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BAA electronic bulletin No. 00493 http://www.britastro.org/
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A reminder that the Section Meeting takes place at Pendrell Hall on Saturday
week, 1st
May.
Please advise me if you intend to come and also whether you require lunch.
Roger Pickard, Director
roger.pickard@sky.com
The Meeting will be at Pendrell Hall, Codsall Wood, South Staffordshire WV8 1QP
(http://www.pendrell-hall.org.uk/) on Saturday 1st May 2010. This is located
near
Wolverhampton and on the way to Telford. Note, the Monday is a Bank Holiday
in the UK so
those of you travelling some distance may care to consider it as part of a
short break?
If you'd like to give a short presentation please let me know. Don't forget
as well that
posters are always very welcome as there will be plenty of display space.
Costs will be the same as in previous years, namely £10 per head to include
refreshments
upon arrival and in the afternoon. A light lunch will be available for around
£5.00.
Please advise me if you intend to come and if you'd like lunch
(roger.pickard@sky.com).
PROGRAMME
10.00 - Tea/ Coffee - Registration
10.20 - 10.30 Roger Pickard, Director BAA VSS: Welcome
10.30 - 10.50 Des Loughney, The International Epsilon Aurigae Campaign -
photometry
10.50 - 11.10 Robin Leadbeater, The International Epsilon Aurigae Campaign -
spectroscopy
11.10 - 11.40 Clive Beech, A homemade observatory
11.40 - 12.10 Dr Peter Wheatley, Planet hunting with small telescopes
12.10 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.30 Dr Peter Wheatley, Searching for "normal" dwarf novae
14.30 - 15.15 Dr David Boyd, Are the orbital periods of SW Sex stars changing?
15.15 - 16.00 Tea Break
16.00 - 17.00 Prof. Albert Zijlstra, The central stars of planetary nebulae
17.00 - Short Presentations: Gary Poyner, The outbursting nature of HS2325+8205
17.30 approx, Close
Following the meeting it is hoped to organise a guided tour of the
observatories which
will also include the Wrottesley Observatory at the Black Country Living
Museum, Tipton
Road, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 4SQ (www.bclm.co.uk).
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BAA electronic bulletins service. E-mail: circadmin@britastro.org
Bulletin transmitted on Wed Apr 21 22:40:01 BST 2010
(c) 2010 British Astronomical Association http://www.britastro.org/
======================================================================
BAA electronic bulletin No. 00493 http://www.britastro.org/
======================================================================
A reminder that the Section Meeting takes place at Pendrell Hall on Saturday
week, 1st
May.
Please advise me if you intend to come and also whether you require lunch.
Roger Pickard, Director
roger.pickard@sky.com
The Meeting will be at Pendrell Hall, Codsall Wood, South Staffordshire WV8 1QP
(http://www.pendrell-hall.org.uk/) on Saturday 1st May 2010. This is located
near
Wolverhampton and on the way to Telford. Note, the Monday is a Bank Holiday
in the UK so
those of you travelling some distance may care to consider it as part of a
short break?
If you'd like to give a short presentation please let me know. Don't forget
as well that
posters are always very welcome as there will be plenty of display space.
Costs will be the same as in previous years, namely £10 per head to include
refreshments
upon arrival and in the afternoon. A light lunch will be available for around
£5.00.
Please advise me if you intend to come and if you'd like lunch
(roger.pickard@sky.com).
PROGRAMME
10.00 - Tea/ Coffee - Registration
10.20 - 10.30 Roger Pickard, Director BAA VSS: Welcome
10.30 - 10.50 Des Loughney, The International Epsilon Aurigae Campaign -
photometry
10.50 - 11.10 Robin Leadbeater, The International Epsilon Aurigae Campaign -
spectroscopy
11.10 - 11.40 Clive Beech, A homemade observatory
11.40 - 12.10 Dr Peter Wheatley, Planet hunting with small telescopes
12.10 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.30 Dr Peter Wheatley, Searching for "normal" dwarf novae
14.30 - 15.15 Dr David Boyd, Are the orbital periods of SW Sex stars changing?
15.15 - 16.00 Tea Break
16.00 - 17.00 Prof. Albert Zijlstra, The central stars of planetary nebulae
17.00 - Short Presentations: Gary Poyner, The outbursting nature of HS2325+8205
17.30 approx, Close
Following the meeting it is hoped to organise a guided tour of the
observatories which
will also include the Wrottesley Observatory at the Black Country Living
Museum, Tipton
Road, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 4SQ (www.bclm.co.uk).
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BAA electronic bulletins service. E-mail: circadmin@britastro.org
Bulletin transmitted on Wed Apr 21 22:40:01 BST 2010
(c) 2010 British Astronomical Association http://www.britastro.org/
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Good Clear Skies
--
Astrocomet
--
Colin James Watling
--
Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/astrocomera
--
Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
--
Web: http://lyra.freewebsites.com/
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Information: http://www.clubbz.com/club/2895/LOWESTOFT---3054/Lowestoft%20And%20Great%20Yarmouth%20Regional%20Astronomers%20(Lyra
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