Meetings

Since the inauguration of the Section in 1995, 70 speakers have presented 162 talks at 17 meetings. The 1995 CCD Symposium at Winchester had been earlier organised by Ron Arbour and was held under the auspices of the newly-formed Section; the 1999 meeting at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory was organised by Bob Neville; the 2004 April meeting, organised by Bob Marriott, formed part of the Winchester Weekend; the 2005 May CCD Photometry Symposium was organised by Karen Holland; and all the other Northampton meetings were organised by Bob Marriott.

1995 May 13 – N Maurice Gavin Mike Maunder John Wall Jim Hysom John Mason Andy Hollis Richard Miles Glyn Marsh Jonathan Shanklin Andrew Elliott Bob Neville Nick James Report 1995 May 27 – W Ron Arbour Nick Hewitt Nik Szymanek Jack Newton Tim Naylor Report 1996 May 18 – N Karen Holland Steve Evans Maurice Gavin Bob Marriott David Sinden Ron Arbour Geoff Johnstone John Mackey Brian Manning Jack Youdale Richard Miles Bob Neville 1997 May 10 – N Mark Armstrong Maurice Gavin Terry Platt Bob Marriott Nick James Glyn Marsh John Howarth Bob Neville John Saxton Mike Maunder Richard Miles Report 1998 May 30 – N Mike Maunder Graham Salmon Norman Walker Roger Pickard Ron Arbour Mark Armstrong Tom Boles Nik Szymanek Patrick Miles Tom Patrick Bob Neville Marcel Le Masson Maurice Gavin John Wall Bob Marriott Report 1999 May 15 – N Stuart Cooper Tom Boles Graham Salmon Richard Miles Jim Hysom Steve Evans Maurice Gavin Bob Neville Bob Marriott Report 1999 September 11 Richard Miles Terry Platt Guy Hurst David Briggs Andrew Elliott Nick James Roger Pickard Steve Foulkes Report 2000 May 6 – N David J. Shayler John Wall Henry Hatfield John Saxton John Saxton Guy Hurst Guy Hurst Bob Neville Bob Marriott Nick Hewitt Report

orthampton Building a focal plane spectroscope Photographic emulsions The construction of large reflectors Problems in optics Radio equipment for meteor observation Photoelectric photometry CCD photometry The Mond astrograph Instruments for cometary observation Video techniques CCD imaging Telescope drives inchester The struggle against light pollution The programme of the Deep Sky Section A sojourn on La Palma Colour CCD imaging Pro-am cooperation via CCD imaging orthampton CCD basics Zeiss astrometry CCD spectroscopy Classic instruments A life in optics Driving CCDs Photographic techniques CCD astrometry Reflections from Moonrakers An unknown Dall null test CCD photometry CCD versus emulsion orthampton The discovery of SN1996bo CCD star colours Developments in CCD technology Amateur telescope-making – a plea CCD imaging of comet Hale–Bopp Large-format photography of comet Hale–Bopp Astrometry with a measuring machine Progress and future of the Section Photoelectric photometry with a Newtonian New photographic emulsions An off-axis guidescope design orthampton A new afocal telescope Concepts of photometry CCD photometry The Jack Ells APT How I done it The discovery of SN1998aq Adaptive optics Imaging from La Palma Clear sky detection Telescopes remembered A method of tracking rapidly-moving asteroids A simple observatory dome The spectrum of SN1998bu The making of a 30-inch OG BAA Instrument No.93 orthampton Eyepiece mounts and collimators A robotic mount CCD dark fields Recent developments in photometry The Cambridge 36-inch reflector What’s new in the realm of meteors? The use of a relay lens in spectroscopy A spreadsheet for mirror testing Real telescopes – Rutherford Appleton Laboratory The IAPPP organisation New developments in CCD technology Supernova searching with a CCD Imaging of deep-sky objects An image intensifier video system The manufacture and workings of CCDs CCD photometry An automatic supernova patrol system orthampton Repairing the Hubble Space Telescope A home-made 30-inch refractor The Sevenoaks spectrohelioscope A periodic error correction system A CCD linearity test device Reporting discoveries Patrolling for novae with a CCD A tracking device A weekend at Hardwick The history of a Wray refractor

