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Northern Star Party – March 2023
24/03/2023 @ 5:00 pm - 26/03/2023 @ 10:30 am
This event is definitely back on
We are excited to announce the dates for the Northern Star Party, 2023 held at Waharau Regional Park and hosted by the Auckland Astronomical Society. We are holding the event over Friday 24th and Saturday 25th of March. Packing up on the morning of the 26th.
It will be a weekend of practical astronomy and dark sky observing. It is great opportunity to spend a weekend viewing the sky from a dark site, on Moonless nights, though a range of different telescopes. Bring your telescope or binoculars, but if you don’t have any there will be plenty there for you to look through. Also the society has telescopes available for hire though the hire will have to be set up external to the camp. Refer to the club for further details.
During the day on Saturday, there will be a full program of practical astronomy – how to use equipment and various types of telescopes, new equipment demonstrations and an astrophotography workshop.
Films will be shown in the early evening on Friday and if appropriate on Saturday.
The full information pack and agenda will be released shortly. We just wanted to get the dates out so that you can lock them in now!
| Prices | Members | Non-members |
| Early Bird paid by 18th March | $20 | $40 |
| Standard | $30 | $50 |
No one night price.
To book, please log into Hello Club at https://members.astronomy.org.nz/public/event/62d8d08ceb3d823b0200accc/2022-northern-star-party-confirmed-for-march-2023
Program:
Friday: Viewing, movie (TBC)
Saturday:
Workshops: Midday to 4:30 pm.
| Time | Activity | Details |
| 12:00 – 14:00 | Astronomy Equipment | Familiarisation, maintenance, collimation, etc |
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Astronomy Processing | Basic introduction into processing using PixInsight |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Telescope trail | Telescope trail |
Viewing from 19:00, movie (TBC)
Food: BYO – walk-in fridge and kitchen available. Tea, coffee, milo (morning/afternoon tea) supplied.