EIGHTEENTH TRANS-TASMAN SYMPOSIUM ON OCCULTATIONS
in Parkes, NSW, AU and via Zoom
2024 April 1

(Updated 25 April 2024)

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UPDATE – 25 April 2024

The Trans-Tasman Occultation Alliance held the Eighteenth Trans-Tasman Symposium on Occultations (TTSO18) on 1 April 2024. TTSO18 was held in conjunction with NACAA 2024 in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia as well as online using Zoom. Thanks to the Wellington Astronomical Association for the use of the Zoom facility.

The PowerPoint file for each presentation may be opened by clicking on the link in the Speakers column.

A recording (on YouTube) may be opened by clicking on the link in the Title column.

The chat log for each presentation may be opened by clicking on the link in the Description column).

UTC	AEDT	NZDT	Duration	Speaker	Title	Description
Sun 31/3/2024	Mon 1/4/2024		(min)	(PowerPoint files)	(Zoom recordings)	(chat log)
22:00:00	9:00:00	11:00:00	0:10:00	S. Kerr	Welcome and Introduction
22:10:00	9:10:00	11:10:00	0:30:00	T. Haymes	SODIS	An introduction to the SODIS observation reporting structure.
22:40:00	9:40:00	11:40:00	0:40:00	S. Kerr	Round Up of TTOA Observing	Reviewing the results of observations by TTOA through 2023 with summary and statistics
23:20:00	10:20:00	12:20:00	0:30:00	Morning Break
23:50:00	10:50:00	12:50:00	0:30:00	M. Forbes	Occultations by Global Meteor Network	This presentation shows my preliminary investigation into the possibility of using the GMN system for observing occultations
0:20:00	11:20:00	13:20:00	0:30:00	D. Gault	Short Event Processing	A cooks tour of the planetary occultation processing pipeline.
0:50:00	11:50:00	13:50:00	0:30:00	D. Herald	World Wide Result Roundup	Interesting observations and statistics from around the world.
1:20:00	12:20:00	14:20:00	1:00:00	Lunch
2:20:00	13:20:00	15:20:00	0:30:00	M. Camilleri	GPS Flash Timing	Cheap and accurate GPS timing without DIY.
2:50:00	13:50:00	15:50:00	0:30:00	D. Herald	Validation of Asteroid Satellites by Occultation	A review of the challenges of detecting asteroid satellites
3:20:00	14:20:00	16:20:00	0:30:00	W. Hanna	2023 Observation Roundup	A summary of results from Bill's observatory
3:50:00	14:50:00	16:50:00	0:30:00	Afternoon Break
4:20:00	15:20:00	17:20:00	0:30:00	T. Holt	2024 Didymos Campaign	An overview of the ACROSSDidymos campaign across Australia and New Zealand
4:50:00	15:50:00	17:50:00	0:30:00	S. Kerr	Upcoming TTOA Occultations and Campaigns	A round up of interesting upcoming occultations for Australia and New Zealand.
5:20:00	16:20:00	18:20:00	0:30:00	S. Kerr	Wrap Up
5:50:00	16:50:00	18:50:00	0:10:00

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