NEAF 2012 scheduale

[Bill E.]

I got this info from CN


And here is the speaker schedule as of today....

Saturday 28th
Exhibit Hall Hours 8:30am to 6:00pm

9:00 – 11:30 Morning Workshop – Solar imaging with Stephen Ramsden
Preregistration Required

11:00 – 11:15 Welcoming remarks by Alan Traino, Rockland Astronomy Club
With Sky & Telescope Magazine and Astronomy Magazine

11:15 – 12:15 Robert Naeye S&T Editor on The Venus Transit

12:30 – 2:00 Stephen Ramsden with the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project introducing Dr. Steele Hill with NASA Goddard SOHO Telescope
2:15 – 3:15 Dr. Mark Clampin with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

3:30 – 4:30 Dr. Joseph Liske with the European Extremely Large Telescope

4:45 – 6:00 “Saving Hubble” the movie presented by David Gaynes and the Hubble roadshow

Sunday 29th
Exhibit Hall Hours 10:00am to 5:00pm

9:00 – 11:00 Morning Workshop – Tom Fields “You Can Almost Touch the Stars!”
This hands-on workshop for amateurs who want to learn from scratch how
to do spectroscopy. Preregistration Required

12:00 – 12:15 Welcoming remarks by Alan Traino of the Rockland Astronomy Club
With Sky & Telescope Magazine and Astronomy Magazine

12:15 – 1:15 The Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s Marni Berendsen
Ten Common Challenges Astronomy Clubs Face and the Keys to Solving Them

1:30 – 3:30 Steve Arnold and Geoff Notkin of the Discovery channel’s The Meteorite Men


3:30 – 4:30 David Eicher Editor of Astronomy Magazine – Astronomy’s New Frontier

4:45 – 5:00 Door Prizes
All information is subject to errors as I typed it......

[MjrTom]

Wish I could be there

[Merlin66]

Looks like Stephen will have his hands full!

(Tom Field is the developer of the RSpec software package used for the processing of spectral images to line profiles. My books will aslo be available at NEAF on the Springer Booth.)

[MapleRidge]

Hi Bill...

Thanks for posting the schedule. I hope to be able to attend a few of the sessions.

Brian