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The Tenth ASSA Symposium was held on the 12th to 14th October 2012 on the premises of the South African Astronomical Observatory (S.A.A.O.) in Cape Town.
Theme:
Looking Forward – Looking Back
Symposium Organising Committee:
Summary of the symposium and programme:
Announcement: 
the-biannual-assa-symposium-2012
Call for papers:
Provisional Programme: final-programme-symposium-2012
Report Back on Symposium: 2012mnassa-71-oct-symposium
Curriculum Vitae of the Speakers:
Talks given at the Symposium:
Original Website hosted by Auke Slotegraaf listing the talks at the Symposium: http://www.psychohistorian.org/display_article.php?id=201210290905_assa_symposium2012
Workshop on Astrophotography by Dale Liebenberg:
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- Justin Jonas; “The MeerKAT radio telescope – the path to the SKA mid-frequency array”
Presentation: meerkat-JJ-ASSA_2012
Video: The MeerKAT radio telescope – the path to the SKA mid-frequency array, presented by Justin Jonas
- Jasper Horrell; “Radio astronomy: SKA-era interferometry and other challenges”
Presentation: ska_horrell-assa_2012
Video: Radio astronomy: SKA-era interferometry and other challenges, presented by Jasper Horrell - Maciej Soltynski; “Galaxy Clusters”
Presentation: galaxy_clusters-maciej-assa_2012
Video: Galaxy Clusters, presented by Maciej Soltynski - Dale Liebenberg; “Astrophotography from a backyard observatory,”
Presentation: Astrophotography_backyard_obervatory-lieb-assa_2012 astrophotography_reduced-lieb-assa_2012
Video: Astrophotography from a backyard observatory, presented by Dale Liebenberg - Auke Slotegraaf; “Some open clusters I didn’t discover”
Presentation: script Slotegraaf-ASSA2012(3)
Video: Some open clusters I didn’t discover, presented by Auke Slotegraaf - Willie Koorts; “A pictorial history of SAAO Sutherland”
Presentation: pictures_Suth-koorts-1 pictures_Suth-koorts-2 pictures_Suth-koorts-3
Video: A pictorial history of SAAO Sutherland, presented by Willie Koorts - Barbara Cunow; “Doing astrophotography with a DSLR on a tripod”
Presentation: dslr_photo-cunow-assa_2012
Video: Doing astrophotography with a DSLR on a tripod, presented by Barbara Cunow - Johann Swanepoel; “The shaping and testing of two 20-inch optical telescope mirrors”
Presentation: mirror_testing-swanepoel-assa_2012
Video: The shaping and testing of two 20-inch optical telescope mirrors, presented by Johann Swanepoel - Allen Versfeld; “Astronomy Online”
Presentation: Astronomy Online_Versveld-assa_2012
Video: Astronomy Online, presented by Allen Versfeld - Neville Young; “Lessons Learned in Outreach”
Presentation: LESSONS LEARNED in OUTREACH_young
Video: Lessons Learned in Outreach, presented by Neville Young - H.J. van Heerden; “ASSA’s contribution to Bloemfontein’s Two Observatories’ Project”
Presentation: bfn_observatories-heerden-assa_2012
Video: ASSA’s contribution to Bloemfontein’s Two Observatories’ Project, presented by H.J. van Heerden - Keith Gottschalk; “Astronaissance: Communicating Astronomy and Space to the African Imagination”
Presentation: Astronaissance_Gottschalk-assa_2012
Video: Astronaissance: Communicating Astronomy and Space to the African Imagination, presented by Keith Gottschalk - John Menzies; “Extrasolar Planets”
Presentation: extrasolar_planets-menzies-assa_2012
Video: Extrasolar Planets, presented by John Menzies - Magda Streicher; “Collection of Pencil Sketches of Astronomers”
Presentation: sketches_astronomers-streicher-assa_2012
Video: Collection of Pencil Sketches of Astronomers, presented by Magda Streicher - Ian Glass; “Nicolas-Louis de La Caille at the Cape”
Presentation: La Caille_Glass-assa_2012
Video: Nicolas-Louis de La Caille at the Cape, presented by Ian Glass
Chris de Coning; “Cape Astronomical Association: Origins of ASSA,”
Paper: 2012-symp_cdc-history_caa
Presentation: CAA-de_coning1-assa_2012 CAA-de_coning2-assa_2012
Video: Cape Astronomical Association: Origins of ASSA, presented by Chris de Coning - Anthony Lelliott; “Astronomy and the School Curriculum in South Africa”
Presentation: education-Lelliott
Video: Astronomy and the School Curriculum in South Africa, presented by Anthony Lelliott - Case Rijsdijk; “Analogies in Astronomy and Physics,”
Presentation: Analogies_case
Video: Analogies in Astronomy and Physics, presented by Case Rijsdijk - Lia Labuschagne; “Talking about astronomy in the Internet era”
Presentation: science_comms-labuschagne-1 science_comms-labuschagne-2 (1)
Video: [no video available] - Reneé Kraan-Korteweg; “Large MeerKAT Survey Proposals”
Presentation: ASSA_RKK-1 ASSA_RKK-2
Video: Large MeerKAT Survey Proposals, presented by Reneé Kraan-Korteweg - David Buckley; “What’s Up with SALT?”
Presentation: SALT-Buckley-1 SALT-Buckley-2
Video: What’s Up with SALT?, presented by David Buckley - Bruce Bassett; “Observational Cosmology: a 30 year window”
Presentation: observational_cosmology1-bassett-assa_2012 observational_cosmology2-bassett-assa_2012
Video: Observational Cosmology: a 30 year window, presented by Bruce Bassett - Berto Monard; “Observing programmes at the Bronberg and Kein Karoo Observatories”
Presentation: bronberg_monard-1 bronberg_monard-2
Video: Observing programmes at the Bronberg and Kein Karoo Observatories, presented by Berto Monard - Greg Roberts; “Tracking Space Debris-including Spy Satellites”
Presentation: tracking_satelites-roberts
Video: Tracking Space Debris-including Spy Satellites, presented by Greg Roberts - Nicola Loaring; “The SAAO Outreach Programme,”
Presentation: ASSA_outreach-loaring
Video: The SAAO Outreach Programme, presented by Nicola Loaring
- Justin Jonas; “The MeerKAT radio telescope – the path to the SKA mid-frequency array”
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Poster Paper:
Attendees at Symposium:
