Okie-Tex Event Schedule
This is the 2007 schedule, stay tuned for next year's events
- This is a tentative schedule of events. Please stayed tuned as updates are made
- Pick up your final schedule at the registration desk.
- Official Party Time is Central Daylight Time
| Saturday October 6 | |
| 12:00 Noon | Camp Billy Joe gates open. Welcome to Okie-Tex 2007! |
| 9:00 PM | Observe! Gate will not be closed to accommodate late arrivals. Please observe lights out regulations as much as possible. |
| Sunday October 7 | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast served. |
| 11:00 AM - 1 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 12:00 Noon | Lunch served. |
| 5-5:30 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 5:00 PM | Dinner served. |
| 6:30 PM | Special Amateur Astronomy Talk - Norman North High School students |
| 9:00 PM | Gate closed - Lights out - Observe! |
| 10:00 PM | Cosmic Cafe opens - Closes at 3:00 AM |
| Monday October 8 | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast served. |
| 11:00 AM - 1 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 12:00 Noon | Lunch served. |
| 5-5:30 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 5:00 PM | Dinner served. |
| 9:00 PM | Gate closed - Lights out - Observe! |
| 10:00 PM | Cosmic Cafe opens - Closes at 3:00 AM |
| Tuesday October 9 | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast served. |
| 11:00 AM - 1 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 12:00 Noon | Lunch served. |
| 5-5:30 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 5:00 PM | Dinner served. |
| 9:00 PM | Gate closed - Lights out - Observe! |
| 10:00 PM | Cosmic Cafe opens - Closes at 3:00 AM |
| Wednesday October 10 | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast served. |
| 11:00 AM - 1 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 12:00 Noon | Lunch served. |
| 1:30 PM | Mike Lockwood/Mike Conron/Bob Nonnemann - Constructing a 30" F/3.8 telescope |
| 5-5:30 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 5:00 PM | Dinner served. |
| 6:30 PM | Bryan White - NiteScapes 3D-www.Astro-Photo.com |
| 9:00 PM | Gate closed - Lights out - Observe! |
| 10:00 PM | Cosmic Cafe opens - Closes at 3:00 AM |
| Thursday October 11 | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast served. |
| 11:00 AM - 1 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 12:00 Noon | Lunch served. |
| 1:30 PM | Capulin Volcano - Geology and Wildlife of the Area - Capulin Ranger speaking |
| 2:45 PM | Mike Lockwood - Constructing a 32" f/4 fork mounted telescope |
| 4:00 PM | Doug Zuebenel - Leslie C. Peltier: A Personal Retrospective |
| 5-5:30 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 5:00 PM | Dinner served. |
| 6:30 PM | Barbara Wilson - Observing at the Limit - from Houston, TX |
| After Talk | Great Okie-Tex Giveaway! Part I |
| 9:00 PM | Gate closed - Lights out - Observe! |
| 10:00 PM | Cosmic Cafe opens - Closes at 3:00 AM |
| Friday October 12 | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast served. |
| 11:00 AM - 1 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 12:00 Noon | Lunch served. |
| 1:30 PM | Jim Edlin - Amateur Spectroscopy; Decoding the Message in Starlight - Idaho Falls, ID |
| 2:45 PM | Terry Warren - Construcing Amateur Observatories, Columbus OH |
| 4:00 PM | Barbara Wilson - Recovering a Meteorite fall - Houston, TX |
| 5-5:30 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 5:00 PM | Dinner served. |
| 6:30 PM | Tom Trusock - Good Times for Gearheads: The current state of equipment in Amateur Astronomy |
| 9:00 PM | Gate closed - Lights out - Observe! |
| 10:00 PM | Cosmic Cafe opens - Closes at 3:00 AM |
| Saturday October 13 | |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast served. |
| 11:00 AM - 1 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 12:00 Noon | Lunch served. |
| 1:30 PM | Okie-Tex Swap Meet, Under the pavilion by the bunkhouses. Bring your stuff to sell, trade or swap! |
| 4:00 PM | Dr. Henry Throop - Planet formation in Orion |
| 5-5:30 PM | Registration desk open. |
| 5:00 PM | Dinner served. |
| 6:30 PM | Dr. Henry Throop - The New Horizon Mission to Pluto, the Kuiper Belt, and Beyond |
| after talk | Great Okie-Tex Giveaway! Part II and Announcements |
| half hour after dismissal | Gate closed - Lights out - Observe! |
| 10:00 PM | Cosmic Cafe opens - Closes at 3:00 AM |
| Sunday October 14 | |
| 10:00 AM | Must be vacated from the camp ground. Thanks for coming and we'll see you at Okie-Tex 2008! Sept 27th-Oct 5th |
