Event Schedule
ScopeX 2016 Activities and Exhibits
Talks in JC Lemmer Auditorium
9am "A day in the crazy lives of a Martian" by Mars One Mission Candidates
11am “Significance of the computer that took us to the Moon" by Francois Rautenbach
12pm "Deep Sky Observing" by Magda Streicher
2pm "Stellafane" by Francis J O'Reilly
3pm "Time-lapse Photography in Astronomy" by Willie Koorts, SAAO
4pm "Observing and photographing satellites" by Thierry Legault
ScopeX Science Shows and Workshops
Dan Pienaar Gun Park :
Experilab Science Shows (30 min) 10 and 11am, 12 and 3pm For all ages
Dellville Wood Room:
Sci-Bono’s Chemistry of Light (40 min) 10am, 12pm, 2pm For Grade 4 - 12
Sci-Bono’s Startling Spectroscopy (40 min) 9am, 11am, 3pm For Grade 4 - 12 Pre-Booking required
Outside Ward Room
SKA’s Colour by Number (60 min) 10am For Grade 5 - 8 Pre-Booking required
SKA’s Build your own Spectroscope (60 min) 2pm For Grade 8 -12 Pre-Booking required
Armoured Car Hall: NRF/ SAASTA Planetarium shows
ScopeX Announcements
1pm: ATM & Astrophoto Awards (Outside Marrieres Hall)
1:30pm: Rocket Motor Test Fire (Next to "Dakota")
6pm: RAFFLE Draw
Star Party from 6pm on the Lawn around the Douglas DC-3
ScopeX Commercial Stands and Exhibits
Marrieres Hall: Celestron, Eridanus Optics
Around the lawn: AeroSpaceResearch, StarWaders
Food Tent: In front of Big Gate:
Non-Commercial Exhibits and Stands
Armour Car Hall:
House4Hack and Maker stand
SKA/KAT
National Zoological Gardens of South Africa
Student Exhibits
General space around Douglas DC-3 and grass up to the Food Tent:
Astronomy Centre and Club stands:
ASSA Johannesburg, ASSA Pretoria, WestRand Astronomy Club and West Rand Radio Club and Radio Astronomy
Amateur Telescope Maker and Astrophoto exhibits and demonstrations
Rocketry exhibits
Camera Obscura
Sundials by Rainer Jacob
Kaleidoscope by Carmel Ives
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