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SAG		Schweizerische Astronomische Gesellschaft.
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SAT		Società Astronomica Ticinese

Forums and discussions

SAG Section		SAG-Fachgruppe Sternbedeckungen Stellar Occultation Timing Association Switzerland (SOTAS).
VdS Section		VdS-Fachgruppe Sternbedeckungen.

Predictions

IOTA		International Occultation Timing Association.
IOTA-ES		European Section of the International Occultation Timing Association.
IOTA-ES		Call for Observations (Europe).
Euraster		A website for Asteroidal Occultation Observers in Europe.
Euraster Results		European Asteroidal Occultation Results.
Euraster Best Results		European Asteroidal Occultation Best Results.
Asteroid Occultation Updates		by Steve Preston.
Lucky Star Project		Predictions of stellar occultations by TNOs and Centaurs in 2017.
CalSKY - Moon		Occultations of stars by the moon.
CalSKY - Moon		Occultations of planets by the moon.
CalSKY - Asteroids		Occultations of stars by asteroids.

Software

- for planning:

OccultWatcher		Occultation predictions from your observing site.
Occult		Predictions concerning occultations, eclipses, transits and further occultation phenomena.
C2A (Add-in for OccultWatcher)		Planetarium Program, allowing the prepointing procedure.
GRAZPREP		Grazing Occultations by Moon and Planets (PW:IOTA/ES).
VSP		Variable Star Plotter (Star Charts).
Combined brightness		Tool for calculating the combined brightness of two astronomical bodies, standing close to each other.

- for recording:

VirtualDub 64 Bit		Video recording and editing software.
VirtualDub 32 Bit		Video recording and editing software.
SharpCap		Video recording and editing software.
OccuRec		Video recording and editing software.
AAV File Format		Information about the new AAV file format.

- for analyzing:

Tangra 3		Software for reducing astronomical video observations (optimal in combination with OccuRec).
Limovie		Software for reducing astronomical video observations.

- for documentation:

Template Word		Template for a Microsoft Word document (.docx)
Template Excel		Template for a Microsoft Excel document (.xlsx)

Literature

JOA		Journal for Occultation Astronomy (IOTA-ES). (The latest two issues are available with membership).
IOTA Manual		Introduction to Occultations.
Chasing the Shadow		The IOTA Occultation Observer’s Manual.

European Symposium on Occultation Projects (ESOP)

ESOP 37

European Symposium on Occultation Projects, August 24-29, 2018, Rokycany (CZ)   Abstracts Hristo Pavlov Astro Analogue Video (AAV) Carles Schnabel Comparison of the performance of five cameras Bernd Gährken 386-Siegena & 25-Phocae Djounaï Baba Aïssa Observation campaign of several stellar occultation in Algeria Jan Mánek Experience with high-speed video recording Ota Kéhar How to use real data from catalogues K. Guhl, A. Tegtmeier Baily‘s Bead Observations Alexander Pratt Results from participating in PHEMU15 Björn Kattentidt 300 occultations during two years at new K71 observatory Konrad Guhl Observation of Total Lunar Occultation Jiří Kubánek Observation of occultations in Czechia Roman Kostenko Two eclipses in two weeks Nikolai Wuensche Computer time setting via NTP with Meinberg software Andreas Eberle Guide-Plugin for OccultWatcher Wojciech Burzyński Highlights of occultation observations in Poland 2018 Tim Haymes UK observations in 2018 Oliver Klös Occultations by Asteroids for Europe in 2019 Jan Mánek First solar eclipse canons

ESOP 36

European Symposium on Occultation Projects, September 15-17, 2017, Freiberg (DE)   Abstracts Detlef Koschny Kryoneri - a 1.2 m telescope with high-speed cameras Wojciech Burzynski Do It Yourself - cheap VTI based on Arduino project A. Poro, F. Montazeri Simulation of Asteroid's rotation Zeinab S. Lesani Introducing a new mobile application for submit and timing Alexander Pratt Occult Watcher Add-ins Djunaï Baba Aissa New observations of asteroid occultations in Algeria Gerhard Dangl Observation of a grazing star occultation in daylight Dietmar Büttner A total lunar occultation with multiple contacts Eberhard Riedel GRAZPREP - features and limitations Tim Haymes Graze of 81 Tau - using GRAZPREP Bruno Sicardy New progresses in stellar occultations by TNOs in the Gaia era Mike Kretlow The Chariklo Occultation Campaign 2017 Bruno Sicardy Triton – Monitoring changes in its atmosphere Gerhard Dangl Determination of timings using EXTA

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