Aloe Ridge Hotel and Observatory

29 November

        08h00-09h00 Registration

        09h00-09h15 Welcoming address Owner Aloe Ridge

        09h15-09h30 Opening address Tim Cooper, President ASSA

1      09h30-10h30 Keynote Lecture Classical Novae: Stellar Apoplexy,
                                                            Convalescence and Recovery, Professor Brian Warner,
                                                            University of Cape Town

        10h30-11h00 Tea

Invited Speaker Session

2 11h00-12h00 Danie Overbeek Memorial Lecture Dr Janet Mattei, AAVSO

3 12h00-13h00 Pulsars, Prof Fabio Frescura, University Witwatersrand

        13h00-14h00 Lunch

Open Session

4 14h00-14h15 Recent Developments at Boyden Observatory, Hannes Calitz

5 14h15-14h30 Boyden Observatory’s Public Program, Hannes Calitz

6 14h30-15h00 W Ursa Majoris Stars, Dr Derck Smits

        15h00-15h30 Tea

7 15h30-16h00 The formation of O₂ in the early Atmosphere, Brian Fraser

8 16h00-16h30 Why Space Geodesy? Dr Ludwig Combrinck

9 16h30-17h00 Supernova Search Program, Berto Monard

30 November

        08h00-09h00 Registration

Observing Sections and the work of ASSA

10 09h00-09h30 Recent ASSA results on Comets and Meteors, Tim Cooper

11 09h30-10h00 Occultations, Brian Fraser

12 10h00-10h30 The SA Meteorite Recovery Program, Trevor Gould

        10h30-11h00 Tea

13 11h00-11h30 Variable Stars, Jan Hers

14 11h30-12h00 The ASSA Historical Section Website, Chris de Koning

15 12h00-12h30 Deep Sky Dedication, Magda Streicher

16 12h30-13h00 Imaging Section, Construction and Use of an Audine CCD
                                Camera, Theo Pistorius

        13h00-13h15 Symposium Photo

        13h15-14h00 Lunch

Historical Session

17 14h00-14h30 Early History of Astronomy in Southern Africa, Dr Peter Smits

18 14h30-15h00 A History of Comet Discovery from South Africa, Tim Cooper

        15h00-15h30 Tea

19 15h30-16h00 De la Caille at the Cape 1751-1753, Rupert Hurly

20 16h00-16h30 The History of the Union Observatory, Jan Hers

21 16h30-17h00 Invention and development of the Telescope, Louis Barendse

        19h00 Cocktails & demonstration of the Aloe Ridge 25" telescope

1 December

08h00-09h00 Registration

Astronomical Research Session

22 09h00-09h45 To be confirmed

23 09h45-10h30 To be confirmed

        10h30-11h00 Tea

24 11h00-11h45 An amateur looks at the Period-Luminosity Law
                                Eben van Zyl

25 11h45-12h30 Investigation of Optical and Near Infra Red Surface Brightness
                                Profiles of Spiral Galaxies, Dr Barbara Cunow, UNISA

26 12h30-13h15 A quantum perspective of the creation of matter in the early
                                universe, Frikkie de Bruyn, Natal Midlands Centre

        13h15-14h00 Lunch

Solar Eclipse Session

27 14h00-14h30 Preview of the solar Eclipse, 2002 December 4

28 14h30-15h00 Observing Solar Eclipses, Cliff Turk

        15h00-15h30 Tea

29 15h30-16h00 Reminiscences from the Last Solar Eclipse, Joint presentation
                                by Johannesburg and Pretoria Centres

30 16h00-16h30 Footage of the 1940 Solar Eclipse, Rupert Hurly, Eben van Zyl

        16h30 Closing address and remarks

 Exhibits and Poster Papers