IOTA 27th ANNUAL MEETING

November 20-22 , 2009

updated Sunday, November 22, 2009

 

 

MapQuest Map to the Campus    

CFAS Website MapQuest Map to the Science Center  
Campus Map (jpg)

Link to Comfort Suites Downtown

Group Rate Details

   

Campus Map (pdf)

Comfort Suites/Orlando Science Center map    

 

Here is the PRESENTATIONS PAGE from the IOTA MEETING.

 

 

Asteroid 234 Barbara occults magnitude 7.5 HIP 34106 on November 21 at ~3:38 UT (~10:38 pm on November 20th)

Call for Observations Webpage by Scotty Degenhardt

Steve Preston's Prediction page for this event (new update 16 Nov 2009, 16:50 UT)

 

OccultWatcher Station Sort - updated Friday, November 20th, 16:00 UT

 

US Map of the event

Event Details

 

Excel Report Form for Observations - 234 Barbara vs. HIP 34106

(Right-click and Save this file to your computer.  Then Open it, fill it in, and email to address on Form.)

FOR THIS EVENT ONLY, please email Reports directly to Brad Timerson


Friday Nov 20: University of Central Florida, Business Administration Bldg., Room 146, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST

Saturday Nov 21 MORNING:  Orlando Science Center, Imagination Classroom  

Saturday Nov 21 AFTERNOON: Orlando Science Center, Imagination Classroom

Sunday Nov 22: University of Central Florida, Math and Physics Bldg., Room 359, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST


IOTA 27th Annual Meeting Preliminary Agenda

Other Presentations are welcome.

All TIMES subject to change!

 

** REMOTE CALL IN PRESENTATION

 

 

EVO Directions for Presenters (Word File)

(some of this pertains to all users as well)

 

 

DAY

EST

U.T.

TOPIC

PRESENTER

 FRIDAY   11/20

 

 

CONVENE AT UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

 

UCF

BA146

2:00pm

19:00

PREPARATION MEETING FOR BARBARA OCCULTATION

PROBABLY NO EVO

 

 

5:00pm

22:00

Adjourn

 

 

 

SATURDAY 11/21

 

 

CONVENE AT ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER

Imagination Classroom

 

EVO Information

Title: IOTA 2009 Part1
Description: International Occultation Timing Association Annual Meeting in Orlando Florida, Part 1 Saturday's Session
Community: Virgo - LSC

http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/koala.jnlp?meeting=MvM2Ml2D2nDaDn999vDe9v

 

 

 

 

 

 

9:00am

14:00

WELCOME/INTRODUCTION OF PARTICIPANTS

D.DUNHAM and all

 

 

 

PLAN FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS

 

 

9:20

14:20

TECHNICAL SESSION-1

 

 

 9:20

14:20

BARBARA OCCULTATION RESULTS FROM LAST NIGHT

ALL  15m

 

 9:35

14:35

INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH 1: ASTRAEA Expedition to Hercegovina (June 2008) and AEGLE expedition to Macedonia (Sept 2009)

P.MALEY 10m

 

 9:45

14:45

INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH 2: GALLIA EXPEDITION PLAN SEPT 30, 2010

P.MALEY 10m

 

 9:55

14:55

NORTH EDGE EXPEDITION TO UGANDA: ANNULAR ECLIPSE JAN 15,2010

P.MALEY 10m

 

 10:05

15:05

MULTISTATION COOPERATIVE ASTEROID OCCULTATION SCIENCE with SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

P.MALEY 10m

 

10:15

15:15

BREAK

 

 

10:30

15:30

TAX GUIDELINES FOR IOTA

P.MALEY 15m

 Sub-session

 

 

PROGRESS OF MULTISTATION DEVELOPMENT (where we are on readiness and who will be online in the future with multiple stations)

ALL

 

10:45

15:45

MULTI-STATIONS – BRIEF HISTORY, MY EVOLUTION

D.DUNHAM  10m

 

10:55

15:55

4-STATION CHAMPION, 2006 June – 2008 Dec.

R.VENABLE 10m

 

11:05

16:05

THE MIGHTY MINI REVOLUTION

S.DEGENHARDT 10m

 

11:15

16:15

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

P. MALEY, ALL 10m

 

11:25

16:25

MORE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

OTHERS 5+m

 

 11:30

16:30

MULTI-STATIONS: DATA REDUCTION TECHNIQUES

S.DEGENHARDT 20m

 

11:50am

16:50

BROADCASTING OCCULTATIONS ON THE INTERNET

S.DEGENHARDT 10m

 

12:00

17:00

ADJOURN FOR LUNCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONVENE AT ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER

 

 

1:00pm

18:00

BUSINESS SESSION

 

 

 1:00

18:00

STATUS OF IOTA PUBLICATIONS (ON, MPB, HANDBOOK, JDSO, ETC.)

