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2020 schedule (Saturday)
08:30-09:00
Registration
Other
09:00-09:15
Welcome addresses
Christine Speers, and John Sarkissian
Talk
09:15-10:30
High Speed Video: Amateur contributions to understanding the solar system
Anthony Wesley
Keynote
10:30-11:00
Morning tea
Break
11:00-15:00
Occultation Observing 101, 2020 style
Stephen Russell, et al.
Workshop
11:00-11:30
New Approaches to Retrievals of Jovian Atmospheric State
Padma A. Yanamandra-Fisher and The PACA Jupiter Facebook Group
Oral
11:00-11:30
Are we alone and destined for oblivion?
Tony Tanner
Oral
11:30-12:00
S Doradus; a Century of Science Fact and Fiction
Alan Plummer
Oral
11:30-12:00
Nova Search for Amateurs
Robert Kaufman
Oral
12:00-12:30
Amateur-Professional Collaboration in Radio Astronomy
John Sarkissian
Talk
12:00-12:30
The X-factor in exoplanet research
Edwin Budding
Other
12:30-13:30
Lunch
Break
13:30-14:00
The Strange Behaviour of GZ Puppis
Tom Richards
Oral
14:00-14:30
A window into delta Sct stellar interiors using eclipsing binary systems.
Margaret Streamer, Michael Ireland, and Simon Murphy
Oral
14:00-14:30
Determining the Tilt of the Earth's Axis with a Pinhole Camera
Stephen Broderick
Oral
14:30-15:00
Search for Deep Low Mass Ratio Contact Binary Stars (Red Nova Candidates)
Surjit (Serge) Wadhwa
Oral
14:30-15:00
A Short History of Time
David O'Driscoll
Oral
15:00-15:30
Afternoon tea
Break
15:30-15:45
Group photo
Social
15:45-16:15
"Take 5s" for Poster Presenters
Various
Talk
16:15-17:00
NACAA 2020 Annual General Meeting
NACAA Inc
Other
19:30-23:00
Convention Dinner
Social
20:30-21:00
Perdrix Address: "Looking Back at Looking Up"
Ray Johnston
Invited