SIXTEENTH TRANS-TASMAN SYMPOSIUM ON OCCULTATIONS
in Cyberspace via Zoom
2022 June 25, July 2

(Updated 3 July 2022)

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UPDATE – 3 July 2022

The Trans-Tasman Occultation Alliance is pleased to announce that the Sixteenth Trans-Tasman Symposium on Occultations (TTSO16) was held in June and July 2022. As a result of the ongoing challenges of COVID-19, TTSO16 was a strictly online event using Zoom with two short sessions spread across three Saturday afternoons (Au/NZ times). Thanks to the Wellington Astronomical Association for the use of the Zoom facility.

Copies of the PowerPoints for the presentations or PDF’s are linked by hyperlinks on the speaker’s name. Hyperlinks on the talks title direct to a You Tube recording of the talk.

The program was:

Saturday, 25^th of June 2022

UTC	AEST	NZST	Duration	Speaker	Title	Description
			(min)
6:00:00	16:00:00	18:00:00	0:10:00	S. Kerr	Welcome and Introduction
6:10:00	16:10:00	18:10:00	0:20:00	S. Kerr	TTOA - Where are we at?	Recent observing statistics and where to next for TTOA and TTSO.
6:30:00	16:30:00	18:30:00	0:20:00	D. Herald	Summary of Recent Planetary Occultations	A round up of interesting and significant planetary occultations over the last 2 years
6:50:00	16:50:00	18:50:00	0:20:00	D. Herald	Pluto Occultation Summary	An insiders view of chasing the June 1 occultation by Pluto
				M. Camilleri	Unistellar EV Scopes and Occultations in New Zealand	A review of the Unistellar EV scope and the linked occultation citizen science project and discussion on recent success on the North Island of New Zealand.
7:10:00	17:10:00	19:10:00	0:50:00	D. Herald	Demonstration of Occult Functionalities	An overview of predicting asteroidal occultation and using Occult star chart functions

Saturday, 2^nd of July 2022

UTC	AEST	NZST	Duration	Speaker	Title	Description
			(min)
6:00:00	16:00:00	18:00:00	0:05:00	S. Kerr	Welcome and Introduction
6:05:00	16:05:00	18:05:00	0:30:00	M. Forbes	A possible improvement to alignment of spectra in Tangra
6:35:00	16:35:00	18:35:00	0:20:00	S. Kerr	Upcoming Occultation opportunities	An overview of interesting occultations for the remainder of 2022 and 2023.
6:55:00	16:55:00	18:55:00	0:30:00	J. Bradshaw	Bright Star Occultation Observing
7:25:00	17:25:00	19:25:00	0:35:00	D. Herald	Demonstration of Occult Functionalities	Asteroidal occultation observations editor – solving for double star events

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