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Session details: Saturday, 2024-03-29 23:30:00
Session details: Saturday, 2024-03-29 23:30:00
Presenter(s): Stephen Broderick Affiliation(s): St Ursula's College, Toowoomba QLD Session details: Sunday, 2016-03-26 22:45:00, LT106 Abstract Getting started in spectroscopy is now easy and inexpensive, thanks to the Star Analyser grating costing under $200. The Star Analyser attaches to a CCD camera and allows you to easily see the spectra of distant stars in real…
Presenter(s): Tom Richards Affiliation(s): RASNZ, VSS, ASA, RAS Session details: Saturday, 2016-03-26 03:00:00, LT101 Abstract Capturing a light curve of stellar eclipses, transits, or occultations – by stars or planets – can often be done in a single night with electronic imaging. Although sophisticated software is available to help you derive astrophysical information from the…
Session details: Sunday, 2012-04-08 08:00:00, TBA Abstract Enjoy an informal catered BBQ, wind down at the end of a busy weekend, and get ready for the Monday workshop or symposium. Various prizes will be awarded, including the Astral Award for the best convention presentation, and the NACAA shield will be transferred to the next NACAA…
Presenter(s): Chris Morley Affiliation(s): LVAS Session details: Sunday, 2018-04-01 00:00:00, MCON Abstract ESO's Very Large Telescope facility in Chile has played a pivotal role in many recent discoveries. Just four days after I toured the facility in February 2016, it was announced that seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a cool star (TRAPPIST 1) had been discovered….
Session details: Saturday, 2026-04-03 22:00:00 Abstract This is the official welcome to the Convention. Speakers will include: Chair, David O’Driscoll (General Secretary) Welcome to country Welcome by Tamworth Mayor, Russell Webb Welcome from TRAC President, Garry Copper LOC Announcements, Bryce Little (Convenor)
Presenter(s): Chris Rudge, Mike Thompson & the Junior Section of the ASV Affiliation(s): ASV Session details: Saturday, 2014-04-19 01:30:00, Vienna Abstract The goal of Project ExoPlanet is to observe and measure the light curve of a transiting exoplanet. An extra-solar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside our solar system. For many years their existence…