Anyone planning to go to the Eclipse, especially those in the SE Qld area should be interrested at least two sessions to be held as part of NACAA 2012 in Brisbane at Easter. These are an eclipse imaging workshop and a presentation about the eclipse. NACAA will be held at Queensland University from the 6th to the 9th April. Details are on the NACAA website:
http://www.nacaa.org.au/2012/about .
The eclipse imaging workshop will be on the monday morning 9th April. There will be three hours of sharing information about how to image the total solar eclipse from those who have successfully done it before. It will cover everything you need to know from basic astrophotography, what focal length and what exposure to use to capture each of the eclipse effects through to a tutorial on using computer control of DSLR's. It will cover all of what I included in the eclipse photography presentation at AAIC and much more. Includes time for question and answers and discussion.
Speakers will be Terry Cuttle, Joe Cali, Steve Russell and Melissa Hulbert who between them have been to more than 25 total solar eclipses. See
http://www.nacaa.org.au/2012/register/eiw
On the Sunday morning Joe Cali will be presenting on all you need to know if going to the eclipse including advice on preparation, observing techniques, weather prospects, observing locations and a description of eclipse phenomena. See
http://www.nacaa.org.au/2012/talks/1064
Cost for the workshop is just $30 and $30 for a morning session including Joe's talk. However you must register for NACAA on the website. And don't leave it too long. Registrations close on 23rd March.
And have a look at the rest of the programme to see what you might be interested in. Loads of interesting stuff especially organised for amateur astronomers. Half day is just $30 (includes morning or afternoon tea) or a whole day is $80 including lunch and m/a teas. Or do a full registration for $250 including Saturday and Sunday sessions and social functions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
See you there.
Terry Cuttle