2010 Annual IOTA Meeting
December 3-5, 2010
Boston, MA area
Saturday, Dec. 4 at AAVSO Headquarters, 49 Bay State Rd, Cambridge, MA
Sunday, Dec. 5 at the Clay Science Center, 20 Newton St., Brookline, MA
Updated Monday, December 27, 2010
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Agenda (v.12) |
(updated December 2, 2010)
Day | EST | U.T. | Topic | Presenter |
Friday 12/3 | 7:00 PM | 0:00 | Meet at Hotel Lobby to Carpool to Restaurant | |
7:30 PM | 0:30 | Group Dinner at TBD; plan for Christine occultation? | ||
Saturday 12/4 | 2:02 AM | 7:02 | Occultation of 9.0-mag. star by (628) Christine s. of Boston | |
8:30 AM | 13:30 | Convene at AAVSO Headquarters in Cambridge | ||
EVO Information to be provided | ||||
13:30 | Welcome and Introductions | D. Dunham | ||
Plan for Next Two Days | ||||
8:50 AM | 13:50 | Business Session | ||
8:50 AM | 13:50 | Financial Report | C. Ellington | |
8:55 AM | 13:55 | Minutes of 2009 Meeting | R. Nugent | |
9:00 AM | 14:00 | New IOTA Server | D. Dunham, C. Ellington | |
9:05 AM | 14:05 | The new Middle East section of IOTA | D. Dunham | |
9:15 AM | 14:15 | Homer Daboll Award – 2010 Winner HRISTO PAVLOV | T. Redding | |
9:25 AM | 14:25 | Elections | All | |
9:35 AM | 14:35 | Status of IOTA Publications (ON, MPB, Handbook, JDSO, Etc.) | D. Dunham, R. Nugent, B. Timerson, D. Herald, T. George | |
9:50 AM | 14:50 | Break | ||
10:10 AM | 15:10 | Report from the Vice President | P. Maley (read by D. Dunham) | |
10:30 AM | 15:30 | Plans for the 2011 Meeting, Rocklin, California in July | D. Dunham | |
10:45 AM | 15:45 | Other Business, End Business Meeting | All | |
11:00 AM | 16:00 | Technical Session-1 | ||
11:00 AM | 16:00 | Occult status, analyses of lunar/asteroidal occultations, etc. | D. Herald via EVO | |
Maybe another talk here, depending on how much time Dave needs | ||||
12:00 PM | 17:00 | Lunch | ||
1:00 PM | 18:00 | Technical Session-2 | ||
1:00 PM | 18:00 | 2010 & 2011 Best Events Summary | D. Dunham | |
1:30 PM | 18:30 | The AllTimer Video System | F. Suits | |
2:00 PM | 19:00 | A New Video Method to Measure Double Stars | R. Nugent | |
2:40 PM | 19:40 | Break | ||
2:40 PM | 19:40 | The Alt-Az Initiative Development of Portable and Affordable 1-Meter Class Telescopes | R. Genet (by telephone; B. Holenstein may help) | |
3:00 PM | 20:00 | The Alt-Az Initiative Efforts to Improve the Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Occultation Measures | B. Holenstein via EVO | |
3:30 PM | 20:30 | Astronomical League Occultation Observing Club Proposal | S. Conard | |
3:45 PM | 20:45 | A Self-Contained Occultation Recorder | B. Berger | |
4:00 PM | 21:00 | Report on Inaugral IOTA-ME Meeting | D. Gault via EVO | |
4:15 PM | 21:15 | GPS-VTI Development | D. Gault via EVO | |
4:30 PM | 21:30 | Grazing Occultation Analysis and Archive Project | D. Gault via EVO | |
4:45 PM | 21:45 | Planning Session for Hygiea Event (weather dependent) | All | |
5:15 PM | 22:15 | End-of-Day Summary, Plans for Dinner | All | |
5:30 PM | 22:30 | Adjourn for Day | ||
6:30 PM | 23:30 | Group Dinner at TBD | ||
Sunday 12/5 | 12:07 AM | 5:31 | Occultation of 10.8-mag. star by (212) Medea mainly n. of Boston | |
5:07 AM | 10:07 | Occultation of 10.0-mag. star by (10) Hygiea over s. New England | ||
11:00 AM | 16:00 | Convene at Clay Center in Brookline | ||
Important Note: Times have been adjusted 2 hours to take into account observations of the Hygiea Event | ||||
11:00 AM | 16:00 | Technical Session-3 | ||
11:00 AM | 16:00 | Reconvene; Agenda for the Day, Hygiea Results | ||
11:15 AM | 16:15 | French Observations of the July 2010 Eclipse | D. Dunham | |
12:00 PM | 17:00 | IOTA Observations of July 2010 Eclipse | R. Nugent | |
12:30 PM | 17:30 | Break | ||
12:45 PM | 17:45 | Solar Diameter Variations from Solar Eclipses | D. Dunham | |
1:30 PM | 18:30 | Clay Center–NASA and Virgin Galactic Work (title TBD) | R. Dantowitz or R. Phinney | |
2:00 PM | 19:00 | Lunch – may be later if the Clay Center tour is more than 30 min. | ||
3:00 PM | 20:00 | Technical Session-4 | ||
3:00 PM | 20:00 | History of Multiple Station Deployments | D. Dunham | |
4:00 PM | 21:00 | WWVB-Based Video Marker System | J. Wright (read by D. Dunham) | |
4:30 PM | 21:30 | Break | ||
4:50 PM | 21:50 | Io and Europa Atmosphere and Io Torus Detection through Occultations and Conjunctions | S. Degenhardt via EVO | |
More talks; if cloudy for Hygiea, will probably adjourn early | ||||
6:00 PM | 23:00 | Adjourn | ||