The BAA are holding there first Asteroid & Comet Sections Joint Meeting this year.
The meeting is for those interested in pursuing and learning photometry work on asteroids and comets with an opportunity to meet the professionals involved in this area of research and network with other amateur astronomers and establish collaboration projects perhaps, details as below.
Title: Asteroid & Comet Sections Joint Meeting
When: 06.10.2012
"OBSERVING PROJECTS WITH ASTEROID-COMET CONNECTIONS"
A joint meeting of the BAA Comet Section and Asteroids and Remote Planets Section
at 10.00-17.00 hrs on Saturday, 2012 October 6
at the Berrill Lecture Theatre, Berrill Building, The Open University,
Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
Topics to include:
* Methods in common for observing asteroids and comets
* Discovering comets and asteroids
* Comets masquerading as asteroids
* Asteroids masquerading as comets
* Water ice in asteroids
* Short contributions from members
In addition, there will be keynote lectures by
Dr Simon Green
Senior Lecturer in Planetary and Space Sciences
Department of Physical Sciences,
The Open Universtity, Milton Keynes
Dr Stephen Lowry
Lecturer in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science
School of Physical Science
University of Kent, Canterbury
Dr Sam Duddy
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
University of Kent, Canterbury
Travel directions to the Berrill Building can be found at:
www3.open.ac.uk/contact/locations.aspx
along with a map of the campus at:
www3.open.ac.uk/contact/maps/wh-campus.gif
More details of the programme, catering arrangements for the day, etc. will be made available in August.
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Some of us members from IFAS will be planning to go to this meeting.
Here in Ireland there are plans afoot for to have a first astronomy science workshop. Details will be shared on the boards of this upcoming event later this year.
Eamonn
  