2001 May 26 – N Steve Foulkes Maurice Gavin Andy Hollis Andrew Elliott Richard Miles John Saxton Peter Moreton Bob Marriott Report 2003 August 16 – N Bob Marriott Kevin Smith Nick James Martin Taylor Christopher Taylor Andrew Baxter Ron Arbour John Wall Peter Wise Steve Parkinson Lorraine Crook Bob Marriott Report 2004 April 3 – W Bob Marriott Nik Szymanek John Wall Owen Brazell Martin Taylor Lorraine Crook 2004 May 15–16 – N Tim Naylor Peter Wheatley Richard Beare Tonny Vannmunster Nick James Richard Miles Roger Pickard David Boyd Tonny Vannmunster Stan Waterman Richard Miles James Weightman Karen Holland Arto Oksanen John Saxton David Boyd Norman Walker Andrew Wilson Report 2005 May 21 – N Bob Marriott Doug Ellison John Wall Martin Taylor Doug Ellison 2005 November 19 – Bob Marriott Martin Taylor David Arditti Bob Marriott Martin Taylor Andrea Tasselli 2006 May 20 – N Bob Marriott Karen Holland Bob Marriott Andrea Tasselli John Wall Andrew Elliott David Gavine 2007 May 12 – N Bob Marriott Maurice Gavin Karen Holland Cliff Shuttlewood Gary Poyner Nick James Robin Leadbeater Doug Ellison Report 2007 June 30 – L Exhibition Meeting Report 2008 May 10 – N Bob Marriott Ron Arbour Nick James John Bell Bob Marriott Allan Chapman David Whitehouse Report 2008 June 28 – L Exhibition Meeting Report

orthampton Supernova searching A high-resolution stellar spectrograph A simple CCD system for asteroid observation A remotely operated video telescope Simultaneous three-telescope photometry Photometric software A high-performance CCD camera A demonstration of spectroscopy orthampton Director’s report Solar imaging Conder Brow robotic telescope Imaging with a webcam Hanwell Observatory (Part 1) Hanwell Observatory (Part 2) Discoveries while you sleep The Crayford eyepiece mount A new telescope design An observatory for photometry A visit to Birr (Part 1) A visit to Birr (Part 2) inchester Director’s report New images and imaging techniques The Crayford eyepiece mount – a reprise New equipment on the market Planetary imaging with a webcam Practical mirror-making orthampton New CCD projects Robotic telescopes Photometric projects using the Faulkes Telescope CCD photometry of transient objects Cometary photometry Asteroid photometry A brief outline of VS Section initiatives Photometric data analysis template Peranso analysis software [Title?] Calibration of unfiltered photometry Photometric experiments with a digital camera The CCD mentoring scheme and CCD target list Photometry projects of Nyrölä Observatory CCD photometry at Lymm Observatory It’s surprising what you can measure Amateur photometry – a strategy for survival The BAA VSS CCD photometry database orthampton Director’s report and miscellanea Thirty-three cameras: our eyes on Mars Dialytes beyond Schupmann Deep-sky imaging with a digital camera Processing spacecraft images of Mars Northampton Director’s report and miscellanea Planetary imaging with a webcam Imaging with a 10-inch Dall–Cassegrain Lunar imaging with a webcam Deep-sky imaging with a digital camera Imaging Mars with a webcam orthampton Director’s report and miscellanea Construction and use of a VLF receiver The Libyan eclipse High-performance planetary imaging The life and times of a telescope maker Precision video timing of occultations and meteors The jamjar magnetometer – a reprise orthampton Welcome and introduction Spectroscopic miscellanea Latest report on the VLF receiver A counterbalanced mount for binoculars The Bradford Robotic Telescope Remote telescopes Modified webcams for scientific imaging The HiRISE camera on Mars Orbiter eicester Section exhibit and mirror-making orthampton The early days of the telescope Commissioning telescopes Refurbishment of the James observatory A memento of Grubb Parsons A brief history of astrophotography and imaging The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Who really invented the telescope? eicester Section exhibit and mirror-making