BoBfest Schedule
Friday Evening 8:00 to 10 p.m., Lucile Miller Observatory in Maiden is open for FREE Public Observing.
Please Join Us!
All Day - Main Event Room - Refreshments
8:30am - 3:45pm Lobby - BoBfest Registration
8:30am - 4:00pm Lobby Area - Door Prize Ticket Sales
8:30am - 4:00pm Room 7 - Swap Tables Open - BoBfest Marketplace
8:30am - 4:00pm Room 8 - Vendors Open - BoBfest Marketplace
9:30am - Main Event Room - Welcome and Club Announcements
9:30am - 3:00pm Room 9 - Astronomical Simulations - Frank Westmoreland
9:45am - 10:30am Main Event Room - I AM AN AMATEUR ASTRONOMER - AND SO ARE YOU!
- John ONeal
10:00am - 4:00pm Catawba Science Center - Aquarium, Planetarium, Science Hall, Exhibits
10:00am - 1:00pm Room 1 - Family Science Events
10:30am - Main Event Room - Club Announcements / Break
10:30am - 11:45am Main Event Room - Light Pollution Trends: The Threat form LEDs and Satellite Constellations - Dan Caton
11:30am - 12:45pm North Parking Lots - Lunch Can Be Purchased Here from the Food Trucks
11:30am - 1:00pm Outside - Solar Observing Weather Permitting - John ONeal and others
11:30am - 12:45pm Various Locations - Lunch, Visit Vendors, Marketplace, CSC, Solar Observing
12:00pm - 12:45pm Millholland Planetarium - Planetarium Show - From Earth To The Universe
12:45pm - Main Event Room - Club Announcements & Orientation to Afternoon Schedule
1:00pm - 1:45pm Room 4 - 10,000+ How To Learn To Love Double Stars - Sam Choate
1:00pm - 1:45pm Room 5 - The Death Of Autoguiding - Richard Wright
1:00pm - 1:45pm Room 6 - Low Cost and FREE Astronomy Apps - Joe Heafner
2:00pm - 2:45pm Millholland Planetarium - Planetarium Show - One World, One Sky - Big Birds Adventure
2:00pm - 2:45pm Room 4 - The Show Before the Show: A Sky Rangers Guide to Interactive Astronomy Education - Nora Coffey
2:00pm - 2:45pm Room 5 - Some Assembly Required Building a mosaic with todays popular programs. Presented via Zoom - Matt Harbison
2:00pm - 2:45pm Room 6 - Journey Through The Stars - Corrie Ann Delgado
3:00pm - 3:45pm Main Event Room - A Brief History of BoBfest - Moderated by Joe Heafner. See presenters below
3:00pm - 3:45pm Millholland Planetarium - Planetarium Show - From Earth To The Universe
4:00pm - Main Event Room - Awards, Announcements, Door Prize Drawings
4:30pm - Main Event Room - Closing Remarks - BoB Eskridge
7:00pm - 10:00pm Lucile Miller Observatory, Maiden - FREE Observing for Everyone!
Saturday Evening 7:00 to 10 p.m., Lucile Miller Observatory in Maiden is open for FREE Public Observing.
Please Join Us!
