[meteorite-list] Meteors, Meteorites and Minor Planet symposium in Vermont

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <*meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:46:37 -0400 Message-ID: <CAKBPJW9MQ4M9MNYZ9JYzq16WshSr=bRN_crrWeTxzWBjsoX0Xg_at_mail.gmail.com> · meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com

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On 7/23/11, Wayne Zuhl <wayne.zuhl at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I just wanted to extend an invitation to a very special program taking
> place next Thursday, July 28th in Springfield, Vermont.
>
> If you're interested in attending this event, please contact John
> Briggs directly via phone or email.
>
> Here's a link to the info as well as the schedule below.   It's going
> to be a wonderful event that anyone on this list would enjoy.
> http://stellafane.org/convention/2011/2011-hartnesshouse.html
>
> Thanks!
>
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> We are pleased to offer a pre-Stellafane workshop, cosponsored by
> Dudley Observatory, Thursday, July 28th, at the historic Hartness
> House Inn and Porter-Hartness Museum of Telescope Making located in
> Springfield, Vermont.  We also offer an evening banquet and
> after-dinner speaker, Dr. Jane Luu, Staff Scientist at MIT Lincoln
> Laboratory and co-discoverer of the Kuiper Belt. Proceeds will support
> the Hartness-Porter Museum of Telescope Making, which is run by
> volunteers from the Springfield Telescope Makers.  While associated
> with the Stellafane Convention, this is a separate event and separate
> registration and fees apply.
>
> Please use the registration form on the first page of this
> Registration PDF to register for this event. John Briggs is organizing
> the program, and questions can be directed to him at
> john.w.briggs at gmail.com, phone 970-343-0618.  Dan Lorraine of Seagrave
> Memorial Observatory is the workshop registrar, dwlorraine at aol.com.
>
> In addition to the evening lecture by Dr. Jane Luu, workshop
> presenters include: ? Wayne Zuhl ? Richard Sanderson ? Michael D.
> Reynolds ? Pete Peterson & John W. Briggs ? Scott Stuart ? Paul P.
> Sipiera ? Chris Peterson.
>
> Schedule and Preliminary Agenda
>
> Hartness House Inn, 30 Orchard Street, Springfield, Vermont, 05156;
> phone 802-885-2115
>
> Note that registration includes coffee breaks and a buffet luncheon at
> Hartness House. Registration for the evening meal and after-dinner
> presentation is separate.
>
> 8:00 - 8:55	Coffee and Registration
> 8:55 - 9:00	John W. Briggs	Introduction
> 9:00 - 9:15	Wayne Zuhl	Words of Welcome, with an Account of
> Stellafane's Prized Meteorite
> 9:15 - 10:15	Richard Sanderson	The Night of Raining Fire: The 1833
> Leonid Meteor Storm
> 10:15 - 10:30	Coffee Break	
> 10:30 - 11:30   	Prof. Mike D. Reynolds	The Science of Meteorites
> 11:30 - 11:45	Pete Peterson & John W. Briggs	 A Demonstration of
> Astrometrica Shareware for CCD-based Solar System astrometry
> 11:45 - 12:45	Lunch	Concurrent with lunch, the Porter-Hartness Museum
> of Telescope Making will be open with curator Bert Willard
> 12:45 - 1:45	Dr. J. Scott Stuart   	Discovering Near-Earth Asteroids
> at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 1:45 - 2:45	Professor Paul P. Sipiera	Hot Rocks on Blue Ice:
> Searching for Antarctic Meteorites
> 2:45 - 3:00	Coffee Break	
> 3:00 - 4:00	Chris L. Peterson	Building a Network for All-Sky Video
> Recording of Meteors
> 4:00 - 5:00	Panel Discussion	
> 5:00 - 6:15	Cocktails	
> 6:15 - 7:15	Banquet	
> 7:15 - 8:15	Dr. Jane Luu	Current Knowledge of the Outer Solar System Bodies
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