Astrofest 2013

An astronomically awesome event!

Preregister here to attend for your chance to win a Skyscout or a pair of binoculars from BTOW and Tasco Australia.

Saturday, February 16th 2013: 5:30-9:30pm.
Curtin Stadium and Edinburgh Oval, Curtin University, Bentley.

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This astronomy festival of epic proportions will be an engaging celebration of Australian science. As well as optical and radio telescopes observing throughout the day and night, Astrofest will feature a myriad of interesting, engaging and exciting indoor and outdoor activities for the whole family. You can also take a look through some of WA’s biggest telescopes.

Get involved by entering your astrophotos in the Astrophotography Exhibition.

Event enquiries welcome, either via email: kirsten.gottschalk@icrar.org or phone: 08 6488 7771.

With telescope observing throughout the evening, Astrofest activities will also include:

• Solar observing from 4:30pm
• Model of the Square Kilometre Array telescope
• Scitech Space Domes and Science Shows
• Solar System walk
• Guest speakers
• Radio astronomy
• Info stalls and hands-on activities
• Astrophotography
• Live band ‘The Kalahari Busmen’

...and enter to win an 8” Dobsonian Skywatcher telescope thanks to Binocular Telescope Optical World in Malaga.

Astrofest Program

16:30 - Solar Observing (oval)
17:30 - Stadium opens, stalls, Space Domes and astrophotography open for business
18:00 - Welcome and preregistration prize draw (stadium stage)
18:10 - Talk: On the trail of a meteorite, Professor Phil Bland (stadium stage)
19:05 - Sunset
19:00 - Night Sky Observing (oval)
19:00 - Scitech Science Show (stadium stage)
19:30 - Talk: The Square Kilometre Array and the Murchison Widefield Array, Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker (stadium stage)
19:45 - Sky Tour (oval)
20:00 - Scitech Science Show (stadium stage)
20:30 - Twilight ends
20:30 - Sky Tour (oval)
20:30 - Talk: Backyard telescopes, Keith Williams (stadium stage)
21:00 - Major competition draw, win a telescope! Competition drawn by WA Chief Scientist Professor Lyn Beazley. (stadium stage)
21:15 - Sky Tour (oval)
21:30 - Astrofest ends.

Astrofest 2013 is proudly supported by:

• The Astronomical Group of Western Australia
• Astronomy Education Services
• The Australian Science Communicators, WA
• Binocular Telescope Optical World
• Curtin University
• The West Australian Department of Commerce
• Gingin Observatory
• The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
• Lotterywest
• Perth Observatory
• Scitech
• The University of Western Australia
• WPM Group