[BAA-ebulletin 00739] BAA Comet Section Meeting, 2013 May 18

[BAA electronic bulletins service]

Comets have been in the news over the past few months and we have now 
finalised details for the Comet Section meeting to be held at the 
Humfrey Rooms in Northampton on Saturday, 2013 May 18.

The full programme is as follows:

09:30	Doors open
10:00	Introduction (Denis Buczynski)
10:15	Jonathan Shanklin "The BAA Comet Section and its observations"
10:45	Denis Buczynski "Wide field imaging of Comets"
11:20	Guy Hurst  "Observing Comets visually"
12:05	Glyn Marsh "DIY Comet"

12:35-13:50 Lunch Break

13:55	Robin Leadbeater "Amateur Spectroscopy of Comets"
14:25	Nick James "Photometry of Comets. Why, what and how"
15:00	Roger Dymock "The route to visual equivalent magnitudes"

15:45 - 16:15 coffee break

16:20	Prof Alan Fitzsimmons "Comets: Why professionals need amateurs"
17:30	General discussion and summing up
18:00	Meeting closes

The cost is £5 for BAA members, £7.50 for non-members which includes 
morning and afternoon tea/coffee. Further details are on the BAA website 
here:

	http://www.britastro.org/cometmeeting2013

Advance booking is not required but it would help us to plan catering if 
you could send a short email to cometobs at britastro.org to indicate that 
you are likely to attend.

We hope to see you there.

Nick James/Denis Buczynski