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U.T. |
Topic |
Presenter |
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Friday 12/3 |
7:00 PM |
0:00 |
Meet at Hotel Lobby to Carpool to Restaurant |
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7:30 PM |
0:30 |
Group Dinner at TBD; plan for Christine occultation? |
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Saturday 12/4 |
2:02 AM |
7:02 |
Occultation of 9.0-mag. star by (628) Christine s. of Boston |
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8:30 AM |
13:30 |
Convene at AAVSO Headquarters in Cambridge |
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EVO Information to be provided |
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13:30 |
Welcome and Introductions |
D. Dunham |
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Plan for Next Two Days |
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8:50 AM |
13:50 |
Business Session |
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8:50 AM |
13:50 |
Financial Report |
C. Ellington |
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8:55 AM |
13:55 |
Minutes of 2009 Meeting |
R. Nugent |
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9:00 AM |
14:00 |
New IOTA Server |
D. Dunham, C. Ellington |
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9:05 AM |
14:05 |
The new Middle East section of IOTA |
D. Dunham |
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9:15 AM |
14:15 |
Homer Daboll Award - 2010 Winner HRISTO PAVLOV |
T. Redding |
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9:25 AM |
14:25 |
Elections |
All |
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9:35 AM |
14:35 |
Status of IOTA Publications (ON, MPB, Handbook, JDSO, Etc.) |
D. Dunham, R. Nugent, B. Timerson, D. Herald, T. George |
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9:50 AM |
14:50 |
Break |
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10:10 AM |
15:10 |
Report from the Vice President |
P. Maley (read by D. Dunham) |
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10:30 AM |
15:30 |
Plans for the 2011 Meeting, Rocklin, California in July |
D. Dunham |
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10:45 AM |
15:45 |
Other Business, End Business Meeting |
All |
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11:00 AM |
16:00 |
Technical Session-1 |
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11:00 AM |
16:00 |
Occult status, analyses of lunar/asteroidal occultations,
etc. |
D. Herald via EVO |
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Maybe another talk here, depending on how much time Dave
needs |
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12:00 PM |
17:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM |
18:00 |
Technical Session-2 |
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1:00 PM |
18:00 |
2010 & 2011 Best Events Summary |
D. Dunham |
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1:30 PM |
18:30 |
The AllTimer Video System |
F. Suits |
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2:00 PM |
19:00 |
A New Video Method to Measure Double Stars |
R. Nugent |
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2:40 PM |
19:40 |
Break |
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2:40 PM |
19:40 |
The Alt-Az Initiative Development of Portable and
Affordable 1-Meter Class Telescopes |
R. Genet (by telephone; B. Holenstein may help) |
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3:00 PM |
20:00 |
The Alt-Az Initiative Efforts to Improve the Signal-to-Noise
Ratio of Occultation Measures |
B. Holenstein via EVO |
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3:30 PM |
20:30 |
Astronomical League Occultation Observing Club Proposal |
S. Conard |
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3:45 PM |
20:45 |
A Self-Contained Occultation Recorder |
B. Berger |
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4:00 PM |
21:00 |
Report on Inaugral IOTA-ME Meeting |
D. Gault via EVO |
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4:15 PM |
21:15 |
GPS-VTI Development |
D. Gault via EVO |
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4:30 PM |
21:30 |
Grazing Occultation Analysis and Archive Project |
D. Gault via EVO |
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4:45 PM |
21:45 |
Planning Session for Hygiea Event (weather dependent) |
All |
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5:15 PM |
22:15 |
End-of-Day Summary, Plans for Dinner |
All |
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5:30 PM |
22:30 |
Adjourn for Day |
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6:30 PM |
23:30 |
Group Dinner at TBD |
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Sunday 12/5 |
12:07 AM |
5:31 |
Occultation of 10.8-mag. star by (212) Medea mainly n. of
Boston |
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5:07 AM |
10:07 |
Occultation of 10.0-mag. star by (10) Hygiea over s. New
England |
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11:00 AM |
16:00 |
Convene at Clay Center in Brookline |
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Important Note: Times have been adjusted 2 hours to
take into account observations of the Hygiea Event |
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11:00 AM |
16:00 |
Technical Session-3 |
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11:00 AM |
16:00 |
Reconvene; Agenda for the Day, Hygiea Results |
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11:15 AM |
16:15 |
French Observations of the July 2010 Eclipse |
D. Dunham |
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12:00 PM |
17:00 |
IOTA Observations of July 2010 Eclipse |
R. Nugent |
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12:30 PM |
17:30 |
Break |
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12:45 PM |
17:45 |
Solar Diameter Variations from Solar Eclipses |
D. Dunham |
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1:30 PM |
18:30 |
Clay Center--NASA and Virgin Galactic Work (title TBD) |
R. Dantowitz or R. Phinney |
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2:00 PM |
19:00 |
Lunch - may be later if the Clay Center tour is more than 30
min. |
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3:00 PM |
20:00 |
Technical Session-4 |
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3:00 PM |
20:00 |
History of Multiple Station Deployments |
D. Dunham |
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4:00 PM |
21:00 |
WWVB-Based Video Marker System |
J. Wright (read by D. Dunham) |
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4:30 PM |
21:30 |
Break |
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4:50 PM |
21:50 |
Io and Europa Atmosphere and Io Torus Detection through
Occultations and Conjunctions |
S. Degenhardt via EVO |
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More talks; if cloudy for Hygiea, will probably adjourn
early |
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6:00 PM |
23:00 |
Adjourn |
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