Presentations of the 2012 Annual IOTA Meeting

October 19-22, 2012

North Las Vegas, NV

(compiled by Brad Timerson)

 

Highlights and Minutes - 2011 Meeting

2011 Minutes (PDF)

provided by Richard Nugent, Exec. Secretary

 

Minutes of 2012 Annual Meeting

provided by Richard Nugent, Exec. Secretary

 

Pictures taken during the Meeting

 

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Friday, 9:15 am (1615 UT)

Chad Ellington

Financial Report and JOA Status (PowerPoint)

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Friday, 9:30 am (1630 UT)

Walt Morgan, Sandy Bumgarner

IOTA VTI Status (PDF)

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Friday, 9:50 am (1650 UT)

Terry Redding

Homer DaBoll Award (PowerPoint)

Awarded to Kazuhisa Miyashita (author of LiMovie)

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Friday, 10:00 am (1700 UT)

Brad Timerson

IOTA Publications Status (PowerPoint)

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Friday, 10:10 am (1710 UT)

Scotty Degenhardt

JEE 2012 Observing Campaign - Preliminary Results (PowerPoint)

 

Scotty's MAXI Mount (PowerPoint)

PDF version

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Friday, 10:55 am (1755 UT)

Richard Nugent

Results of May 20, 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse (PDF)

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Friday, 11:15 am (1815 UT)

David Dunham

50 years of Grazing Occultations (PowerPoint)

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Friday, 11:40 am (1840 UT)

Ernie Iverson

Orion Hardware Useful for Occultation Work (PowerPoint)

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Friday, 1:30 pm  (2030 UT)

David Dunham

Mighty Mini Lessons Learned from Khabarovsk (PowerPoint)

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Friday, 2:10 pm, (2110 UT)

Ted Blank

NEAF Meeting Report (PowerPoint)

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Friday, 2:30 pm (2130 UT)

David Dunham

ESOP Meeting Report (PowerPoint)

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Friday, 3:15 pm (2215 UT)

Dave Herald

Review of Worldwide Asteroidal Occultations 2011-2012 (PowerPoint)

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Friday, 3:40 pm (2240 UT)

Dave Herald

Determining the Characteristics of your Video Camera - Part A (PowerPoint)

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Friday, 4:00 pm (2300 UT)

Hristo Pavlov

Determining the Characteristics of your Video Camera - Part B (PowerPoint)

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Friday, 4:30 pm (2330 UT)

David Dunham

Observational Results for 2012 (PowerPoint)

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Friday, 4:45 pm (2345 UT)

Dave Gault, Hristo Pavlov, Tony Barry

Astronomical Digital Video System (ADVS) (PowerPoint)

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Friday, 5:20 pm (0020 UT)

Steve Conard

Update on Status of Proposed Astronomical League Occultation Observing Program (PowerPoint)

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Friday, 5:30 pm (0030 UT)

Dave Gault

GPS ABC (PowerPoint)

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Saturday, 10:00 am (1700 UT)

Marjan Zakerin

IOTA/ME Report (PowerPoint)

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Saturday, 10:45 am (1745 UT)

C. Herold

Current State of Management Systems for IOTA Operations (zipfile)

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Saturday, 11:00 am (1800 UT)

Brad Timerson

Inversion Model Priority Lists (PowerPoint)

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Saturday, 11:15 am (1815 UT)

Steve Conard, Bruce Holenstein, Russ Genet

Camera Comparison - Signal Levels and SNR (PowerPoint)

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Saturday, 11:35 am (1835 UT)

Derek Breit

Status of Derek Breit's Web Server

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Saturday, 11:40 am (1840 UT)

Breno Giacchini

Occultation Astronomy in Brazil:  History and Current State (PowerPoint)

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Saturday, 1:30 pm (2030 UT)

Tony George, Bob Anderson, Hristo Pavlov

OCCULAR's Successors: Occultation Time Extractor

and Light Curve Statistical Analyzer (PowerPoint)

Occular's Successors:  Overview of Statistical Underpinnings (PDF)

Robert Anderson

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Saturday, 2:00 pm (2100 UT)

Tony George

Double Star Report (PowerPoint)

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Saturday, 2:20 pm (2120 UT)

Terrence Redding

Creating First Moments of Excitement: Occultations and Grazes (PowerPoint)

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Saturday, 2:35 pm (2135 UT)

Paul Maley

2012 Status: Funding for IOTA Expeditions (PowerPoint)

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Saturday, 3:15 pm (2215 UT)

Paul Maley

Results of Executive Officers' Meeting (PowerPoint)

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Saturday, 3:35 pm (2235 UT)

Marc Buie

RECON - A TNO Occultation Network: Pilot Project (PDF)

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Saturday, 4:10 pm (2310 UT)

David Dunham

Asteroidal Occultations in 2013 (PowerPoint)

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Saturday, 4:30 pm (2330 UT)

All

Soliciting Funds for IOTA on the Internet (PowerPoint)

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Saturday, 5:00 pm (0000 UT)

Brad Timerson

Summary of North American Asteroidal Occultations for 2011-2012 (PowerPoint)

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Sunday, 9:00 am (1600 UT)

All

Brixia Site Updates and Current Planning

 

 

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Monday, 12:21 am PDT (721 UT)

Brixia Occultation

 

 

Please report any errors or omissions to Brad Timerson