Tähtitieteellinen yhdistys Ursa

Ilmakehän optiset ilmiöt

Halomeeting in Artjärvi 14–16 July 2006

Program

Friday 14 July
1600	Meeting starts
1800	Dinner
2000	Talks session:
	Jukka Ruoskanen	Automatic Halo Recognition from Photographs
	Marko Riikonen	Optical phenomena caused by thin algal films on water surface
2100	Best photographs show I (everybody welcome to present their best photos)
Night	Watching noctilucent clouds, frying sausages by the fire, grill warm
Saturday 15 July
0900	Breakfast
1000	Talks session:
	Lars Gislen	Computer algorithm for divergent-light haloes
	Claudia Hinz	20 years of halo observations in Germany Link: AKM/SHO (Germany)
	Yuji Ayatsuka	Atmospheric phenomena in Japan Link: Y.Aya's Garden/Skyscape Hill (mostly Japanese)
1230	Lunch
1400	Talks session:
	Jarmo Moilanen	The 1920 Kuusankoski display
	Walt Tape	Halo poles I: for non-contact arcs Some photos
1500	Coffee break
1515	Talks session:
	Peter-Paul Hattinga Verschure	Observation instructions: why, how, for who?
	Jari Luomanen	Pixel workout - exposure, histogram and bit depth in halo photography
	Timo Kuhmonen	HDR-technique application to halo photographs
1700	Dinner
2030	Best photographs show II (everybody welcome to present their best photos)
Night	Watching noctilucent clouds, frying sausages by the fire, grill warm, sauna warm
Sunday 16 July
0900	Breakfast
1000	Talks session:
	Walt Tape	Halo poles II: for contact arcs
	Veikko Mäkelä	Atmospheric phenomena in time lapse photography (NLC video, avi, 8MB)
	Timo Kuhmonen	GPS in halo photography
	Marko Riikonen	Stacking technique in halo photography
1200	Lunch
1300	Halo stacking in practise -workshop
1600	Meeting ends

Participants

Mika Aho	Sami Luoma-Pukkila	Marko Riikonen
Yuji Ayatsuka	Jari Luomanen	Jukka Ruoskanen
Reima Eresmaa	Ismo Luukkonen	Eero Savolainen
Lars Gislen	Marko Mikkilä	Holger Seipelt
Claudia Hinz	Jarmo Moilanen	Johan Stenberg
Jenni Elina Holopainen	Veikko Mäkelä	Walter Tape
Lauri Kangas	Timo Nousiainen	Patrik Trncak
Jarkko Korhonen	Marko Pekkola	Peter-Paul Hattinga Verchure
Timo Kuhmonen	Martin Popek	Marja Wallin
Mikko Kurki

Miscellaneous

The meeting place was new Ursa observatory in the southern Finland countryside. Address of the observatory is Kimonkyläntie 951. Two links showing the location on the map:1, 2

There are beds for 30 people in the observatory, and stay is free of charge. If more people are coming, tents can be set outside. The participant number was 28.