STARDATE 2015 PROGRAMME Unless otherwise stated, presentations and workshops are held in the theatre at the Clubrooms. Friday 23rd January 5:30 pm Sausage Sizzle (outside Clubrooms) Friday Evening Chair: Kay Leather 7:00 pm Official Opening 7:10 pm Live Video Astronomy John Whitby 7:50 pm Using Your Astrophotography Skills for Science John Drummond Numerous amateur astronomers have the equipment and expertise needed to help contribute valuable data to the professional community and make contributions to science that pave the way to discovery. Find out how! 8:10 pm Tea/coffee 8:25 pm Amateur Radio Astronomy James Smith In this presentation James will discuss the history of radio astronomy and the practical ways one can explore the radio universe. 9.15 pm Summer Night Sky (audio visual) Take a voyage to some of the wonders in our summer evening night sky. 9.45 pm Telescope Viewing 11:00pm Late Night Science Fiction Movie STARDATE 2015: Saturday 24th January Saturday Morning 10:00 am Children’s Astronomy Programme with George Moutzouris 11:00 am Tour of Stonehenge Aotearoa Saturday Afternoon Chair: Andrew Larkin 1:00 pm Solar Astronomy with Stephen Chadwick 1:30 pm Exploring, Asteroids, Comets and Dwarf Planets Dave Maclennan The latest discoveries and images from interplanetary spacecraft. 2:15 pm Observing Betelgeuse in Near Infra-Red Carl Night Betelgeuse is a highly evolved Red Supergiant with its emission peak in the near IR. It exhibits multiple modes of pulsation and is a candidate for the next Type II Supernova in our neighbourhood. 3.00 pm Tea/coffee 3:15 pm The Art of Night Mark Gee Mark is an award winning photographer and digital visual effects artist. He has worked on many high profile and Oscar award winning feature films. His love of the New Zealand landscape is a big part of the inspiration for his photography and, in the past few years, astrophotography has captured Mark’s imagination and interest. 4:00 pm There’s Plenty of Planets up There! John Drummond 30 Astronomers are discovering exoplanets at a dizzying pace. Find out what methods are being used and what it all means. NZ’s contribution to the discovery of the Earth-massed planet orbiting within a binary star system (published in Science) will also be discussed. 4:30 pm Visit to the John Whitby Observatory 5:30 pm Stardate Saturday Dinner – Eat Like Lola (outside Main Hall) STARDATE 2015: Saturday 24th January Saturday Evening Chair: Ian Cooper 7.00 pm St. Matthew, Santa and Quantum Physics Gerry Eady 7:30 pm Exploring the Worlds of the Solar System With Haritina Mogosanu and two NASA Scientists Details to follow 8.15 pm Tea/coffee 8:30 pm A Journey to Alpha Centauri… and beyond Richard Hall Using the latest information we explore the planets and environments of the nearest stars. 9:15 pm Telescope Viewing / The Summer Night Sky (audio visual) 11:00pm Late Night Science Fiction Movie STARDATE 2015: Sunday 25th January Sunday Morning 10:00 am Space Camp - Children’s Astronomy Programme with Anna Thea Littek 11:00 am Tour of Stonehenge Aotearoa 12:00 noon Buy and Sell Market See Kay Leather if you have items to sell at this session which will be held just outside the shop. Sunday Afternoon Chair: George Moutzouris 1:00pm Telescope Trail with tour guide Ian Cooper 2:00pm Astrophotography workshop with Stephen Chadwick 3.00 pm Tea/coffee 3:15pm It’s life Jim, but not as we know it - Astrobiology and the quest for extra-terrestrial life. John Drummond Our understanding of life has mushroomed with recent discoveries of extremophiles; can these new discoveries make ‘inhospitable’ foreign worlds places where extra-terrestrial life may reside and be perhaps discovered? 3:45pm Megalithic Astronomy Gerry Eady The technical aspects of Megalithic building. 5:30 pm Stardate Sunday Dinner – Eat Like Lola (outside Main Hall) Sunday Evening Chair: Richard Hall 7:00 pm New Zealand’s Forthcoming Astronomy Extravaganza John Drummond & Dennis Goodman The 50 years of astronomy at Mount John celebration, RASNZ annual conference and occultation symposium – a week of astronomy. John and Dennis will highlight some of the exciting events coming up at this special milestone in NZ astronomy. 7:10 pm Integrated Flux Nebulae Ian Cooper A detailed look at the Subliminal Clouds lit up by our Milky Way. 8:00 pm Tea/coffee 8:15 pm The Dynamic Sun Kay Leather A look at the latest research on our star, the Sun. 8.55 pm The Great Astro Quiz with Edwin Rodley and Felicity Kirkham 9.45 pm Telescope Viewing
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