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RASNZ Conference
RASNZ Conference Schedule
Day/Time
Session:
Details
Friday 4PM
Affiliated Societies Meeting
Delegates from the 20+ affiliated societies meet in-person at the conference, discussing various action points and voting on council representatives every second year
Friday 7PM
Welcome
Official opening of the conference by various dignitaries and the local society; the 2023 Fellows lecture, followed by socialising.
Saturday Programme
Time | Speaker | Subject |
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9:00 | Welcome and Housekeeping | |
9:10 | Mark Conway | The JANZOS Project: A Critical Evaluation of an International Collaboration in Gamma Ray Astronomy |
9:30 | Yvette Perrott | What is dark matter? From MOA to galaxy clusters. |
9:50 | Chris Gordon | Dissecting the Destruction of Axion Miniclusters by Stars: An Analytical Approach |
10:10 | MORNING TEA | |
10:40 | Charlie Lineweaver | KEYNOTE |
11:20 | Chris Benton | Countering long-duration spaceflight bone-loss. |
11:40 | Quin Aicken Davies UC Postgrad | An Analysis of Chemically Peculiar Stars |
11:50 | Jason Alexander UC Postgrad | Mass-ratio distribution and frequency of binaries in young clusters |
12:00 | GROUP PHOTO | |
12:20 | LUNCH |
Stream 1 - Cole Theatre
Time | Speaker | Subject |
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13:20 | Glenn Urquhart | History of the Auckland Astronomical Society 1967-1991. |
13:40 | Grant Christie | Gravitational Microlensing from Stardome over Two Decades |
14:00 | John Drummond | Kiwis Who Caught Comets - Let's Look at Murray Geddes |
14:20 | Warwick Kissling | (594913) Aylo'chaxnim - a kilometre-sized asteroid inside Venus |
14:40 | AFTERNOON TEA | |
15:20 | Tony Cooper | Scientific CMOS sensors in Astronomy: QHY600M |
15:40 | Stuart Weston | Two Decades of Celestial Reference Frame VLBI in the Deep South |
Stream 2 - Carbine Room
Time | Speaker | Subject |
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13:20 | Karen Pollard | Recent Research at the University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory |
13:40 | William Dimery-Knight SWAPA | My piece of the puzzle |
13:45 | Alan Viles SWAPA | Astronomy guiding |
13:50 | Alysha Wilson SWAPA | I live in the space between the stars and the sky. |
13:55 | Jethro Ware SWAPA | My Experience at EPS Astronomy School 2023 |
14:00 | Nikau Dymond SWAPA | I want to learn about the universe with physics |
14:05 | Jan Eldridge | What's JWST done so far...? |
14:25 | Brayden Leicester ASTRONZ | Galaxy Morphology vs Colour |
14:35 | Andrew Moore UC Postgrad | Determining the age of galactic clusters via probabilistic generative modeling |
14:45 | AFTERNOON TEA | |
15:20 | Ethan Bull UC Postgrad | Mode Identification of Beta Cephei Variable Stars |
15:30 | Zachary Lane UC Postgrad | Type Ia Supernova Tests of Average Cosmic Evolution with Pantheon+ |
15:40 | Jesse Satherly UC Postgrad | The Effect of General Relativity on Axion-Photon Conversion |
16:00
RASNZ 2023 Annual General Meeting
Sunday Programme
Time | Speaker | Subject |
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9:00 | Rolf Olsen | Seeing the Cosmic Web from Suburban Auckland |
9:20 | John Hearnshaw | A Parliamentary petition for dark sky protection |
9:40 | Adrien Vilquin Barrajon | Weather & environmental limitations to stargazing |
10:00 | MORNING TEA | |
10:40 | Chris Lintott | KEYNOTE |
11:20 | Tom Love | Finding ways to support amateur astronomical research |
11:40 | Rhia Hewett UC Postgrad | Modelling Molecular Clouds with Potential Cosmic Ray Accelerators |
11:50 | Setaita Siufanga ASTRONZ | Astrophysics of the gaseous nebula, Omega Nebula. |
12:00 | LUNCH | |
13:00 | Richard Easther | Big science from a little country |
13:20 | James Scott UO Fireballs Aotearoa | New Zealand's community meteor camera network |
13:40 | Tingting Wang UO Fireballs Aotearoa | from fireball capture to meteorite hunt |
14:00 | Victoria Travers | Stardome redevelopment - reconnecting our manuhiri/visitors to the cosmos |
14:20 | Leah Albrow | Exoplanet Watch and Eyes on Exoplanets |
14:40 | Euan Mason | In the footsteps of Tycho Brahe: A pilgrimage to Hven |
15:00 | Wayne Orchiston & John Hearnshaw | From Bickerton to Bateson: The Challenge to Establish Astrophysics in Aotearoa / New Zealand |
15:20 | Nelson Society Conference 2024 | |
15:25 | RASNZ Awards | prizes and conference close |
15:35 | Springer Book launch |
Monday
The 2023 RASNZ conference runs from 2nd-5th June.
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