Please note: all times are in Eastern Time
Observing Section links and talk links will be emailed to attendees
The full schedule of activities is at https://www.aavso.org/110-annual-meeting
Friday, November 5
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7:40–7:50
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Proclamation by Cambridge City Counselor, in honor of AAVSO's 110th year, with anniversary toast & cake |
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7:50–8:30
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Satellite Constellation (Satcon) discussion with James Lowenthal
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** Please click a talk title below to see the corresponding abstract.
Saturday, November 6
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8:30–8:40 8:45 a.m.–9:20 |
Welcome! Keynote: Andrea Dupree |
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9:20–9:40 |
Tom Calderwood |
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9:40–10:00
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Otmar Nickel
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Daylight Photometry of Betelgeuse at conjunction with the sun |
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10:00–10:20
10:20 - 10:50 |
Lauren Herrington
Coffee break |
RSGs are just plain cool: An observing program and online tool |
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10:50–11:10
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Gary Walker
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Differential Dark Residuals (DDR) --A New Characterization of CMOS Camera Performance |
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11:10–11:30
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Dipankar Maitra
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11:30–11:50
12:00 12:30 - 2:00 |
Joyce Guzik
Observing sections roundtables |
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2:00–2:40
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Keynote: David Latham
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Spectroscopy of Eclipsing Binaries and Brown Dwarfs Identified by TESS |
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2:40–3:00
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Paige Yeung
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Supporting Students and Researchers in a Virtual Exoplanet Research Workshop |
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3:00–3:20 |
Arne Henden |
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3:20–3:40
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Koji Mukai
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How is T Coronae Borealis getting ready for its next nova eruption? |
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3:40–4:00
4:00 - 4:15 |
Thomas Esposito
short coffee break |
Unistellar |
*please note: there are no abstracts for the Symposium talks
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4:15–4:25
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Pradip Karmakar
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The Long-term Period Changes of the Cepheid Variable, SV Mon |
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4:25–4:35 |
Teja Begari |
My journey in Astronomy… |
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4:35–4:45 |
Skylar Larsen |
My Astronomy Journey and Projects |
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4:45–4:55 |
Eli Gendrea-Distler |
Comparison Stars and Photometry for TrES-3b |
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4:55–5:05 |
Hanaan Abdulle |
(Talk title TBA) |
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5:05–5:15 |
Lauren Herrington |
The stars keep changing—enjoy the show with the AAVSO |
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5:15–5:25 |
Erika Dunning |
(Talk title TBA) |
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5:25–5:35 |
Ayush Nayak |
(Talk title TBA) |
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5:35–5:45
7:30 p.m.
TIME CHANGE:
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Krithi Koodli (recording)
AAVSOnet/BSM meeting
EASTERN TIME FALLS BACK BY 1 HOUR ON SUNDAY @ 2 AM
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Orbital Mechanics Design to Maximize Satellite Service Time for Earth-Based Regions of Interest
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The following Sunday times reflect the time change
Sunday, November 7
9:00–10:30 Membership meeting
10:30–11:00 coffee break
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11:00–11:35 |
Keynote: Sara Seager |
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11:35–11:55
12:00 12:30 - 2:00: |
Robert Zellem
Lunch Observing sections roundtables |
Exoplanet Watch: You Can Help NASA Observe Other Worlds! |
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2:00–2:35 |
Keynote: Barry Pointon |
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2:35–2:55 |
Frederick Walter |
ODYSSEUS: A coordinated campaign to study accretion onto pre-main sequence stars |
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2:55–3:15 |
Enza Magaudda |
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3:15–3:35 |
Skylar Larsen |
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3:35–3:55 |
Rich Berry |
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3:55–4:15 |
David Corliss |
Sub-Classification of Type Ia Supernovae in the SDSS Supernova Survey |
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4:15–4:35 |
Tom Maccarone |
The historical diversity of explanations for seemingly similar transients |
In-person: 6:00 p.m.–7:00 Cash bar
7:00 p.m.–10:00 Banquet (sold out!)
Thank you all for celebrating with us, near or far!