02 / Beginner Night-Sky Lab
FIRST LIGHTNo telescope. No jargon. Just look up.
A low-pressure, 90-minute beginning: orient yourself, read a simple sky map and find something worth looking for again.
Your first orbit
The sky gets friendlier when you know where to begin.
FIRST LIGHT is designed for people who have never used a telescope or star map. It swaps performance for participation: question, point, try, return.
01Myth-buster
What a beginner can and cannot realistically expect to see.
What a beginner can and cannot realistically expect to see.
02Find north, find Orion
Pair up with a simple sky map and learn how to orient yourself.
Pair up with a simple sky map and learn how to orient yourself.
03Small-group stations
Telescope handling, object identification and a phone photography mini lesson.
Telescope handling, object identification and a phone photography mini lesson.
04Look again
Leave with one personal answer to: “What will I look for next time?”
Leave with one personal answer to: “What will I look for next time?”
“Cloud Lab is not a cancellation. It is a live sky simulation, constellation story and hands-on telescope clinic.”
WHO
40–60 first-time skywatchers and a team of trained student volunteers.
FORMAT
90 calm, practical minutes on the lawn, terrace or in the Cloud Lab.
OUTCOME
Leave able to use a sky map and identify something new.