Solar Eclipse August 1999 Symposium:
Research Amateur Astronomy in the VLT Era
Garching (near Munich), Germany, August 7-13, 1999
Dedicated to the memory of Donald F. Trombino, 1940-1998
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| Saturday, 7 August 1999: ESO building | |
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| 16:00- | Registration |
| 18:00-20:00 | Welcome Event |
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| Sunday, 8 August 1999: ESO auditorium | |
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| 09:30-10:00 | Opening of the symposium |
| 10:00-12:30 | Session I: Solar System (chair: Niels Nelson) |
| 10:00-10:20 | Peter Völker (Wilhelm-Foerster-Observatory, Berlin, Germany): |
| The Life and Times of Donald F. Trombino (1940-1998) | |
| 10:25-10:45 | David Lunt (Coronado Instrument Group, Pearce, USA): |
| Monochromatic Studies of the Sun Using Fabry-Perot Filters with Robotic Telescopes | |
| 10:50-11:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:20-11:40 | Mark Kidger (IAC, Tenerife, Spain): |
| Meteor Outbursts - Amateur Visual Observations are more valuable than ever | |
| 11:45-12:05 | Wid J. Painter (High Point University, Jamestown, USA): |
| The Collection and Analysis of Micrometeorites in North Carolina | |
| 12:10-12:30 | Discussion round: Solar system observations |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-16:30 | Session II: Observational Techniques |
| and Monitoring Observations | |
| 14:00-14:20 | Wolfgang Beisker (IOTA/ES, München, Germany): |
| The Investigation of Planetary Atmospheres by Stellar Occultations | |
| 14:25-14:45 | Gerardo Avila (ESO, Garching, Germany): |
| Amateur Spectral Observations | |
| 14:50-15:20 | Coffee break |
| 15:20-15:40 | Mark Kidger (IAC, Tenerife, Spain): |
| Amateur Blazar Monitoring - Outburst Alerts | |
| 15:45-16:05 | John Mattox (Inst. for Astroph. Research, Boston Univ., USA): |
| A Proposed Automatic Telescope Network (ATN) for Multi-Longitude Photometry | |
| 16:10-16:30 | Discussion round: |
| Observational techniques and monitoring observations | |
| 19:00-21:00 | Visit to the public observatory Munich (Volkssternwarte) |
| (with guided tour) | |
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| Monday, 9 August 1999: ESO auditorium | |
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| 09:30-12:30 | Session III: |
| Perspectives of Astronomy with the VLT | |
| 09:30-11:00 | Richard West (ESO, Garching, Germany): |
| The VLT project - Science and Technology | |
| (partly with video-link to the VLT control room at Paranal) | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30-12:15 | Hans Ulrich Kaeufl (ESO, Garching, Germany): |
| Infrared Astronomy with the VLT | |
| 12:15-13:00 | Press conference |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 | Session II (continued): Observational Techniques |
| and Monitoring Observations | |
| 14:00-14:30 | David Dunham (IOTA, USA): |
| Observing the August 11th Solar Eclipse near the Edges of the Path of Totality | |
| 14:35-14:55 | Andrea Richichi (Oss. Astrofis. di Arcetri, Firenze, Italy): |
| Lunar Occultations as a Simple Tool for High Angular Resolution Astronomy | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30-17:00 | Session IV: Light Pollution (chair: David L. Crawford) |
| 15:30-15:50 | David L. Crawford (IDA, Inc., Tucson, USA): |
| Light Pollution - Preserving Our Dark Skies | |
| 15:55-16:15 | Mary Crawford (IDA, Inc., Tucson, USA): |
| IDA, A Status Report | |
| 16:20-16:40 | Mario Di Sora (Campocatino Astronomical Obs., Guarcino, Italy): |
| Rules and Laws against Light Pollution in Italy | |
| 16:45-17:00 | Discussion round: Light pollution |
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| Tuesday, 10 August 1999: ESO auditorium | |
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| 09:30-12:30 | Session V: The Contribution |
| of Amateurs to Astronomy (chair: Mark Kidger) | |
| 09:30-09:50 | Hideo Sato (National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Japan): |
| Photometric and Polarimetric Observations of VV Cephei | |
| 09:55-10:15 | Salvador Sanchez (Obs. Astronomic de Mallorca, Costitx, Spain): |
| Astrosplai i natura (educational project) in OAM | |
| 10:20-10:40 | Carolyn Collins Petersen (Sky Publishing Corp., Cambridge, USA): |
| New Models for Professional-Amateur Cooperation | |
| 10:45-11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:15-11:35 | Fred A. Ringwald (Florida Inst. of Technology, Melbourne, USA): |
| The International Small Telescope Cooperative | |
| 11:40-12:00 | David L. Crawford (IDA, Inc., Tucson, USA): |
| A Few Other Areas of Collaboration | |
| 12:05-12:30 | Discussion round: Contributions of amateurs to astronomy |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-17:00 | Session VI: Solar Eclipses (chair: Klaus Reinsch) |
| 14:00-14:30 | Dietmar Staps (VdS Solar Section, Wiesbaden, Germany): |
| Observing Solar Eclipses | |
| 14:35-14:50 | Bill Kramer (Columbus Astronomical Society, Dublin, USA): |
| Eclipse Photographs Through a Small Telescope | |
| 14:55-15:10 | Ted Saker, Jr. (Columbus Astronomical Society, Columbus, USA): |
| Amateur Videotaping of Solar Eclipses | |
| 15:15-15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45-16:00 | Dietmar Staps, Gerd Schröder (VdS Solar Section): |
| Eclipse Weather Prospects for Central Europe | |
| 16:05-16:35 | Gerd Schröder (VdS Solar Section, Gauting, Germany): |
| Eclipse Observing Sites in the Garching Area | |
| 16:40-17:00 | Discussion round: Eclipse observations |
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| Wednesday, 11 August 1999: ESO grounds / Munich area | |
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| 08:00 | Departure for observing sites |
| 09:00-15:00 | Instrument preparations, eclipse observations |
| 16:00 | Return to Garching |
| 19:00-23:00 | Eclipse Party (Bürgerhaus Garching) |
| Live music with video presentations and first results from the eclipse | |
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| Thursday, 12 August 1999: | |
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| 08:00-20:00 |
Excursion to the
Wendelstein Observatory and to Lake Chiemsee |
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| Friday, 13 August 1999: | |
| End of meeting | |
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