Zestiende De Duistere Dag - DDD#16

16de De Duister Dag - DDD#16

Agenda DDD#16, Saturday 16-November, Volksterrenwacht Urania, Mattheessensstraat 60, 2540 Hove.   All presentations will be held in English. 

Free entrance for members of the VVS and Urania, 5 Euro for non-members

10:00 - 10:30:  Welcome with coffee and some viennoiserie at the Urania Bar. 

10:30 - 10:40:  Kris Delcourte: Introduction and agenda DDD.

10:40 - 11:10:  Guestspeaker Sebastian Voltmer: "Eclipse Highlights".

11:10 - 11:50:  Jan Vandenbruaene: "Knowledge of eclipses in the ancient Maya culture" + eclipse report 8-April Nazas. 

11:50 - 12:10:  Kris Delcourte: "Eclipse report 8-April Durango".

12:10 - 12:30:  Karin Ghysens en Sara Regibo:  "Eclipse report 8-April Durango". 

Lunch break from 12:30 till 13:30 with group picture at 13:25 

13:30 - 14:00: Wim De Meester and Sara Regibo: "Solar Eclipse Workbench, tool to automate eclipse photography".

14:00 - 14:20: Werner Hamelinck:  "Urania reports of  8-April total eclipse Texas and 2-October annular eclipse (Rapa Nui)".

14:20 - 14:50: Jörg Schoppmeyer:  "Eclipse report 8-April and 2-October annular eclipse (Rapa Nui)".

Coffee break from 14:50 till 15:20

15:20 - 16:15: Sebastian Voltmer; "Behind the scenes and Eclipse imaging tips".

16:15 - 16:30: Jan Hellemans: "8-April eclipse cruise".

16:30 - 16:40: Maciej Szupiluk: "8-April experience from Durango". 

Lookout to future eclipses

16:40 to 17:45 Preparing for the European Eclipse 2026: Greenland, Iceland, Spain.

17:45; DDD#16 Close-out  

Après-DDD:  informal discussions at the dinner table in a cosy restaurant nearby