Conference First Announcement

Eclipse on the Coral Sea: Cycle 24 Ascending
November 12 – 16, 2012, Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia
Sponsored by Monash University, James Cook University, NSO/GONG, ESA/SOHO, and SDO
GONG 2012 / SOHO-27 / SDO (number to be confirmed)
As we emerge from one of the deepest and longest solar minima on record, with a new and powerful eye on the Sun -SDO- we invite all those with an interest is solar activity to gather in beautiful Palm Cove, Australia to review and assess our current knowledge and understanding of our magnetic star, and to experience the awe and wonder of a total solar eclipse on November 14, 2012.

Topics of discussion will include, but not be limited to:

* Observing and understanding the solar cycle
* Oscillations and seismology of activity from interior to corona
* Large scale transients and CMEs
* Small-scale transients and high-cadence observations
* New results from SDO, Hinode, and the new instruments on the ground, and all other aspects of the active Sun

SOC chair: Paul Cally (Monash); co-chair: Robert Erdelyi (Sheffield)
LOC: chair: Aimee Norton (James Cook University); Alina Donea, Paul Cally (Monash)

Web: http://moca.monash.edu/eclipse
Contact: aussie.eclipse@gmail.com