When: Saturday 15th October 2011 From 10:20 – 17:30
Where: Monton House Hotel, 116-118 Monton House Rd, Eccles, Manchester M30 9HG
Program: See below
Cost: £10.00 Members, £14.00 Non Members – includes refreshments and light lunch
Parking: Available and free at the hotel
Train: Nearest train station is Eccles – 15 minute walk from hotel
Contact: Roger Pickard, Director BAA VSS roger.pickard@sky.com
PROGRAMME
10.00 am – Tea/ Coffee – Registration
10.20 am – Welcome, Roger Pickard, Director BAA VSS
10.30 Des Loughney, The International Eps Aur Campaign – photometry.
10.50 Robin Leadbeater, The International Eps Aur Campaign – spectroscopy.
11.10 Professor Tom Marsh, Planets around evolved stellar systems.
12.10 Tony Markham, The VSS Facebook pages.
12.15 Lunch break
14.00 Andy Wilson, The BAA VSS Database.
14.10 Stan Waterman, Finding new variable stars in Auriga.
15.00 John Toone, The AAVSO Centenary Meeting.
15.15 Karen Holland, Radio Astronomy Group Meeting, November 2011.
15.20 Tea Break
16.00 Professor Don Kurtz, Songs of the Stars: the Real Music of the Spheres
17.00 Open Session
17.30 Close
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