2021 PROGRAMME

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

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

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

ISAAC (Steve, Gary)

Otto Gruebl

Gary Sparks

Antony Gomez

MONDAY JANUARY 18

Pack up in the morning ­ leave by lunchtime.

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