| 09:00 |
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Welcome (Ken Le Marquand) &
Keynote Address: Mirroring Melbourne - Reflections on the Great Melbourne Telescope & Melbourne Observatory (Richard Gillespie) |
BSM South
(Peter Nelson) |
Clarke's Third Law and the NACAA web site
(Stephen Russell) |
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TTSO8 |
Astronomy 3.0 - Citizen Science
(Peter Lake) |
| 09:30 |
Analysis of 22000 Crater Timing observations made over 170 years
(Dave Herald & Roger Sinnott) |
Mount Burnett: An observatory for all the community
(James Murray) |
| 10:00 |
Auxiliary Southern Double Star Catalogues
(Andrew James) |
Establishing an observatory at a dark sky site (with Boss the Builder)
(David Moriarty) |
| 10:30 |
Morning Tea |
Morning Tea |
Morning Tea |
| 11:00 |
It takes Two to Tango: the Intertwined Lives of Close Binary Stars
(Tom Richards) |
Telescopes in Schools
(Jacinta den Besten) |
Perdrix Address
(Barry Adcock) |
TTSO8 |
Astronomy 3.0 - Citizen Science
(Peter Lake) |
| 11:30 |
Spotty Stars
(Donna Burton) |
Project Exo Planet
(Chris Rudge et al) |
| 12:00 |
Registration Desk Opens |
Pitfalls for Unwary Photometrists of the Understudied Southern Eclipsing Binaries
(David Moriarty) |
What image intensifiers can and can't do
(Barry Clark) |
NACAA AGM |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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| 13:00 |
Workshop on Occultation Timing |
Introduction to Spectroscopy Workshop |
| 13:30 |
Pro-Am Collaborative Astronomy (PACA): The New Paradigm for Scientific Research
(Padma Yanamandra-Fisher) |
Delta Scuti–type pulsating stars in eclipsing binary systems
(Margaret Streamer) |
Lunar Occultations of Close Double Stars
(Brian Loader) |
TTSO8 |
| 14:00 |
From light curves to light elements: New ephemerides for the Delta Scuti stars RS Gru and BS Aqr
(Roy Axelsen) |
Observing Occultations Using Video: A Beginner’s Guide
(Jacquie Milner) |
| 14:30 |
The Fossil of Saturn's Great Storm of 2010/2011
(Trevor Barry) |
Wow Images of the Solar System
(John Wilkinson) |
Variable Star Photometry with a DSLR Camera
(Mark Blackford) |
Measuring Trans-Neptunian Objects with Backyard Telescopes
(Steve Kerr) |
| 15:00 |
Afternoon Tea |
Afternoon Tea |
Afternoon Tea |
Afternoon Tea |
| 15:30 |
Workshop on Occultation Timing (continued) |
Introduction to Spectroscopy Workshop (continued) |
Visual Comet Observing
(Chris Wyatt) |
Captain Henry Evans Baker: A Star, Nerd or Futurist
(Judith Bailey & Saeed Salimpour) |
The Nucleosynthesis of all Elements by a Supernova
(Peter Norman) |
Asteroid Occultations: Profiles, 3D models & Discoveries
(Dave Herald) |
Excursion |
TTSO8 |
| 16:00 |
Infrared Photography of the Solar System
(Barry Adcock) |
Tycho and Kepler in Prague
(Ian Sullivan) |
The Life and Death of Stars - Part 2: Neutron Stars
(Wayne Roberts) |
Grazing with Team Occultation 2012-2014
(Dave Gault) |
| 16:30 |
Astrophotography of the Sun
(John Wilkinson) |
How to Give Great Powerpoint Presentations
(Lesa Moore) |
Leon Mow Radio Observatory
(Clint Jeffrey)
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| 17:00 |
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| 17:30 |
| 18:00 |
| 18:30 |
Welcome Function |
Convention Dinner &
After Dinner Speaker
(Andrew Prentice) |
Farewell Function
Herbarium, Melbourne Botanical Gardens |
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| 19:00 |
| 19:30 |
| 20:00 |
| 20:30 |
| 21:00 |
| 21:30 |
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| 22:00 |
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