John Stoke

John Stoke ALMA Outreach Astronomer

Wednesday, June 17 @ Triple-C Arena in Panguitch (50 East 900 North)

• 4:30-6:30pm Model Rocket Building & Launching Workshop - Fred Olsen
• 7:00-8:00pm Planisphere Practice
• 8:30-10:00pm Keynote Speaker: National Radio Astronomy Observatory's John Stoke "Hubble and Beyond, Far Beyond" - 
  400 years ago Galileo's telescope revealed the nature of the heavens for the first time. For the last two decades photography from the Hubble Space Telescope has continued the revolution, showing us a universe far richer and stranger than we'd imagined. Join John Stoke, former member of NASA's Hubble mission, for the very best of Hubble and a peek into the next generation of telescopes. Stoke's new assignment is with the National Science Foundation's National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a partner in the development of ALMA, an international telescope project that will reveal intimate secrets of the universe invisible to Hubble, with a sharpness ten times higher.
• 10-Midnight: Stargazing with the HUGE telescopes of the Salt Lake Astronomical Society & "Constellation Tours" by Bryce Canyon's Dark Rangers

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A "Dark Ranger" assists a participant with launcing his model rocket

Thursday, June 18 @ Bryce Canyon National Park

• 3:00-4:00pm Planet Walk
• 4:30-6:00pm Rocket Building & Launching Workshop (Shuttle Boarding Area @ Ruby's Inn) - Fred Olsen
• 7:00-8:00pm Planishpere Practice
• Concurrent Presentations:
  - 8:30-9:30pm @ Bryce Canyon Visitor Center Theater: "Star Stories" - Amy Sayle
  - 9:00-10:00pm @ Bryce Canyon Lodge Auditorium: "Astronomy through the Ages" - Kevin Doxstater
  -  9:30-10:30pm @ North Campground Amphitheater: "Scared of the Dark?" - Kevin Poe
• 10:00pm-12:30am: Stargazing with the HUGE telescopes of the Salt Lake Astronomical Society & "Constellation Tours" by Bryce Canyon's Dark Rangers

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Launching a model rocket

Friday, June 19 @ Bryce Canyon National Park

• 3:00-4:00pm Planet Walk
• 4:30-6:00pm Rocket Building & Launching Workshop (Shuttle Boarding Area @ Ruby's Inn) - Fred Olsen
• 7:00-8:00pm Planishpere Practice
• Concurrent Presentations:
  - 8:30-9:30pm @ Bryce Canyon Visitor Center Theater: "Bats: Masters of the Night" - Tom Haraden
• - 9:00-10:00pm @ Bryce Canyon Lodge Auditorium: TBA
  - 9:30-10:30pm @ North Campground Amphitheater: "Dark Wars" - Kevin Poe
• 10:00pm-12:30am: Stargazing with the HUGE telescopes of the Salt Lake Astronomical Society & "Constellation Tours" by Bryce Canyon's Dark Rangers

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A "Dark" Ranger uses a green laser to point out constellations

Saturday, June 20 @ Bryce Canyon National Park

• 3:00-4:00pm Planet Walk
• 4:30-6:00pm Rocket Building & Launching Workshop (Shuttle Boarding Area @ Ruby's Inn) - Fred Olsen
• 7:00-8:00pm Planishpere Practice
• Concurrent Presentations:
  - 8:30-9:30pm @ Bryce Canyon Visitor Center Theater: "Starry Starry, Parks" - Wally Pacholka
  - 9:00-10:00pm @ Bryce Canyon Lodge Auditorium: "The First Star People" - Sean Duffy
  - 9:30-10:30pm @ North Campground Amphitheater: "The Time Machine" - Geoff Goins
• 10:00pm-12:30am: Stargazing with the HUGE telescopes of the Salt Lake Astronomical Society & "Constellation Tours" by Bryce Canyon's Dark Rangers