The Symposium on Telescope Science
The annual Symposium on Telescope Science celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2011. The Symposium has become one of the premiere events for amateur astronomers and for building pro-am collaborations. Amateurs, and some professionals, make presentations covering a wide range of topics, from imaging basics, to photometry, to spectroscopy, to instrumentation, and more. Observing targets reach from near-Earth to the edges of the Universe. If you're at least a little interested in astronomical research, this is one of the events attend each year. The submitted papers are available in the proceedings at the time of the Symposium.
Click here for a report on the 2011 Symposium
Click here to download previous year proceedings and/or papers (2000 through last meeting).
For the last decade, the Symposium has been held at the Northwoods Resort in Big Bear, CA. The average attendance is about 100, but the joint meeting with the AAVSO in 2009 saw that number jump to more than 150.
2012 Symposium (Registration now Open)
The 2012 Symposium will be again feature a joint meeting with the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO). We hope to see as many people in 2012 as we did in 2009.
Submission Deadlines
Abstracts: March 16
Papers: April 13
Northwoods Special Room Rate Expires
March 21
Click here to register on-line for the 2012 SAS/AAVSO Symposium (and join SAS).
Click here to download registration packet (PDF).
Presenters Information
If you would like to give a presentation and submit a paper for our Symposium (we really want both!), download the presenters information file. This includes a Word 2003 template and PDF using the styles in the template. We can accept Word 2003-2007 or OpenOffice files. Poster presentations are welcome as well. If you can convert the poster to a single PDF or a Word/OpenOffice document, the poster can appear in the proceedings with the regular papers.
Click here to download the Presenter's Package (ZIP file)
