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THE 2008 ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY CAMP

Friday 26th - Sunday 28th September 2008 - Waharau

PROGRAMME

The talks and presentations will be held on the Saturday beginning between 10:00 and 11:00am in the hall.

Despite pleas, we have had very few people committing to talks. It is envisaged that we will have three sessions on the Saturday - please note that the times and durations are approximate...

APPROX. TIME
SPEAKER
TOPIC
NOTES
10:30am
John Drummond
An Introduction to Astrophotgraphy
A general overview of what astroimaging is and what the challenges are...
11:15am
David Moorhouse
Remote Control of WASP Observatory
David will provide some insight into his journey of automating the observatory at Kemu
12:00am
Grant Christie
Calibrating Those Sub-lights
Grant is one of NZs leading users of CCD cameras. He will expain some best practices for creating master darks, bias, etc and how to calibrate sub-frames
1:00pm
Lunch
BYO
2:00pm
John Burt
Matching Camera to Telescope
John will provide guidance on what to consider when buying a camera
2:30pm
Anyone?
Anyone keen to speak?
Time for any attendees to show slide shows, pointers, tips, etc
3:00pm
Adam Brock DVD*
Processing
Some excellent tutorials from one of the world's best imagers. A must see!
3:30pm
Afternnoon tea
Provided by Auckland Astro Soc
3:45pm
Adam Brock DVD
Processing
Some excellent tutorials from one of the world's best imagers. A must see!
4:15pm
Adam Brock DVD
Processing
Some excellent tutorials from one of the world's best imagers. A must see!
5:00pm
General discussion
Everyone
Time for general discussion - or just leave...

* If need be we can drop a DVD talk to provide more time for attendees to speak...