2016 schedule

The 10th Trans-Tasman Symposium on Occultations - TTSO10

Stephen Kerr

RASNZ Occultation Section, AAQ

The RASNZ Occultation Section has promoted a series of symposia on occultation science alternately between Australia and New Zealand annually since 2007.  Continuing in this tradition, the Occultation Section is promoting the 10th Trans-Tasman Symposium on Occultations - TTSO10 - in conjunction with NACAA 2016 in Sydney.  With a programme including part of the main NACAA schedule, the symposium will include presentations by Australian and international speakers on occultation science, observation results, developing techniques for occultation observation, and the sharing of experiences and learnings.  There will be opportunity for informal networking and impromptu help and training.

Time	Speaker	Title
Sunday 27th March
3:30 PM	Bruno Sicardy/ John Talbot / Steve Kerr	Pluto Occultation 2015 - Amateur contributions to professional science
4:00 PM	Dave Herald	Recent Asteroidal Occultations Highlights from Across the World
4:30 PM	David/Joan Dunham	Venus Ashen Light Lunar Occultation - How dark is the dark side?
Monday 28th March
9:00 AM	John Talbot / Steve Kerr	Recent Asteroidal Occultations observed across Australia and New Zealand
9:30 AM	Brian Loader (remote by MeetCheap)	Lunar Occultation Observations and Results including double star events
10:00 AM	Stephen Russell	Update on turning your smart phone into a time source beeper box
10:15 AM	Everyone	Group Photo
10:30 AM	MORNING TEA
11:00 AM	Murray Forbes	Measurements of wide double stars using your occultation gear
11:30 AM	David/Joan Dunham and John Broughton	How to carry out multi-station asteroidal occultations - what is a paver mount?
12:00 AM	Dave Herald	Memorable grazing lunar occultations
12:30 PM	LUNCH
1:30 PM	Everyone	Occultation Q&A - Hosted by Steve Kerr
2:30 PM	Steve Kerr	Interesting Occultations over the next two years
3:00 PM	AFTERNOON TEA
3:30 PM	Dave Herald	Light Curve Archiving for Occultations
4:00 PM	Steve Kerr	RASNZ Occultation Section - What's Happening, where are we going?
4:30 PM		GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CLOSE