Starfest 2022 Program

Monday, August 22nd and Tuesday, August 23rd
Time Main Tent Elsewhere
2:00 pm Campground opens
10:00 pm Observing Session Begins

Wednesday, August 24th
Time Main Tent Elsewhere
6:00 pm Registration opens
10:00 pm Observing Session Begins
11:00 pm Registration closed

Thursday, August 25th
Time Main Tent Elsewhere
9:00 am
  • Registration opens
  • Commercial exhibits open
6:00 pm Commercial exhibits close
10:00 pm
  • Observing Session Begins
  • Selected vendor demonstrations
  • Red Light Café Opens
11:00 pm Registration closed

Friday, August 26th
Time Main Tent Elsewhere
9:00 am
  • Registration opens
  • Commercial exhibits open
11:00 am Making Your Astrophotos FIT
by Malcolm Park
12:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 pm My Journey to THE DARK SIDE: Faint Fuzzies to Fabulous Fotos
by Shelley Jackson
2:00 pm The Tom Bolton Story – Proving Black Holes Exist
by Dr. Ian Shelton
3:00 pm Astronomy Equipment
by Stephen Mallia
4:00 pm
5:00 pm Dinner Break
6:00 pm Commercial exhibits close
7:00 pm Unfolding the Universe with the Webb Telescope
by Dr. Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette
8:00 pm Remote DSLR Imaging System
by Andreas Gada
9:00 pm
10:00 pm
  • Observing session begins
  • Selected vendor demonstrations
  • Sky Tour
  • Red Light Café opens
11:00 pm Registration closed

Saturday, August 27th
Time Main Tent Elsewhere
9:00 am
  • Registration opens
  • Commercial exhibits open
9:30 am
10:30 am Making art from science: Astrophotography learnings from wildlife and nature photography
by Ryan Fraser
11:30 am Swap Table
12:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm The Complete Uncensored Story of Constructing a 12” f/13 Classical Cassegrain Telescope
by Jim Chung
2:30 pm Probing the Epoch of Reionization with the Simons Observatory
by Margaret Ikape
3:30 pm Four Eras of Starfest
with Andreas Gada, Malcolm Park, John Merchant, and Ken Knox
5:00 pm Dinner Break Commercial exhibits close
6:00 pm
7:00 pm Nature vs Nurture: Building Galaxies in a Cluster Environment
by Dr. Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette
8:00 pm Starfest Imaging Contest Results
9:00 pm Door Prizes and Announcements
10:00 pm
  • Registration closed
  • Observing session begins
  • Selected vendor demonstrations
  • Sky Tour (alternate night)
  • Red Light Café Opens

Sunday, August 28th
Time Main Tent Elsewhere
11:30 am Starfest Teardown Begins
Volunteers Needed!
3:00 pm