D.DUNHAM, R.NUGENT, B.TIMERSON, D.HERALD, ALL

 

 1:20

18:20

FINANCIAL REPORT

C.ELLINGTON

 

 1:25

18:25

MINUTES OF 2008 MEETING

R.NUGENT

 

 1:35

18:35

NEW IOTA SERVER?

D.DUNHAM, B.TIMERSON

 

1:40

18:40

TNO EXPEDITIONS; ANY FUNDING FOR IOTA?

D.DUNHAM, OTHERS

 

1:50

18:50

HOMER DABOLL AWARD

T. REDDING

 

2:00

19:00

NEXT YEAR’S ELECTIONS

ALL

 

2:10

19:10

OTHER BUSINESS; END BUSINESS MEETING

ALL

 

2:20

19:20

TECHNICAL SESSION-2

 

 

2:20

19:20

LACADIERA/PRETORIA DOUBLE STAR RESULTS D.DUNHAM, S.DEGENHARDT

 

 

 

   

 

2:45

19:45

BREAK

 

 

 3:00

20:00

2009 & 2010 BEST EVENTS SUMMARY

D.DUNHAM

 

 3:30

20:30

HOW AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS LEARN: A RACE FOR KNOWLEDGE BEFORE EXTINCTION

T.REDDING 20m

 

 3:50

20:50

MULTI-STATIONS: PROGRAMMABLE REMOTES

S.DEGENHARDT 20m

 

 4:10

21:10

 

 

 

 4:30

21:30

USB VIDEOCAMERA TIMING METHODS

 F.SUITS 20m**

 

 4:50

21:50

END-OF-DAY SUMMARY, PLANS FOR DINNER

 

 

5:00

22:00

ADJOURN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY 11/22

 

 

CONVENE AT UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

 

EVO Information

Title: IOTA 2009 Part 2
Description: International Occultation Timing Association Annual Meeting, Sunday Session, Part 2
Community: Virgo - LSC
http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/koala.jnlp?meeting=MeMMMu292BDIDB9D9vDv9e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UCF

900AM

14:00

TECHNICAL SESSION-3

 

MAP359

 9:00

14:00

 RECONVENE; AGENDA FOR THE DAY; MORE BARBARA?

 ALL

 

 9:15

14:15

A NON-MOTORIZED 10 FT DOMED OBSERVATORY

R.NUGENT 15m

 

 9:30

14:30

OVERVIEW OF IOTA’s TOTAL LUNAR OCCULTATION EFFORTS - REVIEW AND UPDATE ON LUNAR GRAZES

D. HERALD 30m**

 

10:00

15:00

RESTORING THE EARLY GRAZES: AN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE EFFORT

K. COLES/D. GAULT

 

10:30

15:30

SOLAR ECLIPSE ANALYSIS STATUS 

 D. DUNHAM

 

11:00

16:00

BREAK

 

 

11:20

16:20

 KAGUYA PROFILES, 2009 EXPERIENCES

 D. DUNHAM, OTHERS

 

11:40

16:40

ASTEROIDAL OCCULTATIONS (NEO EMPHASIS, ESA, FUNDING?)

 D. KOSCHNY, D. DUNHAM

 

12:10

17:10

REMEMBERING T. VAN FLANDERN, C. BADER, E. VOLCHEK, OTHER DECEASED MEMBERS

D. DUNHAM, OTHERS

 

1:00PM

18:00

LUNCH

 

 

2:30

19:30

TECHNICAL SESSION-4

 

 

 

 

MORE ON FUTURE GOOD EVENTS (IF NEEDED)

D.DUNHAM 20m

 

 

 

SOME BASICS FOR NEW OBSERVERS

 

 

2:50

19:50 

CALIBRATION OF VIDEO RECORDINGS

R.VENABLE 30m

  3:20 20:20 TWO GRAZES OF TAYGETA R.VENABLE, H.POVENMIRE 20m
         

 

4:30

 21:30

SUMMARY AND ACTION ITEMS

 

 

5:00

 22:00

ADJOURN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

** REMOTE CALL IN PRESENTATION