STARFEST 1993: PROGRAM


FRIDAY, AUGUST 20TH

  
12:00          REGISTRATION OPENS  
  
 1:00 - 6:00   CCD IMAGING WORKSHOP  
  
                 ST6 CCD IMAGING  
                      - Jack Newton  
  
                 MY CCD OBSERVATORY  
                      - Paul Boltwood  
  
                 USING THE ST4 FOR AUTOGUIDING  
                      - Charles Sinsofsky  
  
                 MAXIMUM ENTROPY  
                      - Doug George  
  
                 THE ST4 EXPERIENCE  
                      - Rick McWatters  
  
  
 8:00 - 10:00  ASTRO-RAP: INFORMAL TALKS AND SLIDES  
  
10:00 -        OBSERVING SESSION  
  
11:00 -        RED LIGHT CAFE OPENS  

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST

  
9:00          REGISTRATION OPENS  
  
               MORNING TALKS  
  
10:00            OPENING REMARKS  
  
10:10            GIANT EYEPIECES THAT SWALLOW SPACECRAFT  
                      - Al Nagler  
  
11:00            USING PHOTO CD TO DISPLAY AND PROCESS ASTROPHOTOGRAPHS  
                      - Brian Fairbrother  
                      - Bob Sandness  
  
11:30            ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS  
                      - Alan Dyer  
  
12:00            WHY YOU'LL WANT TO GET INTO INTERFEROMETRY  
                      - Peter Ceravolo  
  
12:30          LUNCH  
  
               COMMERCIAL DISPLAYS OPEN  
  
               AMATEUR TELESCOPE MAKERS EXPOSITION OPENS  
  
  
               AFTERNOON TALKS  
  
 1:30            MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER: A COMET TO REMEMBER  
                      - David Levy  
  
 2:30            DEEP SKY OBSERVING PANEL DISCUSSION  
                      - Terence Dickinson, Moderator  
                      - Grant Dixon, Alan Dyer,  
                        Bryce Heartwell, Jerry Spevak  
  
 3:30 - 5:30   SWAP TABLE  
  
 6:00          DINNER, SERVED IN THE TENT  
  
               COMMERCIAL DISPLAYS CLOSE  
  
  
               TWILIGHT PROGRAM  
  
 7:45          OPENING REMARKS  
  
               DOOR PRIZE DRAWS  
  
               ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY AWARD PRESENTATIONS  
  
 8:30          COLD CAMERA ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY AND COLOUR CCD IMAGING  
                    - Jack Newton  
  
 9:30 -        OBSERVING SESSION  
  
11:00 -        RED LIGHT CAFE OPENS  

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22ND

  
10:00 - 11:00  TELESCOPE MAKERS' ASSOCIATION MEETING  

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