Time: 1 hour 15 mins
Equipment: Chair, (pen, paper, calculator optional)
Location: The Common, HQ gazebo

How many times have you been down the pub and someone has asked you - “Yeah, but really, how many alien civilisations ARE out there?” Fortunately, there’s an equation for that. In this interactive talk, expert multi-platform science communicator and astronomer Dr. Jenifer Millard will take you through the Drake Equation, a thought experiment designed to answer that very question. Come along, meet your fellow Astrocampers, and together, you’ll decide whether we really are alone in this bountiful Galaxy of ours.

Time: 30 minutes
Equipment: None (own telescope/binoculars optional)
Location: The Common, Bob the Dob
Rain/Cloud: A digital sky tour under the gazebo

Paul Hill is an expert science communicator and highly skilled practical astronomer – one of the few that shuns these new-fangled tracking telescopes, preferring to dance across the cosmos by his own guiding hand. Using his almost encyclopaedic knowledge of the night sky, Paul will take you on a tour of the best objects available to view this Astrocamp. Feel free to gaze in wonder with the naked-eye, or join in with your binoculars or telescope.

Time: 1 hr
Equipment: Chair
Location: The Common, HQ gazebo

The idea that sparked a billion-dollar space telescope was recorded in the most unlikely of places: a scrap of paper fished out a pocket while gondolas sailed by in Venice. In this talk, award-winning astrophysicist and science communicator Steve Eales of Cardiff University takes us on the unlikely journey of the Herschel Space Observatory, the most sensitive far-infrared space telescope yet launched.

Time: 1 hour
Equipment: Paper, pen, chair
Location: The Common, HQ gazebo

The legendary Astrocamp Quiz! 

Time: 1 hr
Equipment: Chair
Location: The Common, HQ gazebo

Spectroscopy is one of the most powerful analytical tools astronomy has in its box. Beginning with a short 15 minute talk outlining spectroscopy and its uses in an astronomical sense, we’ll then craft our own sunlight spectrometers for you to take home.

Time: 1 hr
Equipment: Chair, snacks, beverages
Location: The Common, HQ gazebo

Bring your left over goodies, snacks, and home baked goods to afternoon tea on the Common, as we wax lyrical about the joys of Astrocamp!

Time: 1 hour
Equipment: Chair
Location: The Common, HQ gazebo

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes during a recording of Awesome Astronomy? Well, wonder no more! Come and join Paul and Jen as they record the next podcast episode in front of a live audience - you! Bring your questions, comments, and thoughts about the latest space exploration and astronomy developments and who knows, maybe it’ll be your voice titillating the airwaves from Cydonia next time…