Schedule of Events

Friday June 20, 2003

• • 12:00-3:00 pm Vendor Table Setup

  • 3:00-6:30 pm Convention Registration and Check-In
    On-Campus Lodging Check-In
    Vendor areas open for shopping

• • 6:30-7:30 pm Western Barbecue Dinner at Univ. of Tulsa
  • 7:45-8:15 pm Caravan to RMCC Observatory
  • 8:30-1:00 am Star Party at RMCC Observatory

Saturday June 21st

• • 8:00-9:30 am Business Meeting -

Club reports

Selection of MSRAL Logo

• • 9:30 -10:00 am Jackie Beucher
    New Observing Clubs of the Astronomical League

• • 10:00 - 10:15 am Group Picture/Break

• • 10:45-11:30 am Dr. David Lien
    Professor of Physics at Oklahoma State University
    Computer Modeling of Comet Tails and Comet Behavior

• • 11:30-12:00 pm Ian Zedalis
    Radioactive Mars:The Involvement of Radioactive Heavy Elements in the Dramatic Climate Change on Mars

• • 12:00-1:00 pm Lunch
  • 1:00- 1:30 pm James Roe
    Fun With Asteroids

• • 1:35 - 2:30 pm Dr. Clay Sherrod
    Arkansas Sky Observatory
    Imaging Tips for 2003 Mars Opposition

• • 2:30 - 3:00 pm Aaron Coyner
    Granular Clustering in Reduced Gravity as a method of Asteroid Formation

• • 3:00 -3:40 pm Break
  • 3:45-4:15 pm Ed Jones
    My New Zealand Astronomy Trip

• • 4:15-4:45 pm John Duchek and David Hall
    An Eyepiece light Transmission Experiment

• • 4:45-5:15 pm Wayne Clark
    Cataclysmic Variable Stars

• • 6:30-8:00 pm Banquet
    Keynote Presenter
    Dr. William Romanishin
    Professor of Physics and Astronomy at theUniversity of Oklahoma
    Out Beyond Pluto: Exploring the edges of our solar system

• • 8:30-1:00 am Star Party at RMCC observatory