ALCON 2013 | Schedule

Agenda – ALCon 2013, Wednesday, July 24

09:00 – 09:30 – Brief welcoming remarks by representatives from the Astronomical League, the Atlanta Astronomy Club, the Assn of Lunar & Planetary Observers and the Fernbank Science Center
09:30 – 10:00 – Mike Reynolds, ALPO Eclipse Section coordinator – “The Chelyabinsk Meteorite Fall”
10:00 – 10:30 – Howard Eskildsen, Florida astronomer and astrophotographer – “Concentric Lunar Craters – Part 1”
10:30 – 11:00 – Howard Eskildsen, Florida astronomer and astrophotographer – “Concentric Lunar Craters – Part 2”
11:00 – 11:30 – John Westfall, ALPO Galilean Satellites Eclipses program coordinator – “Three Jupiter Years of the ALPO Galilean Satellite Eclipse Timing Program”
11:30 – 12:00 – Mike Reynolds, ALPO Eclipse Section coordinator – “Eclipses 2012 and Beyond”

Noon to 1:30 – Lunch

1:30 – 2:00 – Tom Crowley, Georgia astronomer –“The Interstellar Medium (ISM). What It Is, How It’s Replenished, Measured and So Much More”
2:00 – 2:30 – Dan Llewellyn, Atlanta Astronomy Club member and astrophotographer – “High Resolution Planetary Imaging with a Color Camera (OSC) Think mono & filters is the only way to go for hi-res planetary? Think Again!”
2:30 – 3:00 – Don Parker, ALPO member and noted astrophotographer – “There’s a Great Future in Nostalgia, Part 1”
3:00 – 3:30 – Don Parker, ALPO member and noted astrophotographer – “There’s a Great Future in Nostalgia, Part 2”
3:30 – 4:00 – Ted Blank, Intl. Occultation Timing Assn – “Occultation Timing and IOTA’s Pro-Am Efforts”
4:00 – 4:30 – Rich Jakiel, Atlanta Astronomy Club member and astrophotographer – “High Resolution Lunar Imaging”

4:30 – Depart

9:00 – 9:30 – Welcoming remarks
9:30 – 10:00 – Richard Schmude, ALPO Remote Planets Section coordinator – “The Remote Planets Uranus and Neptune”
10:00 – 10:30 – Julius Benton, ALPO Saturn Section coordinator – “The Planet Saturn: ALPO Observations and Programs”
10:30 – 11:00 - Matthew Will, ALPO membership secretary & treasurer – “Is the ALPO Still Relevant?”
11:00 – 11:30 Richard Schmude, assistant ALPO Mars Section coordinator (photometry and polarimetry) – “The Polar Caps of Mars; 2007 – 2012”
11:30 – 12:00 – Steve Ramsden, Georgia solar astronomer – “Community Outreach Activities for Local Astronomy Clubs”

Noon to 1:30 – Lunch

1:30 – 2:00 – Julius Benton, ALPO Saturn Section coordinator – “The Planet Venus: ALPO Observations and Programs”
2:00 – 2:30 – Dan Llewellyn, Atlanta Astronomy Club member and astrophotographer – “Best Capture and Processing Techniques for Color and Mono Cameras. Getting every ounce of resolution out of your data.”
2:30 – 3:00 - Pixie Bruner, Atlanta Astronomy Club member – “Queen Seondeok of Korea and the Cheomseongdae Observatory”
3:00 – 3:30 – Aaron Reid, member, Western Colorado Astronomy Club – “Telescope Mechanical Maintenance and Lens Cleaning”
3:30 – 4:00 – Pixie Bruner, Atlanta Astronomy Club member – “A Brief Survey of “Women’s Historical Contributions to Astronomy”
4:00 – 4:30 – Steve Ramsden, Georgia solar astronomer – OUTDOOR WORKSHOP – “How to Correctly Tune and Use Your Own H-Alpha Solar Scope”

4:30 – Depart

9 to 12 Noon – AL business meeting, followed by AL Youth in Astronomy Award presentations

Noon to 1:30 – Lunch

1:30 – Dr. Hal McAlister, Regents’ Professor, Georgia State University, director, Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy, Georgia State University, director & chief executive officer, Mount Wilson Institute, Pasadena, California – “The Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA)”
2:00 – 2:30 – Tim Puckett, Georgia astronomer, sponsor & primary investigator of the Puckett Observatory World Supernova Search – “The Puckett Observatory and the Continuing Search for Supernovas”
2:30 – 3:00 – Mike Simmons, founder & president, “Astronomers Without Borders”
3:00 – 3:30 – Chris Hetlage, Atlanta Astronomy Club member and representative of the DAV – “The Deerlick Astronomy Village of Georgia”
3:30 – 4:00 – Doug Hrabe, director, the Fernbank Science Center
4:00 – 4:30 – Kelly Beatty, senior contributing editor, Sky & Telescope magazine

4:30 – Depart

Agnes Scott College Bradley Observatory
Bradley Observatory Tour: 30-inch Beck Cassegrain
Planetarium Presentation

Keynote speaker: Charles Wood