York Section Meeting – 2014
PDF files of Powerpoint Presentations highlighted
Morning Session, chaired by Roger Pickard
10:30 – 10:35 Welcome and Introduction, Roger Pickard, Director
10:35 – 11:20 Martin Lunn John Goodricke and Edward Piggot, The Fathers of Variable Star Astronomy
11:20 – 11:50 John Toone – The Life of Albert Jones. Part one, Part Two.
11:50 – 12:10 Andy Wilson – The VSS Database
Afternoon Session, chaired by Gary Poyner
14:00 – 15:00 Prof. Boris Gaensicke – Eclipsing Binaries: Something Different
15:00 – 15:30 Robin Leadbeater – Nova Del 2013
The ARAS page on nova Del 2013
http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/novae/Nova2013Del.html
The database of nova Del spectra
http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/Aras_DataBase/Novae/Nova-Del-2013.htm
Francois Teyssier’s spectroscopy of Cataclysmic Variables newsletters
http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/novae/InformationLetter/InformationLetter.html
16:15 – 16:45 Dr David Boyd – The asynchronous Polar V1432 Aquilae and its path back to synchronism
16:45 – 17:30 Short Presentations Stan Waterman, Dr. Jeremy Shears, John Toone & Dr. David Boyd
Selection of photographs taken during the meeting. Click for larger image. (G. Poyner)
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