Join us at Starfest® est. 1982
August 13-16, 2026
August 13-16, 2026
Starfest 2019 Program
| Time | Main Tent | Rec Hall | Elsewhere |
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| 2:00 pm | Campground opens | ||
| 10:00 pm | Observing Session Begins |
| Time | Main Tent | Rec Hall | Elsewhere |
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| 6:00 pm | Registration opens | ||
| 10:00 pm | Observing Session Begins | ||
| 11:00 pm | Registration closed |
| Time | Main Tent | Rec Hall | Elsewhere |
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| 9:00 am | Registration opens | ||
| 10:00 pm |
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| 11:00 pm | Registration closed |
| Time | Main Tent | Rec Hall | Elsewhere |
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| 9:00 am | Registration opens | ||
| 11:00 am | Your Neighborhood Star Revealed by Alan Friedman |
Beginners Guide to Telescopes by Marc Fitkin |
Commercial exhibits open |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch | Solar Observing in the baseball field | |
| 1:00 pm | Red Planet Up Close! The Delivery, Discovery and Investigation of Martian Meteorites by Dr. Phil McCausland |
Bass-ackwards Astrophotography by Gary Colwell (1.5hrs) |
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| 2:00 pm | Catching Sunlight by Alan Friedman |
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| 3:00 pm | The History of the Lunar Lander from 1937-1969 by Robert Godwin |
A better and easier way to make your own telescope primary mirror by Norm Folkers |
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| 4:00 pm | What’s New from Celestron and Sky-Watcher by Gary Stephey |
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| 5:00 pm | Dinner | ||
| 6:00 pm | Commercial exhibits close | ||
| 7:00 pm | MDA’s Contributions to Space and Planetary Exploration by Paul Fulford |
Friday Night at the Movies | |
| 8:00 pm | Apollo 11 - Some tales of humankind’s first voyage to another world by Robert Godwin |
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| 10:00 pm | Mallincam Observing by Murray Romisher |
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| 11:00 pm | Registration closed | ||
| Time | Main Tent | Rec Hall | Elsewhere |
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| 9:00 am | Registration opens | ||
| 9:30 am | Kidsfest | ||
| 10:30 am | Optimizing Image Scale for Deep-Sky Astrophotography by Ron Brecher |
Commercial exhibits open | |
| 11:30 am | Lunch | Swap tables open | Lunch |
| 12:30 pm | Building Mars Rovers for the Student Community by Team RSX (demo to follow) |
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| 1:30 pm | Meteors: when the sky falls on our heads by Dr. Auriane Egal |
A Beginners Guide to the Galaxy of PixInsight by Adrian Aberdeen |
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| 2:30 pm | A high resolution of Mars: cool features up close by Dr. Isaac Smith |
Basic Astro-Image Processing using Photoshop, Annie’s Actions & Carboni’s Actions by Gary Colwell (1.5hrs) |
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| 3:30 pm | Dinner Banquet Setup Volunteers needed! |
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| 5:00 pm | Dinner Banquet | Dinner | |
| 6:00 pm | Commercial exhibits close | ||
| 7:00 pm | Exploring Mars with Rovers by Dr. Ralf Gellert |
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| 8:00 pm | Starfest Imaging Contest Results | ||
| 8:30 pm | Door Prizes and Announcements | ||
| 10:00 pm | Mallincam Observing by Murray Romisher |
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| Time | Main Tent | Rec Hall | Elsewhere |
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| 11:30 am | Starfest Teardown Begins Volunteers Needed! |
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| 3:00 pm |
| Time | Main Tent | Rec Hall | Elsewhere |
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| 10:00 pm | Observing Session Begins |