ScopeX

Telescope Auction

11:30am
in the Gun Park of Military Museum

Details of items on auction to follow




Raffle

Items that will be included in the Raffle will follow





Student Challenge

Senior school students are invited to come and show-off and present a Science related exhibit

Great prizes to win!

Detail about the requirements for submissions of the Student Challenge can be downloaded

Submit Student Challenge applications to Organisers

SCOPEX 2012

Interested in Astronomy, stargazing, astrophotography, buying/building a telescope?
Come visit the astronomy event of the year ...

At the Military History Museum, Saxonwold, Johannesburg

When: Saturday 21 July 2012
Time: 9am to 9pm
Where: Museum of Military History (find map and details here)

What to expect on the day
To buy: commercial telescopes and accessories, books, related items
Amateur telescope exhibition and judging
Astrophoto exhibition and competition
Science Shows
Telescope-making demonstrations
Final of the Student Challenge
Presentations
Telescope auction



Programme
Event Schedule will be updated with details of scheduled events such as lectures and science shows

Sponsors
Items donated by sponsors will be given away as prizes and gifts

Star Party from 5 pm
Tour the night sky through a telescope - Bring a picnic and join us!

Advertise ScopeX
Download flyers and posters for display and distribution:

English Flyer pdf file 212kb English Poster pdf file 149kb
Afrikaans Flyer pdf file 212kb Car Window Banner pdf file 66kb

Contact us
It will be excellent if you want to contribute in any way to ScopeX 2011 - contact us

See you at the 11th ScopeX on 21 July!


(Site last updated 18 March 2012)

Amateur Telescope Making Exhibition

Come and exhibit your self-made telescope or any other interesting astronomy-related object

To be eligible for an award: register your entry with the ScopeX Help Desk by 10am



Astrophoto Exhibition

Bring your photos to ScopeX
Submit entries to the Help Desk by 11am to be eligible for an award

Common rules:

Photos must be your own work, printed and mounted on white board
To be eligible for an award you must be present at ScopeX
Entrants are encouraged to leave their photos on display after judging

Photos ineligible for the competition will gladly be displayed

Supply the following details as a caption:

Title/subject, aperture, shutter speed, film type, speed or ISO, equipment used, processing applied.

A short description about the object/s in your photo

Do not put your name on the caption

Names will be placed on the photos after judging

The judges' decision will be final

2011 COMMERCIAL SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS

SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS - SCOPEX 2011

Without generous sponsorship, this event would not be possible.
Our heart-felt thanks go to all ScopeX Sponsors and Exhibitors.


SUPPORTERS

Many thanks to all the amateur groups that have supported ScopeX in the past:

Johannesburg Centre of ASSA
Pretoria Centre of ASSA
Cape Centre of ASSA
Durban Centre of ASSA
Garden Route Centre of ASSA
Bloemfontein Centre of ASSA
West Rand Astronomy Club
Unika Voortrekkerkommando

Many thanks to Park Town Boys High School - and particularly John Scott - for accommodating the ATM class for over a decade


NON-COMMERCIAL SPONSORS

Many thanks to the South African Astronomical Observatory for their support

ScopeX is proud to be sponsored by SAASTA - The South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement aims to advance public awareness, appreciation and engagement of science, engineering and technology in South Africa. SAASTA is business Unit of the National Research Foundation.

2011 COMMERCIAL SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS