[BAA Comets] BAA Comet Section meeting. 2013 May 18.

[Nick James]

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