31st European Symposium on Occultation Projects (ESOP-31)Pescara, Italy, late August, 2012

Report given 2012 October 19

IOTA meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada

David W. Dunham

Highlights of the ESOP31 Meeting• Beautiful location on the Adriatic Coast east of Rome• I renewed acquaintances with European colleagues, and

met new observers; interesting cultural program organized by Costantino Sigismondi

• Most active IOTA section chasing TNO occultations• Plans of expeditions from France, Germany, and Spain to

video record the November 13th total solar eclipse from the path edges, but

• Decided to make one last effort for the 2017 August US total solar eclipse, then probably defer the solar diameter measurements to space-based observations

• History of the HMNAO occultation machine• Wieth-Knudsen Award

Meeting location in ICRAnet office in old train station

Sacro – Cuore Cathedral

IOTA/ES President Hans Bode reads an announcement

ESOP 31 Group Photo

Group on train to Lanciano, Costantino’s home town, a city over 3000 years old. Carles Schnabel is wearing a yellow shirt;

he is the local coordinator for ESOP-32 next year near Barcelona

The Group walking around Lanciano. Alan Pratt (UK) is on the right and Wolfgang Beisker (DE) is on the left.