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ScopeX 2015 Programme Schedule
ScopeX Talks - Delville Wood Room
10am "Astrophotography of Southern Skies" by Volker Wendel
11am "Dawn, Rosetta and New Horizons" by Case Rijsdijk (ASSA)
12pm "Photons – messengers from the astronomical past"
by Prof Andreas Faltenbacher (WITS)
2pm "Supercomputers in the desert" by Francois Kapp (SKA)
3pm "100 Years of Proxima Cen" by Dr Ian Glass (SAAO)
4pm “Best of 365 Days of the Moon” by Robert Reeves
5pm "Astrophotography using Rasperry Pi, Arduino and 3D Printing "
by Toby Kurien & Schalk Heunis
ScopeX Activities
Dan Pienaar Gun Park:
Experilab Science Shows (30 min) for all ages
10 and 11am, 12 and 3pm
Armour Car Hall: Sci-bono fun science (40 min)
“Frantic Photons Show” for Grade 4 to 12:
10am, 12, and 2pm
Galilean Telescope Build for Grade 8 to 12
9am, 11pm, 1pm, 3pm
Digital Planetarium Shows for all ages
From 9 am to 3pm
Outside Marrieres Hall
1pm Announcement of Awards
1:30pm Rocket Motor Test Fire by Aerospace Research
6pm Raffle draw
Star Party from 6pm on the Lawn around the Douglas DC-3
ScopeX Commercial Stands and Exhibits
Marrieres Hall: Celestron, Telescope Shop, Eridanus Optics
Around the lawn: Suntoy, Moonshadow Mix, AeroSpaceResearch, StarWaders
In front of Big Gate: Food Tent
Non-Commercial Exhibits and Stands
Armour Car Hall:
Student Exhibits
House4Hack and Maker stand and exhibits
“From Macro to Micro”
SKA/KAT
“LIGHT Beyond the Bulb” exhibit by UNISA
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
Amateur Telescope Maker exhibits and demonstrations
Astrophoto exhibits and demonstrations
Rocketry exhibits
Camera Obscura and Sundials
West Rand Amateur Radio Club and Radio Astronomy
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