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STARFEST PROGRAM 2006 |
| AUGUST 25 - Friday |
FRIDAY MORNING ACTIVITIES |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Registration Opens |
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MAIN TENT |
SMALL TENT |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Amateur Astronomers Contributing to Real Science - Robotic Observatories for the Discovery of Supernovae
- Ajai Sehgal |
Understanding White Light and Narrowband Monochromatic Solar Filters - Applications, Instrumentation, and Observational Techniques for Solar Astronomers
- John Hicks |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Deep Sky Imaging from your Urban Backyard
- Paul Mortfield |
Observing the Dark Side of Nebulae
- Paul Gray |
| 12:00 p.m. |
LUNCH |
FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES |
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MAIN TENT |
SMALL TENT |
1:30pm-
2:30pm |
Orchestrating Light - The Image Processing Workflow
- Scott Ireland |
Building a Robotic Observatory in the City
- Bob Anderson |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Solar Observing Session - Next to baseball field |
| 2:30 p.m. |
The RAT Project
- Andreas Gada and Marc Castel |
Fellowship Under the Stars
- Elaine Osborne |
| 3:30 p.m. |
An Artist's View of the Universe
- Story Musgrave |
Astronomy in the Classroom with Starry Night
- Herb Koller and Pedro Braganca |
| 5:00 p.m. |
SUPPER |
FRIDAY EVENING ACTIVITIES |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Commercial Exhibits Close |
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MAIN TENT |
SMALL TENT |
| 7:00 p.m. |
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Friday Night at the Movies |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Starfest 25th Anniversary Gala |
NIGHTTIME ACTIVITIES (FRI/SAT) |
| 10:00 p.m. |
The Sky Tour
Observing Session Begins
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Celestrivia (if it is overcast) |
Red Light Café Opens |
| 10:00 p.m. |
Lorenz Observatory Remote Imaging Session
- Marc Castel |
| 12:00 a.m. |
Registration & Gate Close |
| 12:00 a.m. |
ACP Observatory Control Software Remote Imaging Session
- Bob Denny |