Asteroids & Remote Planets Section Meeting
Saturday 28th Sep 201922:00
The Asteroids & Remote Planets Section meeting for 2019 will be held at Clanfield Memorial Hall, Clanfield, Hampshire.
Doors open from 9:30 and the meeting will close around 17:20.
To be hosted by Hampshire Astronomical Group. This content of this meeting will be approximately 50% asteroids and 50% exoplanets.
Tea and coffee will be provided but attendees will need to purchase lunch in the local area or bring their own. There is a pub (“The Rising Sun”) less than 100 metres away, and two other pubs in opposite directions each about one kilometre from Clanfield Memorial Hall: heading East, “The Hampshire Hog” – a Fullers pub, and heading West, “The Bat and Ball”.
The meeting will be chaired by Richard Miles with the agenda as follows.
09:30 | Doors open | |
10:00-10:15 | Richard Miles | Welcome |
10:15-10:45 | Richard Miles | Asteroid Section status, future projects, mtgs (WWE section mtg, Exoplanet workshop |
10:45-11:15 | Peter Birtwhistle | Asteroids – subject TBC |
11:15-11:45 | Tea break | |
11:45-12:30 | Anastasia Kokori | ARIEL and amateur support for mission |
12:30-13:30 | Lunch break | |
13:30-14:00 | Roger Dymock | Exoplanet Division status, future projects |
14:00-14:30 | Peta Bosley | Astrobiology, intro to, courses |
14:30-15:00 | Steve Futcher | Exoplanet projects – mentoring University of Portsmouth students |
15:00-15:30 | Tea break | |
15:30-16:00 | Tim Haymes | Asteroid occultations |
16:00-16:30 | Mark Salisbury | Exoplanet transit imaging |
16:30-17:00 | Martin Fowler | Exoplanet observations using the MicroObservatory Robotic Telescope Network |
17:00-17:15 | Richard Miles, Roger Dymock, Presenters | Questions and comments from attendees |
17:15-17:20 | Richard Miles | Closing comments |
Venue
Clanfield Memorial Hall, Clanfield, Hampshire, PO8 0RB
Booking Information
The prices are £3 for BAA members, members of affiliated societies and children under 16, and £5 for non-members.
Bookings for this meeting have now closed.