Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of BeSS
23-27 Oct 2017 Meudon (France)

Programme

Monday, October 23, 2017

Time Event  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 16:00 The BeSS database  
14:00 - 15:00 › Be stars and the Be phenomenon - Coralie Neiner  
15:00 - 15:30 › Assessment of BeSS - Francois Cochard  
15:30 - 16:00 › The BeSS database: current state and ideas for the future - Coralie Neiner, with inputs from E. Alecian and M. Kraus  
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break  
16:30 - 18:30 Work session  
16:30 - 18:30 › Work session: missing Be stars in BeSS - All  

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Time Event  
09:30 - 10:00 Coffee break  
10:00 - 12:30 Ongoing Be projects  
10:00 - 10:30 › Be stars seen by space photometry - Thomas Rivinius  
10:30 - 11:00 › The Delta Scorpii 2011 Periastron Campaign in Tenerife - Jose Ribeiro  
11:00 - 11:30 › Following the outburst of V442 And - Olivier Thizy  
11:30 - 12:00 › Be outbursts: how can we detect more outbursts and improve the follow-up? - Valérie Desnoux  
12:00 - 12:30 › Discussion: detection and follow-up of Be outbursts - All  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 16:00 New Be projects  
14:00 - 14:30 › Information from other wavelengths than Halpha: echelle spectra, near UV, IR,... - Christian Buil  
14:30 - 15:00 › Discussion: observing program at other wavelengths - All  
15:00 - 15:30 › The NAROO project - Vincent Robert  
15:30 - 16:00 › Discussion: add new Be categories in BeSS such as B[e] and magnetic Be stars? - All  
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break  
16:30 - 18:30 Work session  
16:30 - 18:30 › Work session: adding and validating archival Be data - All  
19:00 - 21:00 Cocktail dinner  

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Time Event  
09:30 - 10:00 Coffee break  
10:00 - 12:30 The BeSS database  
10:00 - 10:30 › Validation of Be star spectra in BeSS: standard, quality, advices for observers - Valérie Desnoux  
10:30 - 11:00 › Discussion: monthly report - Valérie Desnoux  
11:00 - 12:30 › Discussion: new features for the BeSS and ArasBeAm websites - All  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 16:00 Visit of the Meudon Observatory - We will visit part of the Meudon Observatory, including some telescopes.  
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break  
16:30 - 18:30 Work session  
16:30 - 18:30 › Work session: improving BeSS and ArasBeAm - All  

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Time Event  
09:30 - 10:00 Coffee break  
10:00 - 12:30 Ongoing Be projects  
10:00 - 10:30 › Eta Orionis : Determination of one of the periods of this star - Olivier Garde  
10:30 - 11:00 › Be star spectra - the view from New Mexico - Kenneth Hudson  
11:00 - 11:15 › Because of Bess, I chose spectro-astronomy as an amateur - Jean-Jacques Broussat  
11:15 - 11:30 › Low resolution observations of Be stars - Hugo Van den Broeck  
11:30 - 12:00 › Looking for new Be stars among B stars - Thierry Lemoult  
12:00 - 12:30 › DIscussion: searching for new Be stars among B stars - All  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 16:00 New Be projects  
14:00 - 15:00 › How to analyse Be stars spectra - Thomas Rivinius  
15:00 - 15:30 › Automatic analysis of Be emission - Valérie Desnoux  
15:30 - 16:00 › Discussion: analysing Be star spectra - All  
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break  
16:30 - 18:30 Work session  
16:30 - 18:30 › Work session: analysing data of Be stars - All  

Friday, October 27, 2017

Time Event  
09:30 - 10:00 Coffee break  
10:00 - 12:00 Work session  
10:00 - 12:00 › Work session: wrapping up - All  
12:00 - 12:30 The BeSS database  
12:00 - 12:30 › Discussion: plan for the future, tasks & conclusion - Coralie Neiner and all  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  
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