camera.

If you are bringing a different camera, please bring along your own T-Ring adaptor.

SESSION OVERVIEW

Session 1:
Introduction, Types of Astrophotography, Equipment (via Zoom, 7pm - 9pm)

Session 2:
Practical Night at GDC Observatory (7pm - late)

Session 3:
Processing Class (via Zoom, 7pm - 9pm)

COURSE DATES

February

Session 1: Tuesday, 10 February (via Zoom)

Session 2: Tuesday, 17 February (practical night @ GDC/Observatory)

Session 3: Tuesday, 24 February (via Zoom)

May

Session 1: Tuesday, 5 May (via Zoom)

Session 2: Tuesday, 12 May (practical night @ GDC/Observatory)

Session 3: Tuesday, 19 May (via Zoom)

July

Session 1: Tuesday, 7 July (via Zoom)

Session 2: Tuesday, 14 July (practical night @ GDC/Observatory)

Session 3: Tuesday, 21 July (via Zoom)

September

Session 1: Tuesday, 1 September (via Zoom)

Session 2: Tuesday, 8 September (practical night @ GDC/Observatory)

Session 3: Tuesday, 15 September  (via Zoom)

November

Session 1: Tuesday, 3 November (via Zoom)

Session 2: Tuesday, 10 November (practical night @ GDC/Observatory)

Session 3: Tuesday, 17 November (via Zoom)