{"id":193,"date":"2012-08-29T09:16:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T09:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=193"},"modified":"2012-08-29T09:16:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T09:16:28","slug":"convention-2000","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/convention\/convention-2000\/","title":{"rendered":"Convention 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2000 Convention took place on Saturday 30th September, at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Didcot in Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by <a title=\"Astronomy Now\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomynow.com\/\">Astronomy Now<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Programme<\/h3>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>08.30hrs.<\/td>\n<td>Open to traders (Access is available beforehand if required but no FAS members will be available until 08.30hrs).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>09.00hrs.<\/td>\n<td>Open to public<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10.00hrs.<\/td>\n<td>Dr Richard Harrison (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory): &#8220;The SOHO Mission&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11.00hrs.<\/td>\n<td>Coffee break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11.30hrs.<\/td>\n<td>Dr Bob Owens (National Museum of Wales): &#8220;Kuiper Belt Objects&#8221;<br \/>\nNik Szymanek (Havering AS): &#8220;CCD Imaging&#8221;<br \/>\nAGM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13.30hrs.<\/td>\n<td>Lunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14.30hrs.<\/td>\n<td>Professor Phil Charles (Oxford): &#8220;Towards the Event Horizon&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15.30hrs.<\/td>\n<td>Tea break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16.00hrs.<\/td>\n<td>The Ken Marcus Memorial Lecture: Professor Mike Edmunds (Cardiff): &#8220;Sir Isaac Remembers&#8230;&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18.00hrs.<\/td>\n<td>Close<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Trade Stands<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Astronomy Now\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomynow.com\/\">Astronomy Now<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Earth and Sky\/Fieldview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthandsky.co.uk\/\">Earth and Sky\/Fieldview<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"David Hinds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dhinds.co.uk\/\">David Hinds Ltd<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Venturescope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.venturescope.co.uk\/\">Venturescope<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2000 Convention took place on Saturday 30th September, at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Didcot in Oxfordshire. Sponsored by Astronomy Now Programme 08.30hrs. Open to traders (Access is available beforehand if required but no FAS members will be available until 08.30hrs). 09.00hrs. Open to public 10.00hrs. Dr Richard Harrison (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory): &#8220;The SOHO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":50,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-193","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/author\/fasadmin\/","display_name":"fasadmin"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 14 years ago","modified":"Updated 14 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 29 August, 2012","modified":"Updated on 29 August, 2012"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 29 August, 2012 9:16 am","modified":"Updated on 29 August, 2012 9:16 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9NBna-37","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193\/revisions\/194"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}