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

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