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Astrofest and Website Update:
Registration now closed for the year. We will have a bunk avaliable as we are just hitting 50% capacity in the bunk houses. There will always be room for caravans in the Lower Camping Area. The Family house is nearly full. The table below has been updated, no family rooms are left on the final weekend.
If you are after the Astro-Feast, I have 18 left. If you really want one please phone and leave a message at the camp if you are definitly comming up.
The registration booklet is now avaliable to download. It is large 1.8Mb.
Major Sponsors:
- Sirius Optics in conjujunction with Tasco Sales -
12" fully GOTO Skywatcher dobsonian, Astrozap Shroud, Sirius Observing Tent
- Yes Watches -
Black KUNDALINI watch
- Star Optics in conjujunction with Celestron (a Nexstar 102 SLT.) and Meade (a Coronado Personal Solar Telescope (PST) )
Sponsors:
- Cambridge University Press
- Ian Lightbody
- Lumicon
- JMI
- Bintel
- Astro Shop
- AstroStack
- Australian Sky and Telescope
- Images Plus
Further information as it comes to hand.
Honored Guests for 2010:
I am happy to announce that once again we have Honored Guests for each weekend of the Queensland Astrofest. Well known amateur astronomer Trevor Barry arrive for the first weekend and speak about his work with JPL and his trip to the Keck Telescopes. The following weekend Dr David Wiltshire from Canterbury University is coming to discuss cosmology and Dark Energy.
Further information will be posted when the Programme is finalised.
2009 Lost and Found:
It has been a bumper year for the Lost and Found Department, click here to see what has been left unclaimed from last year and what has been left from this year. Lost and Found can be found on the Gallery menu.
Erwin van der Velden Astrophoto Memorial Trophy:
Due to the feedback received by the Organising Committee, the Erwin van der Velden Astro-Photo Memorial Trophy has undergone some rule changes.
1. The competition has been divided into two categories:
- Through a Telescope Astro-Photography (400 mm or greater);
- Non-Telescope Astro-Photography (less than 400 mm).
2. Entries MUST be submitted prior to the commencement of the 2010 Queensland Astrofest so that all entries may be viewed by attendees before being voted on.Please visit the Photo Competition `Page for full details.
2010 Accommodation: This table is semi "live" and the figures have been corrected.
Bunk House (48) Female Bunk Area(8) Family and Large Groups (7 rooms) Upper Caravan Sites (12) Astro-Feast (Sat 22/08)
Queensland Astrofest 2009:
Listed below are the numbers of the attendance of last years Queeensland Astrofest.
In total there were 169 individuals registered for 721 bed-nights. Updated 08/08/2009.
Fund Raising Information
The Queensland Astrofest organising committee have decided that it will not proceed with the fund-raisin port and instead will produce Queensland Astrofest mugs, a YouTube video of the mugs can be found here.
Queensland Astrofest "World Class":
The Queensland Astrofest was rated in the Top Ten Star Party in the world by The Sky at Night magazine in their May issue. A two-page spread maps out the location of camps such as the Texas Star Party (USA), Starfest (Canada), Equinox Star Party (UK) and the South Pacific Star Party (Australia).
On Friday morning 5th of August 2005 at around 2:00 am (AEST), using equipment he constructed for this purpose, Renato Langersek contacted the International Space Station and STS 114 (Discovery) as they passed over South-East Queensland and the Queensland Astrofest. Listen to an mp3 of his conversation with Andy Thomas (1.8 Mb) and view the transcript.
and is currently organised by five clubs in South-East Queensland
