2014/15 Jovian Mutual Event programme

Presenter(s): Dave Herald

Affiliation(s): Canberra Astronomical Society, IOTA

Session details: Monday, 2014-04-21 05:30:00

Abstract

The next season of mutual eclipses and occultations of Jupiter’s satellites runs from September this year to August next year, with about 120 events being visible from eastern Australia. Most events require making a video recording for about 10 minutes, although some events can last for an hour or more. This session will review the results of the last season, and discuss the techniques to record these interesting events and report scientifically useful results.

Biography

Dave has a long-term interest in astronomy, was a co-author of the Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas, author of the occultation software OCCULT, and is a recipient of the Berenice and Arthur Page medal, and the first recipient of IOTA’s Homer F. DaBoll Award.