2020 schedule (Saturday)

 

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