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Thursday June 15: Workshops |
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0800 - 0900 |
Registration |
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0830 - 1130 |
“NASA Needs You! How You Can Help the NASA Kepler and TESS Missions Discover Exoplanets |
Dr. Jessie Christiansen (Cal Tech NASA Exoplanet Science Institute) |
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Lunch Break |
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1330 - 1630 |
“Advanced Asteroid Lightcurve Projects” |
Brian Warner & Robert Stephens (Center for Solar System Studies) |
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1630-1830 |
Cash Bar in Sponsor Room |
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Dinner Break |
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1900 - 2100 |
“Evening with the Pros” |
Dr. Joe Patterson & TBA |
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Friday June 16: Technical Papers |
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8:00 |
Registration |
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8:15 |
Welcome |
Bob Buchheim, Stella Kafka |
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8:45 |
An Ongoing Program for Monitoring the Moon for Meteoroid Impacts |
Brian Cudnik |
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9:05 |
Taxonomy discrimination of the Tina asteroid family via photometric color indices |
Mattia Galiazzo |
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9:25 |
Student observations of Cor Caroli (STF 1692)using a large Alt/Az telescope and Bell & Howell video camera |
Reed Estrada |
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9:45 |
Exoplanet Observing: From Art to Science |
Dennis Conti |
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10:05 – 10:20 |
Coffee Break |
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10:20 |
Multiwavelength Observations of the Eclipsing Binary NSV 03438 between January 2013 and March 2016 |
Carter Becker |
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10:40 |
New observations of the bright eclipsing binary zeta Phe |
Tex Moon |
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11:00 |
WD 1145 |
Mario Motta |
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11:20 |
Spectrophotometry of Symbiotic Stars |
David Boyd |
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11:40 |
How to Use Astronomical Spectroscopy to Turn the Famous Yellow Sodium Doublet D Bands into a Stellar Speedometer and Thermometer |
John Kenney |
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noon – 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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12:30 |
lunch Discussion group #1 (spectroscopy topics) |
the “Spectro-gang” |
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14:00 |
Modeling Systematic Differences In Photometry by Different Observers |
John Martin |
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14:20 |
How Faint Can You Go? |
Arne Henden |
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14:40 |
A Radio Telescope For Under $500 |
John Hoot |
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15:00 |
Using All Sky Imaging to improve Telescope Scheduling |
Gary Cole |
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15:20 |
Sponsor Infomercials |
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16:30-18:30 |
Cash Bar in Sponsor Room |
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Dinner break |
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19:00-21:00 |
AAVSONet: An Asset & Opportunity |
Richard Berry |
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Saturday June 17: Technical Papers |
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8:00 |
AAVSO Membership Meeting (1 ½ hr) |
Stella Kafka |
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9:30 |
Coffee Break |
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9:45 |
Student Research within Communities of Practice |
Russell Genet |
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(NSF Project |
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10:05 |
A Community - Centered Astronomy Research Program |
Pat Boyce |
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10:25 |
Development of Student Astronomy Programs in Conjunction with Building a K-12 STEM Center |
Sean Gillette |
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10:45 |
Analysis of a Decade of Published Papers from the Astronomy Research Seminar |
Rachel Freed |
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11:05 |
Use of the AAVSO’s International Variable Star Index (VSX) in an Undergraduate Astronomy Course Capstone Project) |
Kristine Larsen |
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11:25 |
The SPIRIT Telescope Initiative - six years on |
Paul Luckas |
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11:45 |
Group Photo |
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noon – 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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12:30 |
Discussion group #2 (Photometry topics) – Main Hall Discussion group #3 (Astronomy in Education + Student Research) – Breakout Room |
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14:00 |
Techniques of Photometry and Astrometry with Pan- STARRs and GAIA Results |
Wayne Green |
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14:20 |
Multi Wave length astronomy: a new frontier |
Ignacio Cisneros |
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14:40 |
Searching the unknown: Detection of fast variability of starlight |
Richard Stanton |
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15:00 |
A WideBand Spectropolarimeter Experiment |
John Menke |
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15:20 |
Good Night and Good Luck |
Bob Buchheim & Stella Kafka |
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17:00 |
Banquet (dinner service at 18:00) |
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19:00 |
Banquet Speaker |
Ms. Dava Sobel |