2013 Winter Star Party

2013 Winter Star Party

Schedule of Events

Last Revised: February 5, 2013 11:44 AM

Schedule is subject to change. Please check back often!

Monday - February 4, 2013
  (No speakers or workshops scheduled)
10 - 10:30am Group 1 RV Entry Window * (see note at bottom of page)
10:30 - 11am Group 2 RV Entry Window * (see note at bottom of page)
11 - 11:30am Group 3 RV Entry Window * (see note at bottom of page)
12pm Gate Opens, Registration & Sales Desk open for extended hours
2-3pm "Welcome to the Winter Star Party" with Tippy D'Auria at the Firepit
6pm All vehicles must be removed from the "berm" area by this time
7pm Main gate closed to vehicular traffic...then we observe under the finest southern skies until dawn!
Tuesday - February 5, 2013
7am Main gate open to vehicular traffic
8am - 11am Swap Meet at the Firepit
10am - 12pm Young Astronomers Camp Activities: Wheelhouse
10am - 2pm Registration & Sales Desk Open
12 - 1pm

Keith Venables (Speaker) - "The Birth of ATM in the USA"
1:00pm - 2:00pm Mike Benson (Speaker) - "Double Stars: Why we observe them as Amateur Astronomers"
2:00pm - 3:00pm Jon Talbot (Speaker) - "Image Processing with PixInsight"
3:00pm - 4:00pm Mike Lockwood (Speaker) - Mirror Grinding, Polishing, and Testing
6pm All vehicles must be removed from the "berm" area by this time
7pm - 9pm Young Astronomers Camp Evening Activities: TBA
7pm Main gate closed to vehicular traffic...then we observe under the finest southern skies until dawn!
Wednesday - February 6, 2013
7am Main gate open to vehicular traffic
10am - 12pm Young Astronomers Camp Activities: Chickee
10am - 2pm Registration & Sales Desk Open
11:00pm - 12:00pm Dolores Hill (Speaker) - "NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission, Target Asteroids! and Target NEOs!"
12:00pm - 1:00pm Robert Riefer (Speaker) - "The Start and End all of Visual Observing"
1:00pm - 2:00pm ICE CREAM SOCIAL!
2:00pm - 3:00pm Dr. Don Parker (Speaker) - "There's a Great Future in Nostalgia"
3:00pm - 4:00pm Mike Menzel (Speaker) - "The James Webb Space Telescope"
6pm All vehicles must be removed from the "berm" area by this time
7pm - 9pm Young Astronomers Camp Evening Activities: TBA
7pm Main gate closed to vehicular traffic...then we observe under the finest southern skies until dawn!
Thursday - February 7, 2013
7am Main gate open to vehicular traffic
8am - 11am Swap Meet at the Firepit
10am - 12pm Young Astronomers Camp Activities: Wheelhouse
10am - 2pm Registration & Sales Desk Open
12:00pm - 1:00pm Richard Wright/Steve Bisque (Speakers) - "The New Software Bisque Imaging Pipeline"
1:00pm - 2:00pm Richard Crisp (Speaker) - "Finer Points of Imaging Techniques"
2:00pm - 3:00pm Dr. James Webb (Speaker) - Topic TBA
3:00pm - 4:00pm Jon Talbot (Speaker) - "Image Processing with PixInsight"
6pm All vehicles must be removed from the "berm" area by this time
7pm - 9pm Young Astronomers Camp Evening Activities: TBA
7pm Main gate closed to vehicular traffic...then we observe under the finest southern skies until dawn!
Friday - February 8, 2013
  (No Speakers or Workshops scheduled)
7am Main gate open to vehicular traffic
9am Astrophotography & Daytime Photography Contest Entry Deadline (Deadline subject to change due to scheduling considerations, please check back often!)
11am - 1pm Door Prize Giveaway at the Fire Pit  (You MUST be present to win a door prize)
1 - 2pm Registration & Sales Desk Open (Registration and Sales will be closed during the Door Prize Giveaway)
6pm All vehicles must be removed from the "berm" area by this time
7pm - 9pm Young Astronomers Camp Movie Night: TBA
7pm Main gate closed to vehicular traffic...then we observe under the finest southern skies until dawn!
Saturday - February 9, 2013
  (No Speakers or Workshops scheduled)
7am Main gate open to vehicular traffic
10am - 2pm Registration & Sales Desk Open
6pm All vehicles must be removed from the "berm" area by this time
7pm Main gate closed to vehicular traffic...then we observe under the finest southern skies until dawn!
Sunday - February 10, 2013
10am

Attendees MUST vacate the Camp by 10 a.m. SHARP! Only WSP Staff are allowed to remain for additional cleanup work.

* RV Owners Please Note: You will be assigned to one of the three 30 minute "RV Entry Windows" above. See your registration materials sent to you by the WSP Registrars for your assigned entry window. Assignment to one of the three "RV Entry Windows" is based on RV size. We ask that you do not arrive before your window opens! Arriving early will only complicate the process of parking all RV's. This procedure has been in place for a few years now and it works to help the WSP Staff receive and park the larger RV's before the camp gets too crowded, thereby making it difficult, if not impossible to move the larger RV's. RV'ers can park their RV close to the WSP (suggested parking areas would be Bahia Honda State Park, The Ohio Key RV Park, or anywhere in the Big Pine Key or Marathon areas as long as it is legal to park, such as a shopping center) and drive to the WSP in a matter of minutes. Travel time from Marathon to the WSP is about 20-25 minutes, Big Pine Key to the WSP is less than 10 minutes, Bahia Honda State Park to the WSP is about 10 minutes.

Please consult the Schedule of Events when you check-in!

All presentations will be in the "Wheelhouse" unless otherwise noted. Any last minute changes to the Schedule
during the 2012 WSP will likely be posted at the Sales / Registration Desk and the Wheelhouse as soon as they become available!

 

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