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Astrofest is set to be the astronomy event of the year! Coinciding with the International Year of Astronomy, this astronomy festival of epic proportions will be a celebration of Australian science.
Date: Saturday, 28 November, 2009
Time: 2pm - 10pm
Cost: Free!
Location: Curtin University of Technology Stadium
See http://astronomywa.net.au (http://astronomywa.net.au/) for more information.
Especially of interest - the Astrophotography competition!
Cheers,
HilB...:)
seanliddelow
10-10-2009, 11:11 AM
Is there a link for where we can submit our photos?
Hi Sean,
All the details are on the http://astronomywa.net.au website.
Here's a snippet of the rules/entry process -
How to enter
Download the form (from the AWA website) and complete
Prepare your digital photo submission (up to 3 digital photo entries per person / JPEG format up to 3 MB maximum in size per photo. Please also include a low resolution image (up to 100KB JPEG format)
E‐mail your photo submission and entry form to the address provided on the form.
Submissions close 5pm, Friday 6th November and winning entries will be exhibited during Astrofest 2009 on Saturday 28th November at Curtin Stadium in Bentley.
Cheers,
HilB...:camera:
rogerg
25-11-2009, 01:26 PM
Thought I'd bump this thread seeing as Astrofest is only a few days away for us Perth people. I'll be there during the day with a stall selling my astrophotography products. Might hang around at night, wait and see how exhausting the day is.
Hope to see plenty of IIS people there :thumbsup:
anj026
25-11-2009, 03:45 PM
I am looking forward to it. Hopefully will get to know some of the society members a bit better. It is difficult for me to be involved with the society as much as I would like but this is one opportunity for me to pitch in and help out.
seanliddelow
25-11-2009, 09:10 PM
Ill be there:thumbsup: I might buy some of your astrophotography products.
seanliddelow
27-11-2009, 09:01 PM
It just was featured on 10 news before and after the weather.
I wonder if channel 10 will be there?
picklesrules
27-11-2009, 10:02 PM
hey guys i might drop down too be good to see some iis members finally :)
seanliddelow
27-11-2009, 10:19 PM
I will be there from the start to 4-5pm.
How would I pick you out? I guess you would be one of the only teenagers there.:lol:
I might be around the ASWA area.
picklesrules
27-11-2009, 10:52 PM
haha tru man u got facebook or myspace?
seanliddelow
27-11-2009, 11:45 PM
Both- But I mainly go on facebook.
Whats yours? Ill add you?
rogerg
28-11-2009, 09:58 AM
Just make sure you all drop in to my astrophotography stall between 2pm and 5pm to say hi :thumbsup: and don't expect me to recognise any of you :)
picklesrules
28-11-2009, 11:58 AM
http://www.facebook.com/#/profile.php?ref=profile&id=521519379
add me :)
Might be going will talk to the old man
Have fun today/tonight guys.
I won't be going, my car died on Monday, cooked the engine one time too many. :lol:
seanliddelow
28-11-2009, 01:14 PM
Dont worry I will:thumbsup:
I only have 3 bucks though...
seanliddelow
28-11-2009, 01:16 PM
Bus?
seanliddelow
28-11-2009, 01:17 PM
You go to La salle?
I know a couple of people from there mainly the year 9s.
No thanks, those days are loooong behind me.
I'd probably get there quicker by pushie anyway.
picklesrules
28-11-2009, 02:33 PM
yer i do ey, true who?
ey are u related to a guy called krys liddelow? hes about 21-22 i think ?
seanliddelow
28-11-2009, 03:22 PM
heys probably my second cousin or something
picklesrules
28-11-2009, 04:32 PM
haha true ,hes an abosulte jet, so who else is going down tonight? would be sick to go
anj026
29-11-2009, 01:18 PM
It was a great day though I could only stay until 4pm. Had a chance to see through a PST and a 90mm Coranado Ha filtered scope. Saw several prominances despite the early afternoon seeing. I think the Astrofest was a big success. I would have liked to see the Fred Watson talk but maybe next time. I did see him once before in 1998 at Coonabarabran. Very interesting speaker.
seanliddelow
29-11-2009, 08:08 PM
I was there although none form ASWA recognised me :rofl:
The speeches were great:thumbsup:. I saw the ones about the Moon landing and the fireball watching in the Nullabour.
Also some kids kept on shooting some smoke rings:eyepop: at the Gingin Observatory stand.
From the moment I walked into the pavilion my frozen coke was screwing with the infrared video camera.
It was also good to see Roger at the Astrophoto stand :>
Vartigy
02-12-2009, 03:29 PM
how big of an event was it?
where was it held?
was it open till late for evening viewing?
would have loved to go but i live waaaaay up the hill.
rogerg
02-12-2009, 03:53 PM
It was quite big! They think about 4000 people turned up. It was certainly quite full of people.
It was held at Curtin Stadium (bently/kensington campus).
It was open from 2pm until 10pm with viewing from about 7:30pm when the sunset. Solar and other outdoor activities prior to then, plus talks all day including a main one from Fred Whatson, and various astro stalls and displays inside. Was quite a good event :thumbsup:, hard to live up to if repeated in years to come :)
seanliddelow
05-12-2009, 01:23 PM
Someone from ASWA (Ted I think) had a really good Hubble Space Telescope Book that Im tracking down over the internet. I saw it on the American Ebay for $400+ new:sadeyes:.
I hope its an over exaggeration on the price:help:.
Vartigy
07-12-2009, 06:53 PM
Curtin... middle of the city, viewing would not have been that good eh? light poluted?
So is this an annual event?
Might have to arrange going to the next one.
rogerg
07-12-2009, 07:08 PM
Yes... but the event is more about encouraging people to become involved than "serious deep space viewing", so I think the location is appropriate. 99% of kids only want to see the moon and planets.
I think the answer to that is "time will tell". I don't know. I think they put a lot of effort in to this one due to IYA. Getting equal funding for another might be hard. :shrug:
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