109th Annual Meeting Schedule
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Friday, November 13, 16:00–19:20 UT
16:00–16:30 UT: Keynote: Dr. Paula Szkody presents "GW Lib and V386 Ser: CVs containing Accreting, Pulsating White Dwarfs"
16:30–18:00 UT: Presentations
16:30–16:45 UT: "Measuring the masses of white dwarfs with x-rays: a NuSTAR Legacy survey"—
Aarran Shaw
16:45–17:00 UT: "The Quick and the Deadtime"—Gregory Sivakoff
17:00–17:10 UT: Special presentation by Dr. Qiu on CMOS and CCD cameras
17:15–17:30 UT: "Researching Eclipsing Binaries 'Down Under': Illustrating the Methods and Results
of Variable Stars South"—Tom Richards
17:30–17:45 UT: "Discoveries of Variable Stars by Amateur Astronomers Using Data Mining: On the
Example of Eclipsing Binary Romanov V20"—Filipp Romanov
17:45–18:00 UT: "Characterizing the O'Connell Effect in Kepler Eclipsing Binaries"—Matthew Knote
18:00–18:20 UT: Break
18:20–19:20 UT: Six simulanteous Observing Section break-out sessions:
Young Stellar Objects Instrumentation & Equipment
Short Period Pulsators Spectroscopy
Solar Exoplanets
Saturday, November 14, 16:00–20:40 UT
16:00–18:00 UT: AAVSO's Membership meeting - Gordon Myers, Bob Stephens, Nancy Morrison and Stella Kafka
18:00–18:20 UT: Break
18:20–19:20 UT: Presentations
18:20–18:35 UT: "Building a Connection through Community-based Astronomy"—Todd Duncan and Erika Dunning
18:35–18:50 UT: "Automating a Small Urban College Observatory"—Donald Smith and Deshawn
Reid
18:50–19:00 UT: Special appearance by Vincent Suc and Andres Jordan on Telescope Hosting
19:05–19:20 UT: "Using Bespoke 18 inch Newtonian and R=3000 Spectrometer for High Precision
Observations"—John Menke
19:20–19:40 UT: Break
19:40-20:40 UT: (OPEN TO ALL--both meeting and non-meeting attendees): How-to Hour with Ken
Menzies, Greg Sivakoff, and Edward Wiley
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*in past meetings, this was known as the "Membership Meeting." This year, we will be discussing AAVSO's progress over the year and our new strategic plan. Everyone--whether a member, attending the annual meeting, or neither--are welcome to join us for this discussion!
Sunday, November 15, 16:00–19:20 UT
16:00–16:30 UT: Keynote: Eric Mamajek
16:30–18:00 UT: Presentations
16:30–16:45 UT: "Disk Instabilities Caused the 2018 Outburst of AG Draconis"—Helena Richie
16:45–17:00 UT: "Simultaneous photometry on VSX variables and TESS exoplanet candidates"—
Madelyn Madsen
17:00–17:10 UT: Special video by AAVSO Ambassadors
17:15–17:30 UT: "Search for Variability in 30 Bright Metallic-line Stars Observed by the TESS
Spacecraft"—Joyce A. Guzik
17:30–17:45 UT: "New Observations of the SX Phe star XX Cygni"—Richard Berry, Nolan
Sottoway, and Sol McCain
17:45-18:00 UT: "Types of Period Changes of W Virginis Stars"—Pradip Karmakar, Horace A.
Smith, and Wayne Osborn
18:00–18:20 UT: Break
18:20–19:20 UT: Six simulanteous Observing Section break-out sessions:
Eclipsing Binaries Bright Star Monitor
Photoelectric Photometry Cataclysmic Variables
Long Period Variables High Energy Network
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