LIMITED, IF ANY, FOOD OR VENDOR SERVICES AVAILABLE
ON THURSDAY
8:00 am - Start of vendor arrival and setup
3:00 pm - Camper registration and setup begins
8:00 am - Camper registration opens
9:00 am - Vendor Area Opens
11:00 to 2:00 - Lunch Service provided
7:00pm - Guest Speaker
Dennis Frieden will present “Theia
Crushes Earth”, a talk on how our moon was formed.
8:30pm - Guest Speaker Jerry Schad will present his
fabulous slide show "Earth and Sky Revealed" Jerry has
selected the best of an eclectic mix of photos to show during his
presentation: glorious sunsets and moonrises; rare ice-crystal cloud
phenomena; solar and lunar eclipses; lunar and planetary
conjunctions; comet and meteor phenomena; and wide-field panoramas
of the night sky and Milky Way over various Western landscapes. For
those who have not spent much time under truly dark skies free of
the light spillover from cities, Jerry's star-filled scenes from
remote locales will startle and amaze.
7:00 am - Swap
Meet Begins
8:00 to 10:00 am
- Huge Pancake Breakfast in Food Service Area
8:00 am - Vendor Booths Open
11:00 am - Guest Speaker - Craig Stark
will speak on
"Choosing a Camera"
for astro-photography.
11:00 to 2:00 - Lunch Service provided by the
Lion's Club
12:00 pm - Palomar Tour Departs
1:00 pm - Guest Speaker - Dr. Paul Etzel,
Director, Mount Laguna Observatory, will speak on the history and
the future of Mount Laguna Observatory.
3:00 pm
- Guest Speaker - Dennis Mammana will present
"CAPTURE THE COSMOS!" Most of the spectacular photos
in the
SkyScapes Gallery were shot with little more than a camera
and a tripod. Learn how to create magnificent one-of-a-kind
celestial portraits with even the most basic of equipment―along with
a few well-guarded "tricks of the trade"!
5:00 pm - Guest Speaker - Greg Fisch
from Explore Scientific will speak on "CCD imaging and image processing"
6:00 pm -
RAFFLE TIME
Dusk - General Public Viewing session begins.
8:00pm - The Mars Society will present "Destination: Mars!" 2002 USA (Feature Film, 80 minutes) [TMS-SD
Library] This ambitious production captures the essence of 1950's
sci-fi classic films: it comes complete with Martian Women, Flying
Saucers and a 50's typical Doomsday Weapon story line. It has the
look and feel of an actual 1950's movie, and is being billed as a
"lost-film" that has been recently recovered and restored.
9:00 to 11:00 am - Last Chance Deals with vendors, tear down begins at 11:00.