[BAA-ebulletin 00613] BAA VSS SECTION MEETING

[BAA electronic bulletins service]

Just to remind members that there will be a full-day Section Meeting 
open to all whether members or not and will take place at the Monton 
House Hotel, 116-118 Monton House Road, Eccles, Manchester M30 9HG on 
Saturday 15th October 2011.  It will commence at 10.20 and finishing 
around 17.30.

The cost will be £10 for members and £14.00 for non-members to include 
refreshments throughout the day and a light buffet lunch.

Please advise the Director if you wish to attend (see below for email 
address).

There is ample (free) car parking and the nearest railway station is 
Eccles which is about 15 minutes walk from the hotel.

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

Roger Pickard, Director BAA VSS
roger.pickard at sky.com
22/09/2011