AstroFest 2023 Day 2

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Hosted by the Kopernik Astronomical Society • Date/Time: Saturday, October 7th @ 11:00AM EDT • Join the Kopernik Astronomical Society at the 41st Annual AstroFest. Enjoy astronomy workshops, talks, exhibits, demonstrations, and solar and nighttime observing. See the Kopernik website for an hourly event schedule and more. All presentations will be streamed on YouTube. • In-person AstroFest 2023 Registration Form: http://kopernikastro.org/wp-content/u... • Saturday's schedule of online events follows: • 11:00AM – IOTA’s Work on Occultation Timing hosted by Steve Conrad – Steve will also do a live demonstration of amateur spectroscopy equipment during our Solar Viewing. Presented by Steve Conard, lead engineer for the LORRI instrument on New Horizons, AAVSO. • 12:00PM – The Everest Mirror – See and learn about a piece of local and national astronomical history. The honeycomb cell structure that made large mirror castings successful was designed and made by Wally Everest, Sr. Presented by Art Cacciola, Kopernik Astronomical Society. • 2:00PM – Electronic Enhanced Consumer Telescopes – learn about this fascinating new type of telescope that combines a digital chip, with a small, easy-to-operate, telescope. It does this all while remaining portable and working almost automatically. Image deep sky objects while your telescope locates the object and focuses. It does this while at the same time collecting data on your smartphone or tablet. It even stacks multiple images to enhance the image. Both the Dwarf and ZWO SeeStar S50 will be discussed. Presented by Keith Werkman, Kopernik Astronomical Society. Demo to follow in the evening. • 3:00PM – Cherry Springs State Park – Learn what CSSP has to offer and what to expect. Susan Schenck, Pennsylvania DCNR, CSSP Environmental Education Specialist, Astronomy. • 4:00PM – Solar Eclipse – Presented by Zoe Learner Ponterio, Manager, SPIF (Spacecraft Planetary Image Facility), Cornell University. • 7:00PM – International Observe the Moon Night – Learn about this great event from NASA Solar System Ambassador, Tish Bresee. Tish will also speak on Artemis and possible landing sites. • 0:00 Preshow (SKIP) • 19:37 Measuring Asteroids By Occultation • 1:08:47 Intermission I (SKIP) • 1:31:53 The Everest Mirror • 1:54:11 Intermission II (SKIP) • 3:11:15 Electronically Assisted Astronomy • 4:00:13 Intermission III (SKIP) • 4:08:32 Cherry Springs State Park • 4:33:26 Intermission IV (SKIP) • 5:01:19 The Science of Eclipses • 6:19:29 Intermission V (SKIP) • 8:03:27 International Observe the Moon Night • 8:52:44 Closing (SKIP) • Subscribe for future programs and observing sessions! • Visit us at our website: https://www.kopernik.org/ • Like us on Facebook: / kopernikobservatory • Follow us on Instagram: / kopernikobservatory • Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kopernikobserv?la... • #astronomy #telescope #space #astrophotography #cosmos #stars #nightsky #kopernik #solareclipse #eclipse #kopernik

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