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IWCMO Conference
Programme
The real programme of the IWCMO was executed as follows (as to the original presupposed programme, see below):
Thursday 17 September: at Paris Observatory, Salle du Conseil, Batiment Perrault
16h- 23h registration - welcoming talks, aperitif - visit of the historical building - dinner
visit of the Arago refractor and panoramic view of Paris
Friday 18 September: at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, 98bis bd Arago, Grand Amphitheatre
09h20~
W. SHEEHAN: A Pretty Picture, Signor Schiaparelli, but you mustn't call it Mars!
M. LANE: Geographies of Mars
R. McKIM: Antoniadi, the Man and Mars Observer
-- Coffee Break
11h35~
R. ROSENFELD: Through Grotesque Polygonations and Geminations to the Skin of a Leopard: the place of graphic technique in Antoniadi's 1909 Revelation
L. HATCH: The Ruddy Planet with a Ruddy Old Telescope
G. MORT: 1909 Mars in Real Time 2009
L. HATCH: Supplementary talk
-- Lunch --
14h30~
G. DAWIDOWICZ: History of the cartography of Mars
S. LECOMTE: About some French Martian observers
15h20-16h20: Panel Discussion (morning speakers + Jean CAVﾉ)
-- Coffee Break
16h45~
ﾉ. CHASSEFIﾈRE: Latest results on studies of Mars atmosphere by space missions
17h30~
B. ADCOCK: Great Melbourne Telescope
P. TANGA: Short Talk
Saturday 19 September: at the Meudon Observatory, 5 pl. J. Janssen, Salle du Chateau
10h~
R. McKIM: Telescopic Dust storms on Mars: a Comparison of the 1909-1911 period with 2001-2003
Ch. PELLIER: A Review of the last Martian Dust Storms (2001 to 2007)
-- Coffee Break
M. MINAMI: A few Propositions on Some Martian Phenomena
M. MINAMI: A History of Mars Observations in Japan
P. TANGA: The South Polar Cap in 2003 from High Resolution Remote Imaging: a Comparison to Mars Express Imagery
-- Lunch --
~14h
14h~18h
Visit to the Flammarion Observatory at Juvisy
Sunday 20 September: at the Meudon Observatory, 5 pl. J. Janssen
10h~
Visit of the area and facilities of the Meudon Observatory after a short talk by R. McKIM
N. B. The following page of Talks further contains two unspoken manuscripts prepared for the IWCMO
by Professor Audouin DOLLFUS (he could not attend because of illness during the days) and hence
here we record the original presupposed Programme of the IWCMO (mainly planned by Nicolas
BIVER) to compare.
Thursday 17 September: Paris
Observatory, Salle du Conseil, Batiment
Perrault
16h-18h00: registration, information
about logistics
Salle Cassini
18h00-18h30: Aperitif, welcoming talks
18h30-20h: Visit of the historical building
20h00-21h: Dinner
21h00-23h: Observation with or visit of the
Arago Refractor and panoramic view of Paris
Friday 18 september: Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, 98bis bd
Arago
Grand
Amphitheatre
Session
I: Mars, E.M. Antoniadi
and the sketch-and-pad Era
9h00- 9h15: welcoming and logistics
9h15- 9h45: A
Pretty Picture, Signor Schiaparelli,
but you
mustn't call it Mars! W. Sheehan
9h45-10h15: Geographies
of Mars M. Lane
10h15-10h45: Antoniadi the Man
and Mars Observer
R. McKim
10h45-11h15: Coffee Break
11h15-11h45: Through
Grotesque Polygonations and
Geminations to the Skin of a Leopard:
the place of graphic technique in
Antoniadi's 1909 Revelation R. Rosenfeld
11h45-12h15: The
Ruddy Planet with a Ruddy Old Telescope
L. Hatch
12h15-12h45: 1909
Mars in Real Time 2009 G. Mort
12h45-13h00: Presentations of posters: B.Adcock & P.Tanga
13h00-14h15: Lunch at Paris Observatory
cantine
Session II:
Historical observations of Mars
14h15-14h30: Mars Observtions at Pic du Midi in
1909
A. Dollfus
14h30-15h00: The
Art of Observing Mars:
more to it than
meets the eye. W. Sheehan
15h00-15h30: About
some french martian
observers
S. Lecomte
15h30-16h00: Coffe
Break
+ posters
session P1 (B. Adcock) and P2 (P. Tanga)
Session
III: Modern scientific observations of Mars
16h00-16h30 Latest results on studies
of Mars atmosphere
by space missions E. Chassefi鑽e
16h30-17h00
History of the cartography of Mars
G. Dawidowicz
17h00-17h30 : Panel
discussion
Saturday 19 September: Meudon Observatory, 5 pl. J. Janssen,
Salle du
Chateau
Session IV: Mars dust storms
9h45-10h15 Telescopic
Dust storms on Mars: a Comparison
of the 1909-1911 period with 2001-2003
R. McKim
10h15-10h45 A Review of the last Martian Dust Storms
(2001 to
2007) C. Pellier
10h45-11h15
Coffee Break
Session V: Amateur contributions to monitoring
of Mars activity
11h15-11h45 A
few Propositions on some Martian Phenomena
M. Minami
11h45-12h15 The South Polar Cap
in 2003 from High
Resolution
Remote Imaging: a Comparison to
Mars Express
Imagery P. Tanga
12h15-12h30 Panel discussion
+ posters P3 (B. Adcock), P4 (SAF), P5 (UAI)
12h30-14h Buffet lunch
14h->17h->18h Departure to visit Juvisy and back to
Paris
(Bus provided)
Sunday 20
September: Meudon Observatory, 5 pl. J. Janssen,
Salle du
Chateau
Session
VI: Study of Mars: from past to present
10h00-10h30 A
History of Mars Observations in Japan
M. Minami
10h30-11h00
Search for life on Mars at Pic du Midi and
Meudon
Observatories A. Dollfus
11h00-11h30
Coffee Break
11h30-12h00
Panel discussion and concluding remarks
12h00-13h Visit of Meudon
Observatory
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