Session details: Sunday, 2014-04-20 02:00:00, New York
The agenda for the NACAA 2014 AGM consists of:
Presenter(s): James Irish Affiliation(s): Member, Astronomical Society of Victoria Session details: Sunday, 2018-04-01 01:30:00, MCON Abstract The "New world atlas of artificial sky brightness" (Falchi et al., 2016) assumes that night sky brightness at dark-sky sites when the Moon is not visible and there are no clouds is 22.0 magnitudes per square arc second for…
Affiliation(s): NACAA Session details: Monday, 2016-03-27 23:00:00, LT106 Abstract Stephen Russell has been wrestling with the challenge of extracting a precise and credible time signal based on NTP from a smart phone. It is very difficult to do and this talk will update us on the latest challenges and dramas. Biography Stephen Russell has been…
Session details: Saturday, 2014-04-19 02:30:00, Rydges
Presenter(s): Stephen Kerr Affiliation(s): RASNZ Occultation Section, Astronomical Association of Queensland Session details: Monday, 2018-04-01 23:00:00, BOBS Abstract 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 12th Trans-Tasman Symposium on Occultations…
Presenter(s): Dave Gault Affiliation(s): WSAAG, IOTA Session details: Sunday, 2012-04-08 05:00:00, TBA Abstract Team Occultation (Sydney and Canberra chapter) continues the tradition of observing lunar graze occultations. Despite the advances of technology like data from the lunar Kaguya orbiter, the lunar graze, observed by a team determined astronomers is still a true test of Lunar…
Affiliation(s): Astronomical Society of Victoria Session details: Saturday, 2010-04-03 05:00:00 Abstract Barry will describe how and why the Great Melbourne Telescope (GMT) came into being, its main aim or goal, its achievements, its problems and the ASV’s plan, working with the Museum of Victoria and the Royal Botanic Gardens, to rebuild it in its original…