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Programme 2009


Friday 14th August 2009
8:00 am

Queensland Astrofest Opens

Whole Camp
Saturday 15th August 2009
11:30 am Vendor sales Main Hall
3:00 pm

Honored Guest : Dr Tamara Davis

"Cosmological Confusion... Revealing common misconceptions about the big bang, the expansion of the universe and cosmic horizons"

Kitchen Dining Room
Sunday 16th August 2009
2:00 pm Workshop Lunar Numbat
Roy Duncan
.Kitchen Dining Room
Monday 17th August 2009
.2:00 pm

Workshop Vision for Astronomy
Terry Cuttle

.Kitchen Dining Room
Tuesday 18th August 2009
..2:00 pm Workshop Drift Aligning
Paul Russel
.Kitchen Dining Room
Wednesday 19th August 2009
..2:00 pm   Workshop Colour Calibration the old and the new.
Eddie Trimarchi
.Kitchen Dining Room
Thursday 20th August 2009
..2:00 pm   Workshop Image Processing
Greg Bock
.Kitchen Dining Room
Friday 21st August 2009
11:30 am Vendor Sales Main Hall
2:00 pm Workshop Occultations
Johnathan Bradshaw
Main Hall
3:00 pm Astro-Trivia. Form a team and see who has the most trivia cluttering their heads. Kitchen Dining Room
Saturday 22nd August 2009
10:00 am ATM Judging Main Field
11:00 am Vendor Sales and Buy/Swap/Sell Meet Main Hall
1:00 pm Counter Weight Tossing Competition Next to Main Hall
2:00 pm Group Photo Session In front of Observatory
3:00 pm

Main Speaker: Prof Michael Drinkwater

"Dark Energy and Sound Waves from the Early Universe"

Kitchen Dining Room
4:00 pm Close of Voting for Erwin van der Velden Memorial Trophies Kitchen Dining Room
4:30 pm ASTRO-FEAST and presentation of competition prizes and raffle draws Main Hall

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