Course Outline
Friday 25 - Sunday 27 March 2022
Main venue: Wellington Room, Martinborough Hotel,
10-12 Memorial Square, Martinborough, South Wairarapa.
Day/Time | Module | Instructor |
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Friday
25 March 2pm-4pm | Optional visit to John Whitby’s Star Field Observatory, 115B Ruakokoputuna Rd, Martinborough (5 km south of Martinborough) | John Whitby |
4pm | Conference registration open at Martinborough Hotel | |
4.30pm | Welcoming address, Wellington Room, Martinborough Hotel | John Hearnshaw |
4.45pm - 5.15pm | Introductions for participants | |
5.15pm | Overview of astro-tourism and dark sky places in New Zealand | Nalayini Davies |
6.30pm | Reception at Martinborough Hotel | |
7.30pm | Dinner Break | |
8.30pm | Astro-Tour at Star Field Observatory (weather permitting) and/or The lives of the stars | John Whitby, Gareth Davies John Hearnshaw |
Saturday 26th March 9am | Our place in the Universe | Nalayini Davies |
10.30am | Morning tea/coffee break | |
11am | Coordinates and time in astronomy | John Hearnshaw |
12.30pm | Lunch Break | |
2pm | How binoculars and telescopes work and how to use a telescope | John Drummond |
3pm | Afternoon tea/coffee break | |
3.30pm | Principal objects to look at for astro-tourists | Alan Gilmore |
4.30pm | Techniques of astro-photography | John Drummond |
5.30pm | Workshop: Option 1: Hands-On Astro-photography Option 2: Setting up an Astro-tourism Business | John Drummond Nalayini Davies |
6.30pm | Dinner Break | |
8.30pm | Astro-Tour at Star Field Observatory (weather permitting) and/or The lives of the stars | Gareth Davies & Alan Gilmore John Hearnshaw |
Sunday 27th March 9am | Naming of stars and celestial objects | John Hearnshaw |
10.30am | Morning tea/coffee break | |
11am | Maori astronomy and Matariki | Pauline Harris |
11.45am | Display of astrophotography | Steve Chadwick |
12.45pm | Lunch Break | |
2pm | Notes for astro-tour guides | Alan Gilmore |
3pm | Afternoon tea/coffee break | |
3.30pm | Useful books, publications and software for night sky guides | All Instructors |
4.40pm | Presentation of AAA Certificates to participants | |
5pm | Close |