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Thursday Afternoon 10th April
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Suggested trip to the American Military Cemetery
for those arriving early
(Make own arrangements by
bus or walk).
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Thursday Evening
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19.00
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Dinner on Campus
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20.00
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Visit to Cambridge Institute
of Astronomy old telescopes - no charge
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Friday Daytime 11th
April
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09.20 - 09.30
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Welcome, BAA President,
Roger Pickard and AAVSO Director
Dr Arne Henden
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09.30 - 10.00
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Dr Paula Szkody, Washington University, Coordinated HST and Ground
Campaigns on Cataclysmic Variables
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10.00 - 10.30
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Des Loughney, VSS, Eclipsing
Binaries - Observational Challenges
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10.30 - 11.15
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Short Presentations and
poster papers from AAVSO and BAA Members
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11.15 - 11.45
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Tea/coffee break
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11.45 - 12.45
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Short Presentations and
poster papers from AAVSO and BAA Members
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12.45 - 14.00
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Buffet Lunch
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14.00 - 14.45
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John Toone, VSS, Charles
Butterworth
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14.45 - 15.30
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Robin Leadbeater, VSS,
Chasing Rainbows - The European amateur spectroscopy scene
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15.30 - 16.00
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Tea/coffee break
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16.00 - 16.45
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Dr Tom Lloyd-Evans, VSS,
Long term monitoring and the Carbon Miras
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16.45 - 17.30
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Dr Boris Gaensicke, Warwick University, Cataclysmic variables from
large surveys - a silent revolution
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17.30
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Close
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Friday Evening
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19.00 - 20.00
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Dinner on Campus
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20.00 - 21.00
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Informal lecture: Prof Mike
Bode, Liverpool
John Moores
University, title TBA
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Saturday Daytime 12th
April
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10.00 - 10:25
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Registration - Tea/coffee
available
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10.25 - 10:30
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Welcome, BAA President,
Roger Pickard and AAVSO Director
Dr Arne Henden
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10.30 - 11:15
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Dr Rene Oudmaijer, Leeds University, Star Formation
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11.15 - 12:00
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Dr Arne Henden, AAVSO, The
MJUO/AAVSO Collaboration
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12.00 - 13:30
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Buffet Lunch
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13.30 - 14:15
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Guy Hurst, BAA Novae and
Supernovae: from visual to remote robotic observations
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14.15 - 15.00
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Lee MacDonald, BAA,
Observing the Sun with Small Telescopes
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15.00 - 15:45
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Tea/coffee break
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15.45 - 16:30
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Dr Giulio Del Zanna, Mullard
Space Science Laboratory, Changes in the solar corona during the last cycle
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16.30 - 17:30
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Prof Douglas Gough, Inst. of
Astronomy, Cambridge,
The Sun as a Variable Star
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17.30
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Close
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Saturday Evening
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19.00 - 19.30
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Assemble for Banquet (Smart
casual attire will suffice)
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19.30 - 21.00
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Banquet
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21.00 - 22:00
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After Dinner lecture by
Guest Speaker Prof John Brown, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Some Musings on 50
Years in Astronomy and Magic
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Sunday 13th April
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09.30
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Visit to Stonehenge
/ Avebury
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