The Mid-South Star Gaze is an annual amateur astronomers conference and star party held at Rainwater Observatory in French Camp.
2009 PROGRAM DETAILS WILL BE POSTED AS AVAILABLE
Subject to change... Please check the web site for updates.
2009 Program:
Wednesday, April 22:
6:30 pm Talk: Expanding the Universe in
Space and Time, Gene Byrd
Thursday, April 23:
8:00 am: Sweet rolls and OJ in the classroom
1:30 pm: Talk: Hubble Servicing Mission Four, Jim Hill
4:00 pm: Talk: Connecting Video Astronomy
to the World, Jack Huerkamp
5:15 pm: Supper at the Lodge
6:15 pm: Talk: Reflections of the Universe:
Space Art & Astronomy, Edwin Faughn
Sunset Until: Observing
Friday, April 24:
8:00 am: Sweet rolls and OJ in the classroom
12:00 pm: Lunch at the Council House
1:30 pm: Tour, and Use of the Sangre Telescope Facility
Afternoon: Solar Observing, and Hanging out
4:00 pm: Talk: There and Back Again: Sample Return Missions in the Solar
System, Donna Pierce
5:15 Supper at the Lodge
6:15 pm: Talk: Before 1609, the
Annus Mirabilis
of Science, Chris Sirola
8:00 pm: Sky Lore, Part I, Dave Teske at the Amphitheater
Sunset Until: Observing
Saturday, April 25:
8:00am: Breakfast at the Lodge
9 am-Noon: Hands-On Astronomy Activities Workshop, John Frassinelli
12:00 Lunch at the Council House
Afternoon: Solar Observing, Hiking, Relaxing
1:30 pm: Meeting: Friends of Rainwater
4:00 pm: Talk: Radio Astronomy at NRAO Greenbank, Dave Halupowski
5:15 pm: Supper at the Lodge
6:15 pm: Talk: Planetary Imaging, Dan Llewellyn
8:00 pm: Sky Lore Part II, Jim Hil
Every afternoon or evening there will be a “Plan B” in the event of rain or clouds.