MONDAY, AUGUST 6 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 7

Campground Open

10:00 p.m.

Observing Session Begins

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8

1:00 p.m.

Registration Opens

Small Tent

7:00 p.m.

Bruce County Astronomical Society Meeting - featuring,

The Mercury Transit as Seen From Kitt Peak

- Malcolm Park, everyone is welcome

10:00 p.m.

Observing Session Begins

12:00 a.m.

Registration and Gate Close

THURSDAY AUGUST 9

9:00 a.m.

Registration Opens

Main Tent

Small Tent

10:00 a.m.

Capturing The Motion Astro-Imaging Workshop ($20)

- Andreas Gada

1:00 p.m.

LUNCH

2:00 p.m.

Digital SLR Image Processing Workshop ($20)

- Scott Ireland

Evening Activities

7:30 p.m.

Catch Some Rays

- Catherine McWatters

8:30 p.m.

Astro-Rap

10:00 p.m.

Observing Session Begins, Registration Closes

12:00 a.m.

Gate Closes

FRIDAY AUGUST 10

9:00 a.m.

Registration Opens

Morning Activities

Main Tent

Small Tent

10:00 a.m.

Good Times for Gearheads: the Current State of Equipment in Amateur Astronomy

- Tom Trusock

Telescope Fundamentals Workshop

- Bruce Engels, Marc Fitkin, Efstonscience

11:00 a.m.

Understanding White Light and Narrowband Monochromatic Solar Filters, - Applications, Instrumentation and Observational Techniques for Solar Astronomers

- John Hicks

GOTO German Equatorial Mounts: Versatility and Performance

- Brady Johnson, KW Telescopes

12:00 p.m.

LUNCH

Commercial Exhibits Open

Afternoon Activities

1:30 p.m.

Dark Matter and Other Great Mysteries of 21st Century Astronomy

- Bob Berman

The SkyShed POD

- Wayne Parker

2:30 p.m.

Giving Up the Ghost - Searching for Light Echoes from Historical Supernovae in the Milky Way

- Doug Welch

Eyepiece Selection Workshop

- Steve Barnes, Sky Optics

2:30 p.m.

Sunspot Solar Observing Session - Next to Baseball Field

3:30 p.m.

Southern Ontario Meteor Network

- Peter Brown

Is CCD Imaging for You?

- Paul Markov

4:30 p.m.

Kepler: A NASA Mission To Find Earth-like Planets Orbiting Other Stars

- John Caldwell

Polar Alignment Workshop

- Doug George, Diffraction Limited

Evening Activities

7:00 p.m.

Commercial Exhibits Close

Friday Night at the Movies

7:30 p.m.

To Infinity and Beyond

- Brian Lula

10:00 p.m.

The Sky Tour

Observing Session

- or - Celestrivia if it is overcast

Red Light Caf Opens

12:00 a.m.

Registration and Gate Close

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11

9:00 a.m.

Gate and Registration Open

Morning Activities

Main Tent

Small Tent

10:00 a.m.

The Moon's Wildest Year

- Bob Berman

Kidfest* - Round, Round We Go -- Join Diane and Brian (ages 3 - 6)

- Diane and Brian ORouke

10:30 a.m.

Kidfest* - Merry Go Round - Is our galaxy spinning out of control? (ages 7 - 9)

- Ken Davy.

11:00 a.m.

New Worlds in the Making: Origins of Planets and Brown Dwarfs

- Ray Jayawardhana

Kidfest* - REDSHIFT (ages 9 +)

- Alexi Manis, Dave Mott

12:00 p.m.

LUNCH

Commercial Exhibits Open

Swap Table Opens - East of Red Light Caf

Afternoon Activities

1:30 p.m.

McNaught: The Tail of a Great Comet Panel Discussion

- Terrence Dickinson

- John Drummond

3:00 p.m.

The Music of the Night

- Ron Ravneberg

5:00 p.m.

DINNER

Commercial Exhibits Close

Evening Activities

7:00 p.m.

Door Prize Draws

Announcements

8:00 p.m.

Living in a Dynamic Universe - John Dubinski

10:00 p.m.

The Sky Tour

Observing Session Begins

Perseid Meteor Watch

Red Light Caf Opens

12:00 a.m.

Registration and Gate Close

Sunday, AUGUST 12

10:00 p.m.

Observing Session and Perseid Meteor Watch Begins