VEGA 2024 - Program
Lecturers: (sorted alphabetical by surname)
Prof. Dr. Paul Beck Universidad de La Laguna and Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias - Spain Tutorial: Basics of frequency analysis of photometric and spectroscopic time-series data for variable and binary stars Tutorial: Extraction of space photometry data from NASA Kepler and TESS |
Prof. Dr. Dominik Bomans Ruhr-Universität Bochum - Germany |
Dr. David Boyd British Astronomical Association - UK |
Prof. Alex Carciofi Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas - Brazil |
Jack Martin Huggins Spectroscopic Observatory - UK A tour of The Huggins Spectroscopic Observatory |
Prof. Dr. Pere L. Pallé Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) - Spain |
Prof. Dr. Aaron Sigut Department of Physics & Astronomy Institute for Earth & Space Exploration (IESX) University of Western Ontario - Canada |
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Kerstin Weis Ruhr-Universität Bochum - Germany |
Thursday May 30, 2024
9:30 M. Schwarz: Conference opening
9:45 A. Carciofi: The next frontier in Be star research: revealing the elusive mass loss mechanism by high-cadence spectroscopy
11:00 P. Beck: Tutorial: Basics of frequency analysis of photometric and spectroscopic time-series data for variable and binary stars
12:30 Lunch (Restaurant Kaiserbuche)
14:15 D. Boyd: Spectroscopy of the Deep Sky
15:30 A. Miroshnichenko: ?
16:45 End of conference day 1, you are welcome to meet for dinner at the Hotel Ammerhauser (Anthering)
Friday May 31, 2024
9:30 K. Weis: To be or not to be a Supernova
11:00 J. Martin: Tu Tau a published paper the outcome of international collaboration between a team of small telescope scientists
12:30 Lunch (Restaurant Kaiserbuche)
14:15 D. Bomans: The modern zoo of transients: endpoints of the stellar evolution of massive stars and how to study them15:30 A. Sigut: Spectral Secrets of the Be stars
16:45 End of conference day 2, you are welcome to meet for dinner at the Hotel Ammerhauser (Anthering)
Saturday June 1, 2024
9:30 P. Palle: title follows soon
11:00 P. Beck: Tutorial: Extraction of space photometry data from NASA Kepler and TESS
12:30 Lunch (Restaurant Kaiserbuche)
14:15 A. Miroshnichenko & I. Usenko: A Spectroscopic History of The Polaris System
~16:00 M. Schwarz: Conference closing, you are welcome to meet for dinner at the Hotel Ammerhauser (Anthering)
After each talk, there will be enough time for questions and discussions.
Night visits of the observatory are possible. Participants' own instruments may also be used in the facility.
Conference language: English