Schedule
Saturday, September 12
All AANC meeting events are held in the Aspen room at the Westin SFO hotel.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9:00 am | Introduction and Welcome - Bruce Partridge, ASP and the AANC Meeting Committee |
| All Day (to 5pm) | Daytime Solar Viewing in front of the Westin SFO Hotel entrance. |
| All Day (to 5pm) | Family and Kids Activities |
| All Day (to 5pm) | Club and Vendor Exhibits |
| 9:15 am | Christopher Go, Astrophotographer - Adventures of an Amateur Planetary Imager |
| 10:15 am | Kris Koenig, Interstellar Studios - 400 Years of the Telescope: An International Year of Astronomy Celebration |
| 11:15 am | Brian Day, NASA LCROSS Lunar Impactor Mission - The NASA LCROSS Lunar Mission |
| 12:15 pm | Brian Day, NASA LCROSS Lunar Impactor Mission - NASA LCROSS Mission Workshop. Brown-bag lunch workshop, for amateur astronomers. |
| 1:15 pm | John Dillon, Randall Museum San Francisco - The Autopsy of Heaven: Galileo, Telescopes and the Beginning of Modern Science. |
| 2:15 pm | Dr. Peter Jenniskens, SETI Institute - The Story of 2008 TC3 |
| 3:15 pm | Avani Bedagkar, Hirsch Elementary After School Astronomy Club - Introducing Astronomy to Kids at an Early Age |
| 3:45 pm | AANC 2009 Awards Presentation |
| 4:15 pm | Raffle - Dozens of Cool Prizes |
| 5:00 pm | Dinner Break. AANC does not provide dinner, but you are invited to enjoy the restaurants at the Westin SFO. |
| 6:30 pm | Star Party |
| 9:15 pm | End |
Sunday, September 13
The full schedule for the SETI Speaker Series is available at the ASP website. Also see our Events page.
AANC participants may attend the SETI presentation on Sunday afternoon simply by showing their Saturday meeting badge. AANC Saturday attendees who would like to attend the Sunday morning amateur workshop should contact Albert Silva at the ASP (415) 337-1100 x100 for a special AANC rate.
