Astrofest Event Program 2023
What's on and where to be for all the action at this year's Astrofest.
Main Stage - Curtin Stadium
Time | Main Stage Curtin Stadium |
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17:30 | Welcome to Country |
17:45 |
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18:00 | Astrophotography Prize Presentation |
18:15 | |
18:30 | |
18:45 | |
19:00 | Scitech Show Under Pressure |
19:15 | |
19:30 | |
19:45 | |
20:00 | Scitech Show Under Pressure |
20:15 | |
20:30 | |
20:45 | Celestron Prize Draw |
21:00 | Major Competition Draw Win a telescope! |
OutDOOR - Edinburgh Oval
Time | Outdoor Edinburgh Oval |
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17:30 | Solar Observing |
17:45 |
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18:00 | Telescopes 101 |
18:15 | |
18:30 | |
18:45 | |
19:00 | Telescopes 101 |
19:15 | |
19:30 | Night Sky Tour |
19:45 | |
20:00 | Night Sky Tour |
20:15 | |
20:30 | Night Sky Tour |
20:45 | |
21:00 |
Serious Science talks - Discovery Zone
Talks will be held in the Discovery Zone at Astrofest this year, located close to Curtin Stadium. All locations will be on the Astrofest Map.
Time | Serious Science Discovery Zone |
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17:30 | |
17:45 |
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18:00 | Wajarri Culture Des Mongoo & Jennylyn Hamlett |
18:15 | |
18:30 | |
18:45 | Perplexing Pulsations: Spooky Sources with Slow Spin Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker |
19:00 | |
19:15 | |
19:30 | The Heftiest Things We Know: Black Holes as Beacons Across our Cosmos Prof. Prajval Shastri |
19:45 | |
20:00 | |
20:15 | Mega Science Come to Life: Building the SKA-Low Telescope SKAO, CSIRO, Wajarri & ICRAR |
20:30 | |
20:45 | |
21:00 |
Experts Live talks - Discovery zone
Talks will be held in the Discovery Zone at Astrofest this year, located close to Curtin Stadium. All locations will be on the Astrofest Map.
Time | Experts Live Discovery Zone |
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17:30 | |
17:45 |
Aiming for the stars: SKA Careers now and into the future SKAO, CSIRO, AusSRC |
18:00 | |
18:15 | |
18:30 | Doomed Stars and Hungry Black Holes Dr Adelle Goodwin |
18:45 | |
19:00 | Why are astronomers always so excited about hydrogen? Dr Ivy Wong |
19:15 | |
19:30 | Unlocking the Cosmos: Machine learning for Astronomy's big data Dr Nikhel Gupta |
19:45 | |
20:00 | How the first galaxies shaped the universe Ravi Jaiswar |
20:15 | |
20:30 | Peculiar radio emissions and hot magnetic stars Dr Barnali Das |
20:45 | |
21:00 |
All other activites (Astrophotography exhibition, spacedomes, activities, exhibitor tables, telescopes and first aid) run all night 17:30-21:30