British Astronomical Association
BAA Comet Section Meeting

BAA Comet Section Meeting

Sat 8 Jul 2023 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM BST

National Maritime Museum, SE10 9NF

BAA Comet Section Meeting

Sat 8 Jul 2023 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM BST

National Maritime Museum, SE10 9NF

Description

After a long break we are planning our first face-to-face section meeting to take place at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich on Saturday, 2023 July 8. Our last meeting was in York in 2019 so there is a lot to catch up on. The meeting is open to anyone who has an interest in comets. Please book a ticket and put this date in your diary.

You can access the 25% BAA member discount on the ticket price by logging in to the BAA website and following this link. You enter the promo code after you select the number of tickets, on the screen where you provide your details.

We hope to make this a weekend event with the talks on the Saturday and a visit to the NMM and ROG on the Sunday. There are lots of comet connections with the observatory including this comet which is mounted on the dome of the Annie Maunder Astrographic Telescope. Rail, bus and air connections to Greenwich are very good so I hope you can come along.

The main meeting will be held in the RMG lecture theatre in Neptune Court. Details of how to get there can be found at this page on the Flamsteed Astronomy Society website.

StartendSpeakerSubject
09:00Doors open
09:3009:45Nick James/FASWelcome from the BAA and FAS
09:4510:00Nick JamesSummary of Comet Section news
10:0010:15Walk up to planetarium
10:1511:00Planetarium (meteors and comets)
11:0011:15Break, walk from planetarium
11:1511:45Jonathan ShanklinComet analysis
11:4512:15Dr. Richard MilesLatest news on 29P
12:1512:45Helen UsherComet chasers and pro-am
12:4513:45Lunch
13:4514:15Thomas LehmanComet magnitude estimation using AIRTOOLS
14:1514:45Dr. Mark KidgerTarget selection for Comet Interceptor
14:4515:15Robin LeadbeaterDissecting Comets using Spectroscopy
15:1516:00Break/contingency
16:0016:30Dr. John MasonComets and meteoroid streams
16:3017:30Prof. Alan FitzsimmonsExocomets
17:3018:00Closing discussion

My thanks to Flamsteed Astronomy Society and to the NMM for their assistance with this event.

Location

National Maritime Museum, SE10 9NF

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