2023 Program

 

 

 

THURSDAY JANUARY 12

 

From 2:00pm

Arrival and set up. No
official programme.

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY JANUARY 13

 

6:00pm

Sausage sizzle       Gold
coin donation

 

7:00pm

Official opening and house­keeping matters

ISAAC (Steve, Gary)

7:10pm

Weather forecast for the weekend. A professional approach.

Paul Mallinson

7:30pm

Space Flips

Bethany Jones

8:15pm

A Paradox?

Remco Mensert

9:00pm

Supper.             Telescope
set up time.

 

9:30pm

Movie – TBD

 

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY JANUARY 14

 

Noon

Sausage sizzle       Gold
coin donation

 

1:00pm

Buy, Sell and Swap table
(also Sunday)

ISAAC (Steve, Gary)

2:00pm

ASTRONZ presentation of gear

ASTRONZ

2:30pm

Is Time an Illusion?

Antony Gomez

3:10pm

Afternoon tea

 

3:40pm

Planetary Imaging from Carterton

Paul Mallinson

4:10pm

Can we explain quantum weirdness?

Terry McMahon

4:40pm

Teaching Earth and Space Science

Bruce Ngataierua

5:30pm

Dinner (fish and chips)

 

7:15pm

Group photo. Meet in the hall.

Graham Palmer

7:30pm

New Zealand has had six comet discoverers between 1902 and 2007

John Drummond

8:00pm

Raffle draw

 

8:15pm

Mt Kent Observatory – Queensland’s Only Professional Research
Observatory

Dr. Carolyn Brown

University of Queensland

9:15pm

Supper.              Telescope
set up time.

 

9:45pm

Movie – TBD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY JANUARY 15

 

9:00 -11:00am

Children’s programme

Jennifer and Sarah

Noon

Sausage sizzle       Gold
coin donation

 

1:00pm

Buy, Sell and Swap table
(also Saturday)

ISAAC (Steve, Gary)

1:30pm

New Ways of Imaging Transits of the Sun

Otto  Gruebl

2:00pm

Isaac Newton

Keith Dyson

2:30pm

Title – TBD

Stephen Chadwick

3:10pm

Afternoon tea

 

4:45pm

Planetarium visit in Napier.

 

5:30pm

Dinner (in Napier or on site)

 

7:00pm

Astro quiz

 

9:00pm

Supper.             Telescope
set up time.

 

9:30pm

Movie – (Surprise)

 

 

 

 

 

MONDAY JANUARY 16

 

 

Chill out day. Relax and
enjoy Hawke’s Bay.

 

 

 

 

 

TUESDAY JANUARY 17

 

 

Pack up in the morning ­
leave by lunchtime.