Presentations at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the
International Occultation and Timing Association
Thursday
Aldebaran Graze Briefing – David Dunham, All
Friday
Welcome – Roger Venable
Preliminary Review of Aldebaran Graze – Roger Venable
Treasurer’s Report – Chad Ellington
Awards Presentation – Ted Blank
YouTube video of Election Report and Award Presentation
Election of Officers Results – Richard Nugent
IOTA VTI Update and Sales Report – Ted Blank
Remembering Sandy Bumgarner – Roger Venable
Early Data from an ONAG System – Steve Conard
Comparison of DVR Systems – Steve Conard
A New SEXTA System – Steve Conard
No YouTube video for SEXTA System
All of Steve’s Presentations (combined)
IOTA-ME Experiences and Goals – Atilla Poro (YouTube video)
ArtStar: A New Testing System – Bob Anderson
PC165DNR Camera Test and Results – Ted Swift (cancelled)
Autonomous Mobile Observing Stations – Bill Hanna
Autonomous Stations YouTube Video
A 13th Magnitude Occultation Close to Full Moon – Paul Maley
An Unusual Occultation -Or was it a Graze? – Richard Nugent
Unusual Occultation YouTube Video
Saturday
GAIA: Its Impact on Asteroidal Occultations – Dave Herald
Reporting Light Curves Using Occult – Dave Herald
Reporting Light Curves YouTube Video
Global Overview of Asteroidal and Lunar Occultations – Dave Herald
Best Observed North American Asteroidal Events – Brad Timerson
North American Events YouTube Video
Best Observed Lunar Grazing Occultations – David Dunham
Using Last-Minute Weather Forecasts for Mobile Positioning – David Dunham
Last Minute Weather YouTube Videos
Previous Night Prepointing – David Dunham
A Comparison of 3 Video Time Inserters – Ted Blank
Correlated Noise as a Factor in Error Estimates of Timings – Bob Anderson
Presenter Notes (PDF)
Correlated Noise YouTube Video
Update on R-OTE v4.5.1 – Tony George
Using Star Catalog Comparisons with Thoughts on GAIA Data – Steve Preston
Star Catalog Comparisons YouTube Video
Best Asteroidal Occultations of the Coming Year – Steve Preston
Four Bright Asteroidal Occultations within the Month – David Dunham
Four Bright Occultations YouTube Video
October 14th Occultation by Adorea in the Caroline Islands – David Dunham
Occultation by Adorea YouTube Video
Best Grazing Occultations of the Coming Year – David Dunham
Continuing IOTA International Outreach – Paul Maley
Most Scientifically Useful Occultation Events in late 2016-2017 – Paul Maley
Plans for a 2016 Eclipse – Roger Venable
Plans for Eclipse YouTube Video
Occultations by (216) Kleopatra – David Dunham
Occultations by Kleopatra YouTube Video
A Half-Year Downunder, Recorder Timing Tests, NACAA, and TTSOO – David Dunham
Half-Year Downunder YouTube Video
Results from the 2105 October 8th Occultation of Venus – David Dunham
Results of Venus Occultation YouTube Video
Sunday
Asteroid Mean Diameters, Recent Controversy and Role of Occultations – Dave Herald
Asteroid Diameters YouTube Video
A Graze with a Record-Breaking Number of Events Recorded – Dave Herald
The 2017 Solar Eclipse: IOTA Effort, Outreach, and Sites – David Dunham
2017 Solar Eclipse YouTube Video
Occultation Observation with the IOTA Video Recorder – Joan Dunham
IOTA Video Recorder YouTube Video