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