DDD#17: Zeventiende Editie van De Duistere Dag

Agenda DDD#17.    The event is free for VVS members and Urania members. For all other participants, a fee of 5 Euro applies.

Venue:  Public Observatory Urania, Jozef Mattheessensstraat 60, 2540 Hove (near Antwerp)

10:00 - 10:30:  welcome with coffee and some viennoiserie at the Urania Bar.
10:30 - 10:40:  Introduction and agenda DDD. (Kris Delcourte)
10:40 - 11:00:  Maciej Szupiluk: Total Control, a tool for eclipse photography for Sony camera's.
11:00 - 11:20:  Ruben Verboven: Eclipse Weatherstation Project (TSE of 12-Aug, Spain).  
11:20 - 11:40:  Kris Delcourte: Eclipse report from Montelahorra (DO Ribera del Duero)"
11:40 - 12:10:  Wim, Sarah, Marnik, Karen:  Eclipse report and Experiences with Solar Eclipse Workbench

12:10 - 12:30: Roman Weiss: eclipse report from Asturia (Spain) and Total Lunar eclipse from Andalucia.

Lunch break 12:30 - 13:30  A sandwich lunch will be offered at a cost of 15€ per person. Please confirm your participation to the lunch by sending an e-mail to  administratie@urania.be , mentioning "lunch DDD and your NAME".  Lunch can be ordered up to Wednesday 14/10" 

Group Picture at 13:25

13:30 - 14:30: Guestspeaker Saevar Helgi Bragason: "The Total Solar Eclipse in Iceland"
14:30 - 15:00: Werner Hamelinck:  Urania experiences of the TSE of 12-Aug from different locations.
15:00 - 15:30: Joerg Schoppmeier:  Various Eclipse reports: 2 partial eclipses (NZ and Mauritius), 2 total lunar eclipses (Crete and Josua Tree NP), one deep partial lunar eclipse (Madrid) and the TSE from Spain.

15:30 - 15:50:  Pascal Hilkens: Total Solar Eclipse 12-Aug filmed with a drone.

Break from 15:50 till 16:20

16:20 - 16:40: Mauro Jacxsens:  "Report from the JVS-organised trip to Soria (Spain)". 
16:40 - 17:15: The eclipse of 2-Aug-2027: Group discussion and exchange of plans.
17:15 - 17:45: Other future eclipses

Post-DDD:  Eclipse dinner for the volunteers.