By 10am – All entries for the ATM competition to be submitted to the Help Desk and exhibits set-up for viewing by visitors and ATM Judges

By 11am – All entries for the Astrophotography competition to be submitted to the Help Desk and displayed for judging

11am

MAD SCIENCE SHOW

by Experilab

12h00

COMETS

by Case Rijsdijk

1pm

MAD SCIENCE SHOW

by Experilab

At 2pm – Results of the Astrophotography and ATM competitions

2pm

Telescope Guided Tour (starts at Mirror Grinding stand)

3pm

‘LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE’  by

Prof Anthony Fairall

MAD SCIENCE SHOW

by Experilab

4pm

"ARE WE ALONE?”  If there is life out there, what would it be like?

COME AND JOIN THE BIG DEBATE!

Panel:

Case Rijsdijk (Chair)

Prof Rob Veale

5pm – Raffle Draw

6pm – 9pm Star Party on the Lawns

Telescope owners and commercial sponsors will have telescopes set-up  -  Come tour the night sky through a telescope, bring a picnic and join us!

6pm

‘WHAT’s UP IN THE SKY TONIGHT’

by Dave Gordon

Throughout the day in the Lecture Room:

Experilab’s Mad Science Shop;

Interactive workshops on building an elementary telescope and how to use a planisphere;

PCs to surf astronomical websites