Friday October 4, 2002

8:00 A.M. Camp Opens. Cabin assignment and Camp set-up will continue all day. Telescope equipment vendor tents will be open

8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Solar Viewing with specially filtered telescopes

4:00-5:00 P.M. Telescope Assembly for those who have purchased kits

6:00-7:00 P.M. Dinner at Mess Hall for those who have purchased meal tickets

Dusk to Dawn TELESCOPE VIEWING and RED LIGHT RULES ENFORCEMENT. During this time you will not be allowed to use a white light flashlight in the viewing field.

7:15 - 8:15 P.M. Dr. Arnold Heiser "The Search for Extrasolar Planets"

8:30 -10:30 P.M. In-field training for “How to Use a Telescope” & “Learning the Night Sky”

Saturday October 5, 2002

8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Solar Viewing with specially filtered telescopes

10:00 A.M. Quiet rules apply till 10:00 (In other words, please keep your voice down and noise to a minimum, many people will have stayed up all night)

9:00 - 10:00 A.M. Breakfast at Mess Hall for those who have purchased meal tickets

11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Jeff Bary "Infrared Astronomy: The `Cool Science' and Its Impact on the Study of Planet Formation"

1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Presentation by The International Space Station Amateur Telescope Group

2:00 - 3:00 P.M. Peter Cerevolo of Main-Sequence presenting his new software "Desktop Universe"

2:00-4:00 P.M. Telescope Assembly for those who have purchased kits

2:15 -3:15 P.M. Renowned author Richard Berry on “Getting Started in Image Processing”

3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Dr. Richard Chappell "Human Exploration of Space-From the Planets to the Stars"

4:45 - 5:45 P.M. Dr. Eric Klumpe " The Changing Sun"

6:00 -7:00 P.M. Dinner at Mess Hall for those who have purchased meal tickets

Dusk to Dawn TELESCOPE VIEWING and RED LIGHT RULES ENFORCEMENT. During this time you will not be allowed to use a white light flashlight in the viewing field.

7:30 - 8:30 P.M. Dr. Rob Knop "Seyfert Galaxies and Quasars: Monsters at the Cores of Galaxies"

9:00 -11:00 P.M. In-field training for “How to Use a Telescope” & “Learning the Night Sky”

9:00 - ? P.M. Dr. Chuck Higgins "Radio Jove" Dr. Higgins presentation will start with an inside presentation and then move out in the field to use the "Radio Jove" radio telescope on Jupiter.

Sunday October 6, 2002

10:00 A.M. Quiet rules apply till 10:00 (In other words, please keep your voice down and noise to a minimum, many people will have stayed up all night)

9:00 - 10:00 A.M. Breakfast at Mess Hall for those who have purchased meal tickets

10:00 - 11:00 A.M. Farewell Lecture "Unraveling the Milky Way's Spiral Arms" by Richard Berry

11:00 A.M. Go home and recuperate!