GENERAL INFORMATION

TIME

Event

location

9:00am-7:00pm

Registration/Welcome

Registration Desk

9:00am-6:00pm

Vendor Area Open

Visitor Center

8:30am-7:00pm

Starlight Café

Visitor Center

8:30am-7:00pm

Gift Shop

Visitor Center

9:00am-6:00pm

NRAO Hourly Tours / Gift Shop

Visitor Center

10:00am-2:00pm

DAILY

Daily Solar Observing

(Weather Permitting)

Visitor Center

Reminder:

Check at the registration desk for daily schedule updates / revisions

Don’t forget to purchase

Raffle Tickets!

Check out our 2016 Star Quest T-Shirts

HOODIES AVAILABLE

STAR QUEST MEMORABILIA

MEAL TICKETS AVAILABLE

Registration Desk

7:30am-9:00am

BREAKFAST

Buffet Style

NRAO Cafeteria

LUNCH

On Your Own

Consider Visiting the Starlight Café

5:00pm-7:00pm

DINNER

Buffet Style

NRAO Cafeteria

Dusk till Dawn

Observing

Your Site

8:30pm-10:00pm

Field Session

Weather Permitting

Field

WEDNESDAY- JULY 6, 2016

TIMES

EVENT

Location

9:30am-11:00am

GBT Tour (sign-up sheet)

(Three Groups of Seven)

Meet at Registration Desk

10:00am-11:00am

Introduction to Astrophotography Using A DSLR and Telephoto Lens

Brent Maynard

Farraday Computer Lab

11:00am – 12:00pm

Mars: Observing & Sketching the Red Planet

Michael Rosalina

Classroom

12:00pm-1:00pm

Lunch Break

1:00pm-2:00pm

Meteorites 101

David Holden

Classroom

1:30pm-2:30pm

Children’s Activities

Star Lab Room

2:30pm

40' Radio Dish Orientation #1

By NRAO Staffer

(sign-up sheet)

Meet at Registration Desk

2:30pm-3:30pm

High Tech Tour

Sue Ann Heatherly

Meet at Registration Desk

4:00pm-5:00pm

“Ice, Ice Baby” – Mysteries of Ice in Space

Caitlin Ahrens-Wiles

Classroom

4:00pm-5:30pm

Detect an Exoplanet Using a DSLR and Telephoto Lens

Brent Maynard

Faraday

Computer Lab

5:00pm-7:00pm

Dinner Break

7:00pm-8:00pm

SOFIA

David Davisson

Keynote

Auditorium

11:00pm-3:00am

40’ Dish Observation Sessions

40’ Radio Dish

THURSDAY- JULY 7, 2016

TIMES

EVENT

Location

8:30am-10:00am

GBT Tour (sign-up sheet)

(Three Groups of Seven)

Meet At Registration Desk

9:30am-10:30am

Intermediate Astrophotography Using a DSLR

Brent Maynard

Faraday Computer Lab

10:00am-11:30am

Children’s Activities

Star Lab Room

10:00am-11:00am

Great Demonstrations and Activities

for Outreach

NRAO Staffer

Classroom

11:00am-12:00pm

Introduction to Radio Astronomy

Sue Ann Heatherly

Classroom

11:00am

40' Radio Dish Orientation #2

NRAO Staffer

20 person max.  (sign-up sheet)

Meet at Registration Desk

12:00pm–1:00pm

Lunch Break

1:00pm-2:00pm

“Ice, Ice Baby” – Mysteries of Ice in Space

Caitlin Ahrens-Wiles

Classroom

1:15pm-2:15pm

Children’s Activities

Star Lab Room

2:00pm-3:00pm

Radio JOVE

David Davisson

Classroom

2:30pm

By NRAO Staff Member

40' Radio Dish Orientation #3

20 person max.  (sign-up sheet)

Meet at Registration Desk

3:00pm-4:00pm

Astrophotography-Time Lapse Video and Processing

Brent Maynard

Faraday Computer Lab

4:00pm

High Tech Tour of the

GBT Control Room (sign-up sheet)

Jansky Lab

Meet at Registration Desk

5:00pm-7:00pm

Dinner Break

-

7:00pm-8:00pm

"Reaching for the Horizon - the Long Range Plan for Nuclear Physics"

Dr. Michelle Shinn

Keynote

Auditorium

11:00pm-3:00am

40’ Dish Observation Sessions

40’ Radio Dish

FRIDAY- JULY 8, 2016

TIMES

EVENT

Location

9:00am-10:00am

Skynet Junior Scholars

NRAO Staffer

Classroom

10:00am-11:30am

Children’s Activities

Star Lab Room

10:00am-11:30am

Introduction To Astrophotography Using A DSLR and Telephoto Lens

Brent Maynard

Faraday

Computer Lab

10:30am-11:30am

Meteorites 101

David Holden-Sky Stones

Classroom

11:00am

40' Radio Dish Orientation #4

NRAO Staffer

20 person max.  (sign-up sheet)

Meet at Registration Desk

12:00pm–1:00pm

Lunch Break

1:15pm-2:15pm

Astrophotography-Time Lapse Video and Processing

Brent Maynard

Faraday

Computer Lab

1:00pm-3:00pm

Children’s Activities

Rocket Making

Star Lab Room

1:00pm-3:00pm

Mars: Observing and Sketching the Red Planet

Michael Rosalina

Classroom

2:30pm

40' Radio Dish Orientation #5

NRAO Staffer

20 person max. (sign-up sheet)

Meet at Registration Desk

3:15pm-4:45pm

Itty Bitty Telescope Workshop

Fee:  $50.00

Tom Crowley

Classroom

4:00pm

High Tech Tour of the

GBT Control Room

(sign-up sheet)

Jansky Lab

Meet at Registration Desk

5:00pm-7:00pm

Dinner Break

7:00pm-8:30pm

New Horizons:  The Adventure to Pluto and Beyond!

Mark “Indy” Kochte

Keynote

Auditorium

11:00pm-3:00am

40’ Dish Observation Sessions

40’ Radio Dish

SATURDAY- JULY 9, 2016

TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

SAT. 1:00am-6:00am

(NOTE TIME)

Radio Telescope Observing

40 foot dish

40 Foot Dish

9:00am-10:00am

Wild and Wonderful Moons of Saturn

Nathan Tehrani

WVU Masters Student-

Aerospace Engineering

Classroom

9:00am-10:00am

Children’s Activities

Star Lab Room

10:00am-11:00am

GROUP PHOTO

Meet in Field

11:00am-12:00pm

Detect An Exoplanet Using A DSLR and Telephoto Lens

Brent Maynard

Faraday Computer Lab

12:00pm–1:00pm

Lunch Break

1:00pm-2:00pm

Radio Astronomy for the Uninitiated

Dr. Terry Trees

Classroom

2:15pm–3:30pm

MERAL Annual Meeting

Dr. Terry Trees

Classroom

3:30pm

Children’s

Rocket Launch

Field

3:30pm–4:30pm

Intermediate Astrophotography Using A DSLR

Brent Maynard

Faraday

Computer Lab

4:00pm

High Tech Tour of the

GBT Control Room

(sign-up sheet)

Jansky Lab

Meet at Registration Desk

5:00pm–7:00pm

Dinner Break

7:15pm–8:30pm

looking for aliens that are not biological

Seth Shostak

Keynote

Auditorium

8:30pm–10:00pm

Raffle Drawing / Certificate Awards

Must be present to Win

Auditorium

SUNDAY- JULY 10, 2016

7:00-10:30am

Sunday Morning Breakfast

Star Quest Activities End

Visitor Center

Starlight Café