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August 24-26, 2007
Victoria Fish and Game Association
Holker Place, Malahat, BC, Canada
RASC Star
Party 2007 Poster (48k pdf - legal size page)
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t-shirts
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Events
Friday 24th:
| 12:00pm noon until dark - gates open, arrivals |
| 5:00pm-6:30pm - dinner time |
| 7:00pm - Presentation "Apollo on the Lunar Surface" - Chris Gainor,
RASC member and author. The six successful Apollo Expeditions. Photos
and more of the Lunar surface. |
| 8:00pm - Door prizes |
| Afterward - viewing the night sky till dawn |
Astrophotographs taken at the Star Party
Saturday 25th:
| 8-10am - breakfast time |
| Solar viewing - all day |
| 12 noon - lunch time |
| 1:00 pm - Astronomy Swap Meet |
| 2:00 pm - Presentation - Digital Astrophotography - John
McDonald, RASC - an instructional session in processing
captured images using a variety of processing tools. |
| 5:30pm-7:00pm - dinner time |
| 7:30 pm - Presentation & ATM Awards "Reaching Across Time and
Space in a Thirty Metre Telescope" - Dr. Luc Simard, NRC-HIA. This
scope, to be operational in 2016 will give us a views of the birth of
galaxies, stars and planets.
TMT website &
TMT Newscast Issue 1 June, 2006 |
| 8:30pm - Door prizes
| Grand Prize: Celestron 20x80 Binoculars - your ticket is included
in your admission |
| Special raffle prize: 125mm Skywatcher telescope and EQ3 mount -
tickets $5 each, 3 for $10 |
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| Afterward - viewing the night sky till dawn |
The field |
Victoria Centre's 20" Dobsonian |
Luc Simard's talk |
Sunday 26th:
| 8:00 am Breakfast |
| 9:30 am Site Cleanup |
| 12 noon - departures
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Facilities:
| A good sized camping area on the Shotgun Field - camp on the field with
your telescope. |
| Lots of parking - both on-field and parking lot |
| Power is available on the field for telescope-related equipment. |
| Showers and Washrooms |
| Large Clubhouse (seats 200 people) |
| Food - Brenda's Kitchen will do the cooking for you. Very
reasonable prices, and the food is great! (Approximately CDN$20-25/day per person
for 3 meals) |
| Large field (complete with power on the field for your astronomy equipment) |
| Large Outdoor Covered BBQ Grill |
| And last but not least, a good 360 deg. View of the dark sky |
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