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2016 schedule (Friday)
08:50-17:00
VSS Symposium 4
Symposium
09:00-09:30
Past, present and future for the EA binaries project
Margaret Streamer (and David Moriarty)
Talk
09:30-10:00
Light Element Determinations - Lessons Learned from "Revised Light Elements of 78 Southern Eclipsing Binary Systems" Paper
Jeff Byron
Talk
10:00-10:30
The Visual Observation of some interesting Long Period Variable Stars
Andrew Pearce
Talk
11:10-11:35
Photometry and astrophysical modelling of the Eclipsing Binaries V0626 Sco and V0775 Cen
David Moriarty
Talk
11:35-12:00
Photometry and astrophysical modelling of the Eclipsing Binary BC Gruis
David Moriarty
Talk
12:00-12:30
Long-term oscillations in the orbital period of RR Cen: third body or Applegate effect?
Jonathan Powles
Talk
13:30-14:00
Plumbing the Depths - The problems of measuring eclipse minima
Tom Richards
Talk
13:30-17:00
Components of Successful Pro-Am Observing Campaigns: A PACA Project Perspective
Padma A. Yanamandra-Fisher & Christopher Wyatt
Workshop
14:00-14:30
Video Method for Observing Eclipsing Binaries
Hristo Pavlov
Talk
14:30-15:00
An improved method for correcting atmospheric extinction
Murray Forbes
Talk
15:30-16:00
Deciphering the Enigma of QZ Car
Ed Budding (with help from Stan Walker, Mark Blackford and Roger Butland)
Talk
16:00-16:30
Some Stars Do & Some Stars Don’t – Reflections on 45 Years of Variable Star Observing
Peter Williams
Talk
18:00-20:00
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