Queensland Astrofest 2018 - Page 6

QLD_Astrofest (Committee) · #**101** 31-07-2018, 08:27 PM

Just a gentle reminder that unless you have made arrangements to help the set-up of the Queensland Astrofest with the Astrofest Committee, participants are not to arrive before the Astrofest opens at 10:00 on Friday 3rd August.

glenc (Glen) · #**102** 01-08-2018, 05:00 AM

Magnitude 9 comet C/2016 M1 PanSTARRS is near alpha Cen in August.
On the 3rd at 7pm it is 2.4 degrees from beta Cir.
The attached map from Guide 9 shows the comets path from 30/7 to 27/8 at 7pm.
The zenith is up and alpha Cen is near NGC 5617.

AstroJunk (Jonathan) · #**103** 01-08-2018, 01:34 PM

For those coming up for the first weekend, a few of us will be heading up to Yarraman for a solar transit of the ISS on Saturday. Meet outside Stargazers Café from about 10am for setup at the memorial, followed by celebratory pie at the bakery after the transit at 10:57

alan meehan (Alan) · #**104** 01-08-2018, 05:40 PM

one more sleep and we are off astrofest here we come

multiweb (Marc) · #**105** 01-08-2018, 06:29 PM

Car's all packed. Leaving tomorrow morning.

h0ughy (David) · #**106** 01-08-2018, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by multiweb

Car's all packed. Leaving tomorrow morning.

Safe travels

alan meehan (Alan) · #**107** 01-08-2018, 10:11 PM

safe travels everyone

OuterObsession (Jameson) · #**108** 02-08-2018, 01:52 PM

Question:
If we aren't paying for the camp meals and want to cook our own food is this possible? Is the camp kitchen communal?

"Cooking is NOT permitted in
ANY of the accommodation
areas at ANY time." I saw that somewhere does that apply to people in tents/campervans/caravans?

Cheers,
Jameson

thunderchildobs · #**109** 02-08-2018, 03:14 PM

There is a BBQ area for cooking and some communal microwaves.
The no cooking rule only applies to the bunk houses.

OuterObsession (Jameson) · #**110** 02-08-2018, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thunderchildobs

There is a BBQ area for cooking and some communal microwaves.
The no cooking rule only applies to the bunk houses.

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks!

QLD_Astrofest (Committee) · #**111** 02-08-2018, 10:52 PM

The Queensland Astrofest is ready to open at 10:00 tomorrow (Friday 3rd August). If someone wants to complicate my life to the extreme, please send any images for the Erwin van der Velden Trophy by tomorrow afternoon. Your images will miss the starting gun by a day or so, but I will be able to update the presentation by Saturday.

On another note, Astro Anarchy has come on board as a Major Sponsor. Please visit our Major Sponsors websites and social media, and support them as they have supported us:

Bintel
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SkyWatcher
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ExtraVision
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Sky Safari
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Astro Anarchy
http://www.astroanarchy.com.au

Cheers and safe travels.
Queensland Astrofest

multiweb (Marc) · #**112** 12-08-2018, 05:51 PM

Terrific Astrofest this year, one for the books I reckon. Had 7 clear nights out of 8 and no fog so mostly allnighters. Stacks of data and photons were collected, beer, wine and cheese reserves were quickly depleted and all this good times turned into some extra kilograms.

Now back on my bike.

Great to catch up with everybody. Had a ball.

RickS (Rick) · #**113** 12-08-2018, 06:12 PM

I had a super astrofest (did you see what I did there, Peter and Troy?) Great to see you Marc, and all the other IIS denizens. I managed to lose weight despite the beer, wine and cheese

Now the processing begins!

Cheers,
Rick.

troypiggo (Troy) · #**114** 12-08-2018, 07:11 PM

Agreed. Think the best I’ve been to - clear nights, fog only one night at 4pm.

Thanks to the committee and Belinda and Tracey of course.

h0ughy (David) · #**115** 12-08-2018, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Agreed. Think the best I’ve been to - clear nights, fog only one night at 4pm.

Thanks to the committee and Belinda and Tracey of course.

edwardsdj (Doug) · #**116** 12-08-2018, 08:56 PM

I had a great time at Astrofest this year!

peter_4059 (Peter) · #**117** 12-08-2018, 09:16 PM

Agreed - best Astrofest in a long time. Weather was near perfect. Belinda did an awesome job looking after us again.

that_guy (Tony) · #**118** 13-08-2018, 02:23 PM

Thanks for the great event! Averaged 3 hours of sleep per night. I am completely exhausted....

OneCosmos (Chris) · #**119** 13-08-2018, 03:50 PM

One of the most enjoyable I have been to. Thanks Belinda for making the digital piano possible which provided me with a distraction during the long light tea time of the soul

h0ughy (David) · #**120** 13-08-2018, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OneCosmos

One of the most enjoyable I have been to. Thanks Belinda for making the digital piano possible which provided me with a distraction during the long light tea time of the soul

that provided something else to listen to while waiting for signal on the verandah