2010

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

PRESENTATIONS

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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