THURSDAY JANUARY 14
From 2:00pm
Arrival and set up. No official programme.
FRIDAY JANUARY 15
6:00pm
7:00pm
7:15pm
8:00pm
8:45pm
9:30pm
Sausage sizzle – Gold coin donation
Official opening and housekeeping matters
Binary Stars
Magnificent Metals from Space
Supper – Telescope set up time
Entertainment – TBD
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ISAAC (Steve, Gary)
Remco Mensert
Bethany Jones
SATURDAY JANUARY 16
Noon
1:00pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:10pm
3:40pm
4:20pm
4:50pm
5:30pm
7:15pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:15pm
9:20pm
9:45pm
Sausage sizzle – Gold coin donation
Buy, Sell and Swap table (also Sunday)
The Frogstar Observatory project
Equipment overview – How Astronz can help. Part 1
Afternoon tea
Murray Geddes
Can we explain quantum weirdness?
Equipment overview – How Astronz can help. Part 2
Dinner (fish and chips)
Group photo. Meet in the hall.
The Gary Nankivell 4 inch lens: The physics of doublets
Raffle draw
Wibbly Wobbly Smashy Crashy: Black hole and Neutron Star Mergers
Supper – Telescope set up time
Entertainment – TBD
Everyone
ISAAC (Steve, Gary)
Graham Palmer
Andrew Buckingham
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John Drummond
Terry McMahon
Andrew Buckingham
–
Graham Palmer
Kevin Barker
–
Heloise Stevance
University of Auckland
SUNDAY JANUARY 17
9:00 -11:00am
Noon
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:10pm
2:40pm
3:20pm
4:45pm
5:30pm
7:00pm
9:00pm
9:30pm
Children’s programme
Sausage sizzle – Gold coin donation
Buy, Sell and Swap table (also Saturday)
Lunar Eclipses- Imaging and future eclipses
Halley’s Comet – A Philatelic World Tour
Radio Galaxies in a Galaxy Cluster Ecosystem
Afternoon tea
Planetarium visit in Napier
Dinner (in Napier or on site)
Astro quiz
Supper – Telescope set up time
Entertainment – TBD
Jennifer and Sarah
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ISAAC (Steve, Gary)
Otto Gruebl
Gary Sparks
Antony Gomez
MONDAY JANUARY 18
Pack up in the morning leave by lunchtime.