NACAA XXIII Schedule
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Friday March 21 2008
Time
Room
11:00
Registration desk opens
13:30
G
Workshop: Arne Henden,
Precision CCD Photometry
13:30
W
Workshop: Barry Adcock,
Modern Lens Design Techniques
18:30
G
Welcome party
Saturday March 22 2008
Time
Room
09:00
G
Opening ceremony
09:15
G
Keynote: Prof Matthew Colless,
The future of optical astronomy in Australia
10:30
Morning tea
11:00
G
Various,
Poster Take-5s
11:00
W
Robert Hollow,
PULSE@Parkes: Real Astronomy for High School Students
11:30
G
Col Bembrick,
Asteroid Research and Amateur Input
11:30
W
Barry Clark,
What really went wrong with the Great Melbourne Telescope?
12:00
G
Rob McNaught,
Southern meteor showers from video observations
12:30
Lunch
13:30
G
Alan Plummer,
Amateur Contributions to High Energy (X-Ray) Astronomy
13:30
W
Panel Session: Helen Sim, Robert Hollow, David Malin, and John O'Byrne,
The International Year of Astronomy: Opportunities for the Amateur Community
14:00
G
Tom Richards,
A Variable Passion: three case studies in amateur variable star research.
14:30
G
Surjit Wadhwa,
Light Curve Analysis of Contact Binary Stars
15:00
Afternoon tea
15:30
G
Byron Soulsby,
Ancient Lunar Eclipses
15:30
W
Round Table: Barry Adcock,
Planning, Operation and Administration of Very Large Amateur Telescopes
15:45
G
Andrew James,
The Double Stars of John Dunlop and Charles Rümker
16:15
G
Richard C. Jaworski,
Measurement of position angle and separation of selected southern double stars using an illuminated astrometric eyepiece.
16:30
W
AGM
17:00
Break
19:00
G
Dinner
20:00
G
Plenary: Prof Ray Norris,
Aboriginal Australians: the World's First Astronomers?
Sunday March 23 2008
Time
Room
09:00
G
Gordon Hudson,
Overview of Telescope Refurbishment in NZ
09:00
W
Ray Johnston,
Astronomer (to a) Royal
09:30
G
Fred Vanderhaven,
Narrowband Imaging
09:30
W
Ian Maclean,
Indigenous Astronomy Education - Learning & Teaching
10:00
G
Dave Gault,
Probing Pluto's Atmosphere with a 10inch Telescope
10:00
W
Ian Sullivan,
Carte du Ciel - the Great Star Map
10:30
Morning tea
11:00
G
Plenary: Arne Henden,
The Amateur Scientist in Modern Society
12:00
G
David Higgins,
Uncovering the Binary Nature of Minor Planet (6265) 1985 TW3
12:00
W
Lesa Moore,
Macquarie and the Astronomer
12:30
Lunch
13:30
G
Jeff Byron,
Upgrading a "cheap" Dobsonian telescope for photometric and photographic use
13:30
W
Ragbir Bhathal,
45 Years of SETI
14:00
G
Gordon Hudson,
A look through the New Carter Observatory
14:00
W
Round Table: Arne Henden,
How You can Help the AAVSO
14:30
G
Martin George,
Planetariums of the World
15:00
Afternoon tea
15:30
W
Col Bembrick,
Syd Elwin - the First Berenice Page Medallist
15:30
G
Steve Kerr,
Opening address, 2nd Trans-Tasman Symposium on Occultations
16:00
W
Fred Vanderhaven,
Remote Robotic Imaging over the Internet
16:00
G
Dave Gault,
The Occultation of (324) Bamberga
16:15
G
Brian Loader,
Observing Double Stars during Lunar Occultations
16:30
W
Fred Vanderhaven,
Processing narrowband images - From FITS to Photoshop
16:30
G
Stephen Russell,
Two Years of Success: Grazing with Team Occultation
17:00
Break
18:30
N
BBQ, prizes and closing ceremony
Monday March 24 2008
Time
Room
08:30
W
Round Table: Col Bembrick,
Minor Planet Photometry and Collaboration
09:00
G
Symposium: Dave Gault (convenor),
2nd Trans-Tasman Symposium on Occultations
10:00
W
Workshop: Surjit Wadhwa,
Light Curve Analysis of Contact Binary Stars: Amateurs Doing Real Science
13:30
G
Workshop: Dave Gault and Hristo Pavlov,
Workshop on Occultation Timing
Posters
Ragbir Bhathal,
40000 years of Aboriginal astronomy
David Higgins,
Observing at Hunters Hill Observatory
Andrew James,
p Eridani (Dunlop 5) and the Evolution of its Orbital Elements
Ray Johnston,
Travels with a Dome
Harry Roberts,
Solar Flaring in Cycle 23
Sharon Rutledge,
Thomas Brisbane's Observatories
- G: Glenleigh Room
- W: Woodriff Room
- N: Nepean Observatory