Affiliation(s): NACAA
Session details: Monday, 2016-03-27 23:00:00, LT106
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.
Stephen Russell has been a long standing member of Team Occultation, TTSO and NACAA.
Session details: Saturday, 2010-04-03 12:45:00 Abstract Daylight saving time ends at 3am on Sunday 4 April – turn your clock back one hour and enjoy the sleep-in.
Session details: Sunday, 2012-04-08 03:30:00, TBA Abstract The Brisbane Astronomical Society has been convening the Queensland Astronomy Education Conference (also known as the Southern Star Conference) since 1994. The concept was born from the palatable lack of basic knowledge and resources for the southern hemisphere in schools when members were assisting with Education Field Nights….
Presenter(s): Dr John Wilkinson Affiliation(s): ASV, BDAS Session details: Saturday, 2016-03-26 01:00:00, LT106 Abstract During the past year there have been some amazing discoveries made via space probes about the objects in the solar system. For example the New Horizons probe to the Pluto system, the Rosetta probe to a comet and the Dawn probe…
Affiliation(s): Astronomical Society of NSW, International Occultation Timing Association Session details: Sunday, 2012-04-08 03:30:00, TBA Abstract Hristo Pavlov first told us of his development of software to obtain accurate astrometry of fast-moving objects (such as near-earth asteroids) using video techniques back in NACAA XXIV. Video of asteroid 2009 DD45 in early 2009 (which moved at…
Affiliation(s): AAQ, IOTA Session details: Sunday, 2012-04-08 04:00:00, TBA Abstract METREC is one of several real time computer based video meteor detection and recording systems. Developed by Sirko Molau from Germany, it forms the basis of the International Meteor Organisation (IMO) Video Meteor Network – a quickly growing network of cameras predominantly across Europe but…
Presenter(s): David J. W. Moriarty Affiliation(s): AAQ, VSS Session details: Saturday, 2012-04-07 06:30:00, TBA Abstract Having bought a CCD camera for variable star photometry, I tried firstly a couple of targets listed in the VSS website, but saw no change. As a check on my techniques and ability to locate targets in dense star fields,…