Wednesday, October 3, 2018
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5:00 PM |
GATES OPEN |
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No entry permitted prior to 5:00pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
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Thursday, October 4, 2018
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9:30 am |
Welcome Greeting and Introductions
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Fred Bruenjes, Rick Owens &
Jen Winter |
Morning session |
AM weather report
Special demonstration schedules announced each morning |
Rick Owens |
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Living with a Star |
Pamela Shivak
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Parker Solar Probe |
John O'Neal
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12:00 pm |
Lunch and networking period |
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Afternoon session |
Intro to ALPO, Solar and Eclipse Sections |
Dr. Michael Reynolds |
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Camera Quark: Features, Focus and Fun
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Jen Winter |
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Line comparisons - H alpha, Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium |
Gary Palmer
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ALPO special solar session reports. |
Dr. Michael Reynolds |
5:00 pm |
DINNER |
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Friday, October 5, 2018 |
9:00 am |
AM weather report
Special demonstration schedules announced each morning |
Rick Owens |
Morning session |
Flat field imaging corrections - how to subtract out uneven density |
Fred Bruenjes
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ALPO and the 2017 Eclipse study results |
Dr. Michael Reynolds |
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Solar Imaging/Processing |
Randy Shivak |
12:00 pm |
Lunch and networking period |
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Afternoon session |
Factory Tour - Machining and Electronics Departments |
Fred Bruenjes
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ERF's and aperture - what to know
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Jen Winter |
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What it's like to operate a big solar telescope |
Teresa Bippert-Plymate |
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Solar Eclipses I Have Known - 69 and counting
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Prof. Jay M. Pasachoff |
5:00 pm |
DINNER |
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Saturday, October 6, 2018 |
9:00 am |
AM weather report
Special demonstration schedules announced each morning |
Rick Owens |
Morning session |
A new solar focusing algorithm |
Richard Wright |
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Finding the sun without going blind |
Fred Bruenjes
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Recap: Flat Field corrections |
Fred Bruenjes
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12:00 pm |
Lunch and networking period |
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Afternoon session |
Factory Tour - Optics and Assembly Departments |
Jen Winter |
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Marvin J Vann Solar Prominence Telescope |
John O'Neal
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Daystar Configuration Overload |
Jen Winter |
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- Individualized configuration help breakout sessions
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Tiffany Messerschmidt |
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Adaptive Optics in Solar - What it can do and what it can't. |
Claude Plymate |
5:00 pm |
DINNER |
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Door Prizes |
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Farewell and Special Thanks to all our guests |
Fred Bruenjes, Jen Winter |
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Lost and Found, Contact sharing info available as supplied |
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