ESOP Programme
The time given is local time – Central European Summer Time (CEST), CEST = UTC + 2h
For person on line, the Zoom links were emailed to the relevant individuals on August 19. If you have not received them, please contact us.
Friday, 21. August
19:00 Welcome reception after Excursion 1 at the Hotel Ibis (5 Boulevard de la Gare 31500 Toulouse, map)
Saturday, 22. August
Venue: Salle de la Marne (Rue des Coteaux, 31130 Quint-Fonsegrives, map)
9:00 – 9:30 : Registration
9:30 – 10:20 : Talks Expeditions for Occultations
BABA AISSA Djounai (20 mins)
Coordinated Dual-Station Positive Detection of a Stellar Occultation by Near-Earth Asteroid (4055) Magellan in Southern Algeria
Abdelkader Hammadi, Lazhari Saci (20 mins) (ZOOM)
Constraints from Two Stellar Occultations Observed in a Single Night from Massaad in Algeria
10:20 – 10:40 : Coffee break
10:40 – 12:00 : Talks Binary Asteroids
Wojciech Burzyński (15 mins)
Search for asteroid moons.
Bernd Gährken (20 mins)
Eclipsing Moons at Minor Planets
Richard Nolthenius (20 mins)
The Discovery of a 2nd Moon of Quaoar by Occultation
Lallemand Raphaël (20 mins)
Summary of Pro/Am Collaboration on Binary Asteroids Stellar Occultations – Gaiamoons
12:00 – 13:00 : Lunch break
13:00 – 14:40 : Talks Projects and Collaborations
Thierry Midavaine (30 mins)
2026 PheMu Campaign : Eclipses of Amalthea and Thebe call for observations.
Velasco Enrique (30 mins)
Double-star lunar occultations: Latest results from the OLED project
Damya Souami (30 mins)
Prospects for Pro-Am collaborations in the framework of Asteroids2029
(the International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence)
14:40 – 14:50 : Group photography
14:50 – 15:15 : Coffee break
15:15 – 16:45 : IOTA/ES General Assembly
For non-IOTA members: H-alpha solar observation.
16:45 Bus departure to Bélesta observatory and social dinner
Sunday, 23. August
Venue: Salle de la Marne (Rue des Coteaux, 31130 Quint-Fonsegrives, map)
9:00 – 10:30 Talks Techniques for Occultations
Kattentidt Björn (40 min)
Video Astronomy using Smart Telescopes? Occultation of (5368) Vitagliano at 12.03.2026
OConnell Michael (15 min)
First year of observations from a remote observatory
Guhl Konrad (20 mins)
To Sardinia with the M2
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Talks Data Collections and Cameras
Andersson Sven (15 mins)
Title : SODIS – collecting observations for 3 years
Chope Tanguy : (15 mins)
Towards a Community Standard for Stellar Occultation Results: an EPN-TAP Extension and Prototype Service
Schweizer Andreas (45 mins)
Title : DVTI+CAM project update
De Groot Henk (15 mins)
The “”Good”” project.
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch break
13:45 – 15:00 Talks Various
Purvinskis Robert (25 mins)
More about scintillation and occultations
Pratt Alex : (20 mins)
Lunar Impact Flashes (LIFs) – take part in the LUMIO mission to monitor meteoroid impacts on the Moon
Bernd Gährken (15 mins)
Venus occultation of a 4.6 mag star at 1988
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00 Talks Sundries
Patrick Martinez (15 mins)
A vintage training system for the occultations
Dill, Andreas
Invitation: The next ESOP XLVI in Belgium
Closing ceremony of ESOP XLV
17:00 Bus departure to the city sightseeing walking tour
Programme for accompanying persons
Saturday, August 22
09:00 – Departure from the IBIS Hotel (5 Boulevard de la Gare) and a short 15-minute walk to Toulouse Cathedral.
09:15 – Visit of the Cathedral.
10:15 – Guided tour of the Musée d’Assézat (Bemberg Foundation).
12:00 – Lunch (participants pay for their own meals).
14:00 – Visit of the Place du Capitole and Saint-Sernin Basilica.
15:30 – 16:00 – Walk back to the IBIS Hotel.
16:30 – Bus transfer to the congress venue in Fonsegrives, the Bélesta Observatory, and Donneville for the social dinner.
Sunday, August 23
09:30 – Departure from the IBIS Hotel and walk to the Musée des Augustins.
10:30 – Guided tour of the Musée des Augustins.
12:00 – Lunch (participants pay for their own meals).
14:00 – Walk along Quai de la Daurade and visit of Notre-Dame de la Daurade Church.
15:00 – Visit of the Jacobins Convent (Église des Jacobins).
17:00 or 17:30 – Joining the guided tour of Toulouse with all participants.
Important: Bring walking shoes and an umbrella in case of bad weather.