31 st european symposium on occultation projects (esop-31) pescara, italy, late august, 2012 report...
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31st European Symposium on Occultation Projects (ESOP-31)Pescara, Italy, late August, 2012
Report given 2012 October 19
IOTA meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada
David W. Dunham
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Highlights of the ESOP31 Meeting• Beautiful location on the Adriatic Coast east of Rome• I renewed acquaintances with European colleagues, and
met new observers; interesting cultural program organized by Costantino Sigismondi
• Most active IOTA section chasing TNO occultations• Plans of expeditions from France, Germany, and Spain to
video record the November 13th total solar eclipse from the path edges, but
• Decided to make one last effort for the 2017 August US total solar eclipse, then probably defer the solar diameter measurements to space-based observations
• History of the HMNAO occultation machine• Wieth-Knudsen Award
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Meeting location in ICRAnet office in old train station
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Sacro – Cuore Cathedral
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IOTA/ES President Hans Bode reads an announcement
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ESOP 31 Group Photo
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Group on train to Lanciano, Costantino’s home town, a city over 3000 years old. Carles Schnabel is wearing a yellow shirt;
he is the local coordinator for ESOP-32 next year near Barcelona
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The Group walking around Lanciano. Alan Pratt (UK) is on the right and Wolfgang Beisker (DE) is on the left.