2010 Aug 24 version

ICOA-7 Second Circular
I. The Conference
Date
September 6 (Mon) – September 10 (Fri), 2010Venue
Large Seminar Room in the Mitaka Campus of
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ, Kokuritsu Tenmondai),
Osawa 2-21-1, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan.

Registration time
September 6 (Mon), 9:00 – 10:30AM

LOC contact
Phone: 0422-34-3788 (Mitsuru Soma), 0422-34-3947 (Fumi Yoshida),
Fax: 0422-34-3708(For phone and fax from outside of Japan, dial first Japan’s country code +81 andomit the first “0” from the above numbers)
Email: Mitsuru.Soma@nao.ac.jp, Fumi.Yoshida@nao.ac.jp, tsukonk@yahoo.co.jp

Conference Timetable(This is only intended to give an overall plan. As for exact times, refer to the program below).
Time

Sept. 6 (Mon)

Sept. 7 (Tue)Sept. 8 (Wed)Sept. 9 (Thu)

8:30AM

Sept. 10 (Fri)Bus tour to

9:00AM

Registration

Nobeyama &9:30AM

Registration

Session D

Session H

Session K

Suwa

10:00AM

Registration

Session D

Session H

Session K↓

10:30AM

break

break

break

break

↓

11:00AM

Session A

Session E

Session I

Session L↓

11:30AM

Session ASession E

Session I

Session L↓

0:00PM

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

↓

0:30PM

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

↓

1:00PM

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

↓1:30PM

Session B

Session F

Session J

Session M↓

2:00PM

Session B

Session F

Session J

Session M↓

2:30PM

Session B

Session F

Session J

Session M↓

3:00PM

Session B

Session F

Session J

Session M↓

3:30PM

Tea

Tea

Tea

Tea

↓

4:00PM

Session C

Session G

NAOJ tour

Session N↓

4:30PM

Session C

Session G

NAOJ tour

Session N↓

5:00PM

Session C

Session G

NAOJ tourSummary↓

5:30PM

Welcome Party↓

6:00PM↓↓1

Paper Presentation
Each oral presenter is requested to use the software Power Point (PPT) and carry his/her filein a USB memory or CD-ROM (Participants who want to use other equipment should contactLOC).
Poster presentation
Space: 1.1m(W) × 1.6m(H)For better understanding, SOC/LOC recommends each presenter to prepare a PPT handout print,
and then LOC can make copies for the audience.

Conference Program
Session A – H (Pre-modern times)
Session I – N (Modern times & Other recent research)
Invited talk: 40min + 10minQ&A, Oral talk: 20min + 5minQ&A

Oral Papers
September 6 (Mon):<Session A> [Chair: Ôhashi, Y.]
10:45－11:35AM, VAHIA, Mayank (Invited)
Megaliths in India and their possible relation to astronomy
11:35 – 12:00AM, MENON, Srikumar M. and VAHIA, Mayank N.
Megalithic astronomy in South India
0:00 – 1:30PMLunch<Session B>[Chair: Nakamura, T.]

1:30－2:20PM, MAEDER, Stefan (Invited)
The archaeology of the "Big Dipper" -- Some recent findings from Japan and Europe
2:20－2:45PM, HARIAWANG, Irma I., SIMATUPANG, Ferry M. and RADIMAN, Iratius
Orientation of Borobudur’s East Gate measured against sunrise position during vernal equinox
2:45－3:10PM, YANG, Hong-Jin, CHOI, Go Eun, MIHN, Byeong-Hee and AHN, Young Sook
Analysis of Korean stone star chart using 3D scan measurement
3:10－3:35PM, RENSHAW, Steven L.
Prospects for scholarship in the archaeoastronomy and cultural astronomy of Japan:
Interdisciplinary perspectives
3:30－4:00PM
Tea Time<Session C>[Chair: Ansari, R.]

4:00－4:50PM, TAJIMA, Toshiyuki (Invited)
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and the postwar Japanese optical astronomy
4:50－5:15PM, JUN, Yong Hoon
Western astrology introduced in nineteenth-century Korea
5:15－5:40PM, HOSOI, Hiroshi
Theories about cosmic structure in ancient and medieval Japan2

September 7 (Tue):<Session D>[Chair: Orchiston, W.]

9:20－9:45AM, SARMA, U K V
Planetary models as expounded by Bhāskara in his commentary on Āryabhaṭīya
9:45－10:10AM, LEE, Eun Hee and AHN, Young SookTenmon bunya nozu of Sibukawa Harumi and star maps of Joseon
10:10－10:35AM, AHN, Sang-HyeonDrawing method of the Korean Star-Chart, Chonsang-Yolcha-Punya-Ji-Do
10:35－10:45AM
Tea Time<Session E>[Chair: Orchiston/Nakamura]

10:45－11:35AM, NHA, Il-Seong and NHA, Sarah L. (Invited)
A classification of timekeeping instruments in East-Asian countries and inventory ofsignificant relics prior to pendulum clocks
11:35 – 12:00AM, TANIKAWA, Kiyotaka and SÔMA, Mitsuru
How were eclipses memorized when there were no astronomers?
0:00 – 1:30PM
Lunch<Session F>[Chair: Débarbat, S.]

