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2026 Program

The Program Committee is pleased to announce the program for the 2026 NACAA. Follow links for more details.






Start time FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY (see each item for planned times)
9:00 AM Conference opening and welcome The Surprisingly Short History of the Barn Door Tracker TTSO: Welcome, Introduction and Roundup
9:30 AM Keynote address TBD TTOA equipment update
10:00 AM Illuminating the Night TTSO Asteroidal Occultations - Global results.
10:30 AM MORNING TEA MORNING TEA MORNING TEA
11:00 AM Focus on the history of Australian amateur astronomy Continued enjoyment of visual observing TTSO The Finnish astronomer Hugo Gylden
11:30 AM Idea to Recognition TTSO Fresnel in Occult
12:00 PM TTSO Occultation Manager
12:30 PM LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
1:00 PM
1:30 PM Long Baseline Sky Darkness Measurements Confessions of a Variable Star Observer TTSO NTP Timebases Continued
2:00 PM Establishment of the Swan Reach Observatory (SRO) Double Duplicity and a Flare Star
2:30 PM Developments in global robotic telescopes Amateur contributions to professional Astronomy TTSO Occultations in South Australia
3:00 PM AFTERNOON TEA AFTERNOON TEA AFTERNOON TEA
3:30 PM Keeping the Dream Alive Perdrix Address: The perils of a virtual world! TTSO Upcoming Occultations
4:00 PM NACAA AGM TTSO Wrap Up
4:30 PM Occultation Observing in 2026
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
6:30 PM Welcome Function NACAA Dinner, Speaker & Awards
ADS: Fred Watson
Farewell Function
7:00 PM
7:30 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
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