29 November
Invited Speaker Session
09:00-09:15 Welcoming address (Alex Richter, Owner Aloe Ridge)
09:15-09:30 Opening address (Tim Cooper, President ASSA)
109:30-10:30 Keynote Lecture - Classical novae: Stellar apoplexy, convalescence
and recovery (Prof Brian Warner, University of Cape Town)
211:00-12:00 Danie Overbeek Memorial Lecture - Contributions of amateur
astronomers to variable star research (Dr Janet Mattei, AAVSO)
312:00-13:00 Pulsars (Prof. Fabio Frescura, University Witwatersrand)
Open Session
414:00-14:15 Recent developments at Boyden Observatory (Hannes Calitz)
514:15-14:30 The Lamont-Hussey Observatory: the old and new (Gerrit Penning)
614:30-15:00 The W Uma star V759 Cen (Prof Derck Smits) 
715:30-16:00 The formation of O2 in the early atmosphere (Brian Fraser)
816:00-16:30 Why space geodesy? (Dr Ludwig Combrinck)
916:30-17:00 Supernova search program (Berto Monard)
30 November
Observing Sections of ASSA
1009:00-09:30 Recent ASSA results on comets and meteors (Tim Cooper)
1109:30-10:00 delta Scorpii, a strange variable (Brian Fraser)
1210:00-10:30 The SA Meteorite Recovery Program (Trevor Gould)
1311:00-11:30 Variable stars (Jan Hers, read by Michael Poll)
1411:30-12:00 The ASSA Historical Section website (Chris de Coning)
1512:00-12:30 Deep sky dedication (Magda Streicher)
1612:30-13:00 Construction and use of an Audine CCD camera (Theo Pistorius)
Historical Session
1714:00-14:30 Early history of astronomy in southern Africa (Peter Smits, read
by Neville Young)
1814:30-15:00 A history of comet discovery from South Africa (Tim Cooper)
1915:30-16:00 De la Caille at the Cape 1751-1753 (Rupert Hurly)
2016:00-16:30 Invention and development of the telescope (Louis Barendse)
19:00Demonstration of the Aloe Ridge 25-inch telescope
1 December
Open Session (Research Session)
2109:00-09:45 Touching history: The life of Jack Bennett (Neville Young)
2209:45-10:30 A quantum perspective of the creation of matter in the early universe
(Frikkie de Bruyn)
2311:00-11:45 An amateur looks at the period-luminosity law (Eben van Zyl)
2411:45-12:30 Investigation of optical and near-infrared surface brightness profiles
of spiral galaxies (Dr Barbara Cunow, UNISA)
2512:30-13:15 Light pollution: A growing worldwide problem (Robbie Yates)
Solar Eclipse Session
2614:00-14:30 Preview of the solar eclipse, 2002 December 4 (Cliff Turk)
2714:30-15:00 Reminiscences from the last solar eclipse (Louis Barendse, Tim
Cooper, Neville Young & Theo Pistorius)
2815:30-16:00 Observing solar eclipses (Cliff Turk)
2916:00-16:30 Footage of the 1940 solar eclipse (Rupert Hurly, Eben van Zyl)
16:30 Closing address and remarks (Tim Cooper, President ASSA)
Exhibits and Poster Papers
International Dark Sky Association (Dr David Crawford)
Astrophotography (PE Technikon)
Nonstellar objects in early star catalogues - Part I (Auke Slotegraaf)
Solar Eclipse Montage (Tim Cooper)
The Bosman Theodolite (Rupert Hurly)
Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa (Auke Slotegraaf)
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