2023 Program

Monday, August 14th and Tuesday, August 15th
Time Main Tent Rec Hall Elsewhere
2:00 pm
  • Campground opens
10:00 pm
  • Observing Session Begins

Wednesday, August 16th
Time Main Tent Rec Hall Elsewhere
6:00 pm
  • Registration opens
10:00 pm
  • Observing Session Begins
11:00 pm
  • Registration closed

Thursday, August 17th
Time Main Tent Rec Hall Elsewhere
9:00 am
  • Registration opens
10:00 am
  • 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 18th
Time Main Tent Rec Hall Elsewhere
9:00 am
  • Registration opens
10:00 am SVBony Presentation
  • Commercial exhibits open
10:30 am
11:00 am Some Perspectives on Amateur Telescope Making
by Frank Dempsey		 Astronomy 101: Starting out right in Astronomy
by Marc Fitkin
12:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 pm A telescope to explore fundamental physics: The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope
by Dr. Michel Fich		 The prettiest pixels around: Using Pixinsight to diagnose, develop and dazzle.
by Ryan Fraser
2:00 pm Product Development from Napkin to Reality
by Jeff Simon
  • Fred Espenak book signing
3:00 pm Astrophotography in the city
by Ben Law		 Solar Filter Construction Workshop
by Andreas Gada
4:00 pm It's a Golden Age for Backyard Astronomy!
by Wayne Parker
5:00 pm Dinner Break
6:00 pm
  • Commercial exhibits close
7:00 pm Shedding Light on Dark Matter, Neutrinos, and the missing mass in the Universe: A particle physics approach.
by Dr. Tony Noble
  • Friday Night at the Movies
8:00 pm The Great North American Eclipse of 2024
by Fred Espenak
10:00 pm
  • Observing session begins
  • Selected vendor demonstrations
  • Sky Tour (just West of main tent)
  • Red Light Café opens
11:00 pm
  • Registration closed

Saturday, August 19th
Time Main Tent Rec Hall Elsewhere
9:00 am
  • Registration opens
9:30 am
  • Kidsfest
10:00 am
  • Commercial exhibits open
10:30 am Photographing the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
by Fred Espenak
11:30 am
  • Swap Table
    (basketball court)
  • Fred Espenak book signing
12:30 pm Lunch Break
1:00 pm
1:30 pm Canada’s Lunar Rover Mission
by Perry Edmundson		 Automated Dual Scope Imaging and Sequencing with N.I.N.A and INDI
by Jamie Flinn
2:30 pm Deep sky, wide field and planetary imaging with only one telescope? There is one scope that can do it all…
by Andrea Girones
3:00 pm
  • Dr. Katie Mack book signing
3:30 pm Starfest Banquet Setup
Volunteers needed!
4:00 pm
4:40 pm
  • Group Photograph
    (just West of main tent)
5:00 pm Starfest Banquet
(ticket required)
  • Commercial exhibits close
6:00 pm Dinner Break
7:00 pm Terence Dickinson Tribute
— Then —
A Map of Cosmic Time
by Dr. Katie Mack
8:00 pm Starfest Imaging Contest Results
— Then —
Door Prizes and Announcements
10:00 pm
  • Registration closed
  • Observing session begins
  • Selected vendor demonstrations
  • Sky Tour (just West of main tent)
  • Red Light Café Opens

Sunday, August 20th
Time Main Tent Rec Hall Elsewhere
11:30 am Starfest Teardown Begins
Volunteers Needed!
3:00 pm