Thursday, 2 January
From 2:00 pm | Arrival and set up. No official programme. |
Friday, 3 January
6:00 pm | Sausage sizzle – Gold coin donation |
7:00 pm | Official opening and housekeeping matters – Rachel Palmer (HBAS) |
7:10 pm | Weather forecast for the weekend – Paul Mallinson |
7:30 pm | Smelly Bodies – Remco Mensert |
8:15 pm | Webb’s Mysteries – Bethany Jones |
9:00 pm | Supper & Telescope set up time |
9:30 pm | Movie: Good Night Oppy – US Consulate |
Saturday, 4 January
9:00 am | Children’s programme – Emily Clarke & Jacqui Mackrill Making Moon craters, colouring competition & a planet quiz. Astronaut dress up competition with prizes. Please sort out your outfits before coming to the camp. |
10:30 am | Introduction to ASTRONZ – Andrew Buckingham |
10:35 am | Astrophotography Equipment Menu – Andrew Buckingham |
11:30 am | Deep Sky Workshop – Andrew Buckingham |
Noon | Sausage sizzle – Gold coin donation |
1:00 pm | Buy, Sell and Swap table (also Sunday) |
1:30 pm | A Photographic Review of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan/ATLAS) – Ian Cooper |
2:00 pm | The Great January Comet of 1910 (C/1910 A1) – John Drummond |
2:30 pm | Solar Maximum and Phenomena of the Sun – Otto Gruebl |
3:00 pm | Afternoon tea |
3:30 pm | Genius, the life of Richard Feynman – Michael Mackrill |
4:15 pm | Strings, Loops & Illusions – Antony Gomez |
5:30 pm | Dinner (fish and chips) |
7:00 pm | Group photo (Meet in the hall) – Graham Palmer |
7:15 pm | Astro-Quiz – Graham Palmer |
8:15 pm | Raffle Draw |
8:30 pm | Mars – a planet for life? – Chris Monigatti |
9:30 pm | Supper & Telescope set up time |
9:45 pm | Movie: Flight to Mars (1951) |
Sunday, 5 January
9:00 am | Children’s programme – Emily Clarke & Jacqui Mackrill Making rockets and galaxy jars. |
10:00 am | Post-processing with DeepSkyStacker and PixInsight– Jean Fabian Barrois |
Noon | Sausage sizzle – Gold coin donation |
1:00 pm | Buy, Sell and Swap table (also Saturday) |
1:30 pm | Songs in the Key of Astronomy – Olga Brochner |
2:00 pm | Owls do Cry: A story about how Owls took over Astronomers backyard in Urban Auckland – Kevin Barker |
2:30 pm | Texas Solar Eclipse Tour – Bruce Ngataeirua |
3:00 pm | Closing Central Star Party – Bruce Ngataeirua (HBAS) |
3:15 pm | Afternoon tea |