2020 Schedule

 

Fri 08:30-09:00
Registration
Fri 09:00-17:00
PixInsight Introduction Rick Stevenson
Fri 09:00-17:00
Variable Stars South Symposium 6 Mark Blackford
Fri 10:30-11:00
Morning tea
Fri 12:30-13:30
Lunch
Fri 15:00-15:30
Afternoon tea
Fri 18:30-21:30
Welcome Reception
Sat 08:30-09:00
Registration
Sat 09:00-09:15
Welcome addresses Christine Speers, and John Sarkissian
Sat 09:15-10:30
High Speed Video: Amateur contributions to understanding the solar system Anthony Wesley
Sat 10:30-11:00
Morning tea
Sat 11:00-15:00
Occultation Observing 101, 2020 style Stephen Russell, et al.
Sat 11:00-11:30
New Approaches to Retrievals of Jovian Atmospheric State Padma A. Yanamandra-Fisher and The PACA Jupiter Facebook Group
Sat 11:00-11:30
Are we alone and destined for oblivion? Tony Tanner
Sat 11:30-12:00
S Doradus; a Century of Science Fact and Fiction Alan Plummer
Sat 11:30-12:00
Nova Search for Amateurs Robert Kaufman
Sat 12:00-12:30
Amateur-Professional Collaboration in Radio Astronomy John Sarkissian
Sat 12:00-12:30
The X-factor in exoplanet research Edwin Budding
Sat 12:30-13:30
Lunch
Sat 13:30-14:00
The Strange Behaviour of GZ Puppis Tom Richards
Sat 14:00-14:30
A window into delta Sct stellar interiors using eclipsing binary systems. Margaret Streamer, Michael Ireland, and Simon Murphy
Sat 14:00-14:30
Determining the Tilt of the Earth's Axis with a Pinhole Camera Stephen Broderick
Sat 14:30-15:00
Search for Deep Low Mass Ratio Contact Binary Stars (Red Nova Candidates) Surjit (Serge) Wadhwa
Sat 14:30-15:00
A Short History of Time David O'Driscoll
Sat 15:00-15:30
Afternoon tea
Sat 15:30-15:45
Group photo
Sat 15:45-16:15
"Take 5s" for Poster Presenters Various
Sat 16:15-17:00
NACAA 2020 Annual General Meeting NACAA Inc
Sat 19:30-23:00
Convention Dinner
Sat 20:30-21:00
Perdrix Address: "Looking Back at Looking Up" Ray Johnston
Sun 08:30-09:30
Registration
Sun 09:00-17:00
Photometric Analysis of Contact Binary Stars Surjit (Serge) Wadhwa
Sun 09:30-10:30
Citizen Astronomy in the era of large surveys Dr Stella Kafka
Sun 10:30-11:00
Morning tea
Sun 11:00-11:30
Using Gravity to Find Stars Peter Osman
Sun 11:00-11:30
Determining the Eccentricity of the Earth's Orbit Stephen Broderick
Sun 11:30-12:30
Argentina TSE 2019 Stephen Russell
Sun 11:30-12:30
Are we alone in the Galaxy? Probably no little green men, but lots of little microbes David Moriarty
Sun 12:30-13:30
Lunch
Sun 13:30-14:00
The Role of Amateur Astronomers in Support of the Rosetta and Juno Missions Padma A. Yanamandra-Fisher
Sun 13:30-14:00
EE Barnard: A pioneering 18th-19th astrophotographer whose astrophotos still wow us! John Drummond
Sun 14:00-14:30
Is the Solar System Stable? Warwick Kissling
Sun 14:00-14:30
The Role of Allsky Photometry in assessing an IDA Dark Sky Reserve Andrew Cool
Sun 14:30-15:00
The planet Uranus Ian Sullivan
Sun 14:30-15:00
Measuring sky brightness in the presence of the Moon James Irish
Sun 15:00-15:30
Afternoon tea
Sun 15:30-16:00
Occultations with Digital Video Cameras Stephen Kerr
Sun 15:30-16:00
Pathway to the Stars: adding a new layer to WA’s regional Tourism Industry Carol Redford
Sun 16:00-16:30
The review of the Asteroid Occultation Archive Dave Gault and Dave Herald
Sun 16:00-17:00
Inland Astro-Trail Discussion Paper: seeking NACAA members' ideas Dr Merrill Findlay
Sun 18:30-21:30
Farewell BBQ
Mon 08:30-09:00
Registration
Mon 09:00-12:30
The PACA Project: Ecology of Citizen Science in Astronomy Padma A. Yanamandra-Fisher
Mon 09:00-17:00
PixInsight: More Advanced Topics Rick Stevenson
Mon 09:00-17:00
TTSO14 - The Fourteenth Trans-Tasman Symposium on Occultations Stephen Kerr
Mon 10:30-11:00
Morning tea
Mon 12:30-13:30
Lunch
Mon 15:00-15:30
Afternoon tea