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Astrofest 2012 opens in 2 months, 22 days, 2 hours, 22 minutes!
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Today is
2012-05-19
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This site was last updated
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Welcome visitor

Since 2005-09-12
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2012 Registration is now open!
Stay tuned for updates to the programme for this year! The online registration form has been updated, and the PDF registration form will be updated soon to reflect changes for 2012.
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Qld Astrofest Honoured Guest 2012
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Sarah Sweet,
University of Queensland
"Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies in Groups"
3:00 pm Saturday 18th August In the Dining Hall(Time to be confirmed)
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"We have discovered a new type of galaxy group with very active star formation. Usually, groups of galaxies have
low star formation rates because there is not much fuel available to form stars. The observed high rates of star
formation in our groups could be explained by the dwarf galaxies forming out of matter torn from the giant galaxies
by tidal interactions. I am testing how important this tidal process is in forming dwarf galaxies, using a
relatively new type of instrument (integral field spectrograph) on a relatively old telescope (ANU 2.3m at Siding
Spring Observatory). In my talk I will explain how integral field spectroscopy gives us 3D maps of these galaxies
and allows us to test whether or not they are forming by tidal interactions."
Sarah Sweet is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland. Her research interests include star formation in
dwarf galaxies, and ultra-compact dwarf galaxies.
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Lost Property:
Each year we find a small pile of goodies as we clean up the camp; click here to see what
we have collected on your behalf. Lost and Found can also be found on the Gallery menu.
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Erwin van der Velden Astrophoto Memorial Trophy:
The Erwin van der Velden Astro-Photo Memorial Trophy
is divided into two categories:
- Through a Telescope Astro-Photography (400 mm or greater);
- Non-Telescopic Astro-Photography (less than 400 mm).
Entries
MUST
be submitted prior to the commencement of Queensland Astrofest so that all entries may be viewed by attendees before being voted on.
Please visit the Photo Competition Page for full details.
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2012 Accommodation: This table is semi "live"
Bunks and Sites Available, Friday 10 August - Saturday 18 August 2012 |
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| Female Bunk Area (8) |
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| Family and Large Groups (7 rooms) |
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| Upper Caravan Sites (12+4) |
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| Astro-Feast (Final Sat ) |
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Queensland Astrofest 2011:
Listed below are the numbers of the attendance of last years Queeensland Astrofest.
140 People pre-registered for 2011 |
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In total there were 140 individuals pre-registered for 581 bed-nights. This number does not include on-site registrations and day visitors. Updated 2012-05-07.
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Fund Raising Information
The Queensland Astrofest
organising committee are willing to accept any suggestions for this
year.
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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.
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The
Queensland Astrofest has served the amateur astronomical community since
1993,
and is currently organised by five clubs in South-East Queensland |
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