Meeting of the Section

Joint meeting with the Variable Star Section

Northampton : Saturday–Sunday, 15–16 May 2004

Prof Tim Naylor Exeter University New CCD Projects for Amateur Telescopes Dr Peter Wheatley Leicester University Robotic Telescopes: A Threat to Amateur Observers? Dr Richard Beare University of Warwick Photometric Projects using the Faulkes Telescope Tonny Vanmunster Centre for Backyard Astrophysics, Belgium CCD Photometry of Transient Objects Nick James Cometary Photometry Richard Miles Asteroid Photometry Roger Pickard The BAA VSS CCD Target List David Boyd The BAA VSS CCD Photometry Data Analysis Template

Tonny Vanmunster Centre for Backyard Astrophysics, Belgium Peranso Analysis Software Stan Waterman [Title?] Richard Miles Calibration of Unfiltered Photometry James Weightman Photometric Experiments with a Digital Camera Arto Oksanen Photometry Projects of Nyrölä Observatory John Saxton CCD Photometry at Lymm Observatory David Boyd It's Surprising What You Can Measure Norman Walker Amateur Photometry: A Strategy for Survival Andrew Wilson The BAA VSS CCD Photometry Database

As well as the talks on the two days, other facilities were provided. PCs were available in a side room, providing the opportunity to try out popular photometric software, including the widely-used AIP4Win. There was also an opportunity to try the VS Section's data template, being designed to help the organisation and checking of reduced photometry. John Saxton agreed to bring equipment for testing the linearity of CCD cameras, which was carried out by Richard Miles, and there were poster displays of the Variable Star Section's CCD target list (the new CCD charts were also available) and of real science already being undertaken by amateurs.