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    Presenter(s): Chris Wyatt Affiliation(s): University of New England & Northern Tablelands Astronomical Society Session details: Saturday, 2014-04-19 05:30:00, New York Abstract The talk will include various comet observing techniques, observation reduction and submission, setting a platform to help newcomers start observing comets and be part of a national and worldwide collaboration by contributing to Comet…

  • Amateur-Professional Collaboration in Radio Astronomy

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    Presenter(s): John Sarkissian Affiliation(s): CSIRO Parkes Telescope, CWAS Session details: Saturday, 2020-04-11 02:00:00, STAR Abstract Through out history there have been many examples of Pro-Am collaboration in optical astronomy. However, there has been precious little in the radio astronomy field. This talk will describe examples of recent radio astronomy Pro-Am collaborations, and how this area…

  • Infrared Studies of the Outer Planets

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    Presenter(s): Barry Adcock Affiliation(s): ASV, BAS Session details: Sunday, 2018-04-01 06:30:00, MCON Abstract Infrared Studies of the Outer Planets The outer planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have been imaged using a set of infrared bandpass filters each with a band width of 40 nm. Modern infrared digital cameras allow the opportunity to acquire images…

  • Cosmic Capers

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