1:30－2:20PM, ANSARI, S.M. Razaillah (Invited)
A survey of Arabic-Persian sources on astrolabe extant in India and on the Indian school ofastrolabe-makers
2:20－2:45PM, KIM, Sang Hyuk and LEE, Yong Sam
An analysis on the operation mechanism and restoration of Song I-Yeong's armillary clock
2:45－3:10PM, LEE, Yong Bok
Production and application of Ganpyeongui during Joseon Dynasty
3:10－3:35PM, ÔHASHI, Yukio
Two systems of Indian astronomy
3:30－4:00PM
Tea Time<Session G>[Chair: Sôma, M.]

4:00－4:50PM, QU, Anjing (Invited)
Planetary theory in China
4:50－5:15PM, NAKAYAMA, Shigeru
The merit and demerit of geometrical representation in the history of Chinese calendricalscience
5:15－5:40PM, LI, Liang, LU, Lingfeng and SHI, Yunli
The accuracy of the eclipse calculation of the Huihuilifa

3September 8 (Wed):<Session H>[Chair: Soonthornthum, B.]

9:20－9:45AM, SÔMA, Mitsuru
Investigation of the Earth's rotation using ancient Chinese occultation records
9:45－10:10AM, AKBARI, Marjan and AKHLAGHI, Mohammad
Little known astronomer in the late Islamic period; a study of Qāsim-Alī Al-Qāyinī’smanuscripts
10:10－10:35AM, JOCHI, Shigeru
The movement of observation center in the eastern Han Dynasty, China
10:35－10:45AM
Tea Time<Session I>[Chair: Vahia, M.]

10:45－11:35AM, EHGAMBERDIEV, Shuhrat (Invited)
Emergence of modern astronomy and astrophysics in Uzbekistan
11:35 – 12:00AM, STROM, Richard, ZHAO, Fuyuan and ZHANG, Chengmin
Could Oriental annals have recorded optically-bright γ-ray bursts?
0:00 – 1:30PM
Lunch<Session J>[Chair: Egamberdiev, S.]

1:30－2:20PM, HAYASHI, Masahiko (Invited)
Nobeyama radio observatory and the history of radio astronomy in Japan
2:20－2:45PM, SAIJO, Keiichi
The transition of characteristics in Japanese celestial globes of Edo era from the collection ofNational Museum of Nature and Science
2:45－3:10PM, HIRAI, Masanori and FUJIWARA, Tomoko
Two bronzed planispheres preserved in England since 1878 and Japan since 1683
3:10－3:35PM, NAM, Moon-Hyon, HAHN, Young-Ho, SEO, Moon-Hwo and LEE, Jai-Hyo
A restoration of 15th century Korean king Sejong’s striking Clepsydra at National Palace
Museum of Korea
3:30－4:00PMTea Time<NAOJ Campus Tour and Welcome Party>
4:00－5:30PM
NAOJ Campus Tour
5:30－8:00PM,
Welcome Party at Cafeteria

4September 9 (Thu):<Session K>[Chair: Strom, R.]

9:20－9:45AM, DÉBARBAT, Suzanne
A peculiar manuscript from Delisle’s jesuit correspondence
9:45－10:10AM, NAKAMURA, Tsuko
A lunar map Taiin-no-Zu depicted in 1813 by a Japanese Feudal Warlord
10:10－10:35AM, spare
10:35－10:45AM
Tea Time<Session L>[Chair: Jochi, S.]

10:45－11:35AM, MATSUURA, Kiyoshi (Invited)Star Mandaras, as visual images in which Buddhism coexists with astronomy or astrology
11:35 – 12:00AM, LEE, Ki-Won, AHN, Young Sook, MIHN, Byeong-Hee and KIM, Bong-Gyu
Incheon Meteorological Observatory and Comet Herschel-Rigollet
0:00 – 1:30PM
Lunch<Session M>[Chair: Nha, I.]

1:30－2:20PM, SOONTHORNTHUM, Boonrucksar (Invited)
The emergence of astronomy in Thailand
2:20－2:45PM, HIDAYAT, Bambang
The sky and the Agro-Bio-Climatology of Java: Need critical reevaluation due to environmental
changes
2:45－3:10PM, YOSHIDA, Seiko
The flying Hirayama: Escape from asteroid families
3:10－3:35PM, spare
3:30－4:00PM
Tea Time<Session N>[Chair: Hidayat, B.]

4:00－4:50PM, ORCHISTON, Wayne and WENDT, Harry (Invited)
The contribution of the ex-Georges heights experimental radar antenna to Australian radioastronomy
4:50－5:15PM, STEWART, Ron, GEORGE, Martin, ORCHISTON, Wayne and SLEE Bruce
A retrospective view of Australian solar radio astronomy. 2: 1960-1985
5:15－5:40PM,
Summary (STROM, Richard)
September 10 (Fri):<One-day Bus Tour to Nobeyama & Suwa>
8:30AM, Departure of Tour bus5

Poster Papers (Sept. 6 – 9)
1. MAEDER, Stefan
The Sword, the Snake & the Turtle - Three constellations from pre-modern China?
2. OH, Gilsun
Replications of ancient star maps by a computer
3. NARIKE, Tetsuro
Guo Mo-ruo and Babylonian astronomy: The origin of the Chinese Twelve-Branch
4. OZAWA, Kenji
Discovery of degrees in Ancient China
5. YOKOO, Hiromitsu
Accuracy of north-south orientation by the Indian-circle method of a gnomon and the use of therecorded ancient orientations
6. ÔHASHI, Yukio
Mathematical astronomy of SEKI Takakazu and SHIBUKAWA Harumi --- Understanding andovercoming the Chinese traditional calendars in the Edo Period of Japan7. ÔHASHI, Yukio
Astronomy and mathematics of Yixing
8. EHGAMBERDIEV, Shuhrat
Ulugh Beg’s catalogue of stars and al-Sufi’s sky map
9. VAHIA, Bambang, YADAV, Nisha and MENON, Srikumar
Foundations of Harappan Astronomy
10. LEE, Yong Bok and AHN, Young-sook
Analysis of solar eclipses records in Samguksagi
11. KIM, Sang Hyuk, LEE, Yong Sam and LEE, Min Soo
An analysis on the operation mechanism and 3D restoration of Ongnu in Sejong Era
12. OKAZAKI, Akira and TANOKURA, Mizuho
An examination of astronomical records in Vietnamese historical source
13. CHOI, Go-Eun, KIM, Dong Bin, LEE, Yong Bok, AHN, Young Sook and LEE, Yong Sam
A study of Korean Astronomical Almanacs for the period of 1864 – 1945
14. ANDROPOULOS, Jenny, ORCHISTON, Wayne and CLARK, Barry
Williamstown Observatory and the development of professional Astronomy in Australia
15. COTTAM, Stella, ORCHISTON, Wayne and STEPHENSON, Richard
The 1882 transit of Venus and the popularisation of astronomy through the pages of the New
York Times
16. HAFEZ, Ihsan, STEPHENSON, Richard and ORCHISTON, Wayne
Al-Sufi’s investigation of stars, star clusters and nebulae
17. ORCHISTON, Wayne and LUCIUK, Michael
Ronald McIntosh and the role of the amateur in New Zealand meteor astronomy
18. ORCHISTON, Wayne and PEARSON, John
The Lick Observatory and the development of professional astronomy in Western Australia
19. ORCHISTON, Wayne and PEARSON, John
The Lick Observatory and the development of solar astronomy in India

620. ORCHISTON, Wayne, DUERBECK, Hilmar W. and TENN, Joseph S.
Filling a void: The life and times of the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
21. ORCHISTON, Wayne, DUERBECK, Hilmar, GLASS, Ian, MALVILLE, Kim, MARSDEN, Brian,SIMONIA,Irakli,

SLEE,Bruce,

STEPHENSON,Richard,STROM,Richard,

WHITTINGHAM, Ian and WIELEBINSKI, Richard
History of astronomy at James Cook University, Australia
22. PEARSON, John and ORCHISTON, Wayne
The Lick Observatory and the development of professional astronomy in Indonesia
23. SAUTER, Jefferson, SIMONIA, Irakli, STEPHENSON, Richard and ORCHISTON, Wayne
The legendary fourth century Georgian total solar eclipse: fact or fantasy?
24. WELLS, Bill and ORCHISTON, Wayne
Early scientific astronomy on the American Northwest Coast: Captain Cook’s Sojourn atNootka Sound in 1778

II. Accommodations, Travel and Others
Narita Limousine Bus Timetable to and from Chofu<Narita  Chofu>
07:40

09:20

10:50

14:40

16:20

17:20

18:50

21:15

Narita Terminal-1(South wing) 07:45

09:25

10:55

14:45

16:25

17:25

18:55

21:20

Narita Terminal-1(North wing)

07:50

09:30

11:00

14:50

16:30

17:30

19:00

21:25

Chofu Station

09:40

11:20

12:50

16:35

18:25

19:20

20:50

22:55

Chofu Station

05:30

06:30

07:3011:10

12:50

14:10

17:50

19:50

Narita Terminal-2

07:05

08:25

09:35

13:05

14:35

15:55

19:45

21:25

Narita Terminal-1

07:10

08:30

09:40

13:10

14:40

16:00

19:50

21:30

Narita Terminal-2<Chofu  Narita>

It takes 90-130 minutes, depending on the traffic.
You can find Airport Limousine Bus information desk and ticket vending machines
just outside of the arrival customs gate at Narita International Airport.
See also the site: http://optik2.mtk.nao.ac.jp/~somamt/ICOA-website/HowToCome.html
for how to get to NAOJ, hotels at Musashi-sakai station and the location of the conference room.

MiscellaneousPeople who will stay at Cosmos Kaikan on Sept. 5 (Sun) should receive a room key from a guard
at the main entrance gate of NAOJ.

--- So, we look forward to seeing you all soon at Mitaka.
Have a nice trip!, Yilu Ping-an!, Gute Reise! and Bon Voyage!
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