Previous Presentations

2025
  • January:
    • “Dark Matter & Dark Energy” – James Wooten, HMNS – video
  • March:
    • “Things I thought I’d Never See” – Bob King – video
  • April:
    • “Observations of Exoplanets & Interpretations of Stellar Variability” – Ryan Oelkers, UT Rio Grande Valley – video
  • May:
    • “Remote Telescope Hosting” – Brad Burgess, Prairie Skies Astro – video
  • June:
    • “Ocean Worlds: Water in our Solar System and Beyond” – Leonard Ferguson
  • July:
    • “Charles Messier: The Ferret of Comets” – Larry McHenry – video
  • August:
    • 10+ Years of Chasing Asteroids with the FBAC “A-Team” – Joe Dellinger – video
  • September:
    • NASA Mission Updates – Leonard Ferguson, NASA, Solar System Ambassador – video
  • October:
    • Celestron Origin – Thoughts – Paul Lotz – video
  • November:
    • Orion Nebula – Wonders and Mysteries – Justin McCollum – video
  • January:
    • “Variable Star Research” – Walt Cooney, HAS – video
  • February:
    • “The Nature of Time” – Bill Spizzirri, FBAC – video
    • “The October 2023 Annular Eclipse” – Justin McCollum, FBAC
  • March:
    • “Astrobiology: Journey Into The Unknown” –  Madhan Tirumalai, University of Houston – video
  • April:
    • “Primitive Asteroids: Insights into the Early Solar System” – Dr. Driss Takir, JSC Astronomical Research & Exploration Science (ARES)
  • May:
    • “Sunspot Cycle 25: Testing a Forecast in Real Time” – Dr. Scott McIntosh, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) – video
  • June:
    • “The Secret Lives of (real) Stars” – James Wooten, FBAC & HMNS – video
  • July:
    • “Exploring the Nature and Weirdness of Globular Clusters” – Justin McCollum, FBAC & HMNS – video
  • August:
    • “Shoemaker-Levy 9 Meets Jupiter: 30 Years On” – Dr. David Levy – video
  • September:
    • “Mediocre (almost successful) Astrophotography” – Bill Spizzirri, FBAC
    • “Europa Clipper” – Leonard Ferguson, FBAC
  • October:
    • “Southern Skies and the Aurora” – Dr. Aaron Clevenson, NHAC & Insperity Observatory – video
  • November:
    • “Basic Newtonian Collimation” – Jeff Lepp, FBAC – video
    • “My travels so far in lunar photography” – David Haviland, FBAC – video
  • January:
    • “Climbing the Cosmological Distance Ladder” – Dr. Aaron Clevenson, Director Insperity Observatory
    • “Imaging Mars and Jupiter from Hawaii” – Sonny Manley, FBAC
  • February:
    • “Fundamentals of Image Calibration for Deep Sky Astrophotography (Explanation & Demonstration of Using Darks, Flats, Bias)” – Jeff Lepp, FBAC
    • “My Experiences with Astronomy / Space Related Travels” – Bill Spizzirri, FBAC
  • March:
    • “Sunspot Cycle 25: The Path to SolarMax” – Dr. Scott W McIntosh, Deputy Director, University Corporation For Atmospheric Research
  • April:
    • “Diving Off the Cosmic Cliffs: a tour of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope” – Dr. Megan Reiter, Rice University
    • “Sharing My Latest Image” – Chris Morisette, Joel Brewer, Todd Dunnavant, Anil Ketkar
  • May:
    • “An Introduction to Mars Wild Yet Familiar Weather” – Dr. Hartzel Gillespie, Lunar Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association
  • July:
    • “Chasing Eclipses for Fun and Science” – Dr. Patricia H. Reiff, Rice University
  • August:
    • “A Preview of Astronomy On Wheels Presentations” – Bill Spizzirri, FBAC
  • September:
    • “Sir William Herschel – The Best Visual Observer of All Time. The Best Telescope Builder of His Time, and The Father of Modern Day Astronomy” – Larry Mitchell, HAS – video
  • October:
    • “Overview of the Astronomical League’s Universe Sampler Observing Program” – Amelia Goldberg, FBAC, HAS – video
  • November:
    • “Saturn Vehicle Guidance Equations” – Don Cooper – video
  • January:
    • “Charting Meteor Showers at the Edge of Space” – Dr. Peter Jenniskens, SETI Institute
    • “A Journey thru Space and Time Part 5: Diversifying our Travels” – Neil Shet, FBAC
  • February:
    • “Imaging Solar Eclipses” – Robert Ray, FBAC
    • “Sun Affecting Earth’s Climate” – Anil Ketkar, FBAC
  • March:
    • “One Step At A Time – Learning To Use Electonically-Assisted Astronomy(EAA) At The George Observatory” – Jeff Lepp, David Haviland, Brad Thomas, FBAC
  • April:
    • “Viewing and Imaging with the Unistellar Telescope” – Dr. Maynard Pittendreigh, Astronomical League (AL) Executive Secretary & Outreach Program Coordinator
    • “NASA Mission Updates” – Leonard Ferguson, Volunteer NASA Solar System Ambassador Program
  • May:
    • “Stellarium: The Common Astronomer’s Planetarium” – Justin McCollum, FBAC
    • “EAA and the 5/15/2022 Lunar Eclipse” – Joel Brewer, FBAC
  • June:
    • “How Sleepless Night Allows for Water Transfer to the Moon” – Dr. Gunther Kletetschka, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
    • “Imaging in Hawaii” – Sonny Manley, FBAC
  • July:
    • “Backyard Hydrogen Line Radio Astronomy” – Brad Thomas, FBAC
    • “A Trip Around the Summer Triangle” – Steven Clayworth, FBAC
  • August:
    • “How a trip to see STS-127 lift off, ended up being a deep dive into Saturn rocket history” – David Haviland, FBAC
  • September:
    • “Restarting the FBAC Astronomy On Wheels (AOW) Program” – Jo Sutter, Barb Wiese, Sonny Manley, Keith Montz, FBAC
    • “Previews of AOW Presentations: Meteors, the Milky Way, the Moon” – Bill Spizzirri, FBAC
  • October:
    • “Practical Astrophotography from the City” – Trevor Jones, AstroBackyard
    • “Previews of AOW Presentations: Relative Sizes Solar System Planets & Their Orbits; Lagrange Points; Lightyear Concepts; Electromagnetic Spectrum & Light Wavelengths” – Tony Wiese, FBAC
  • November:
    • “The First Year: Our Journeys from Neophytes to Apprentices/Journeymen” – Todd Dunnavant, Sonny Manley, FBAC
  • January:
    • “A Primer of the Moon & why it’s your outreach friend” – David Haviland, FBAC
    • “My Ongoing Travels in Lunar Photography” – David Haviland, FBAC
    • “Announcement of Asteroid – 509018 Wiese (named for FBAC President Tony Wiese who has led FBAC outreach for over a decade)” – Joe Dellinger, FBAC
    • “Images of Jupiter-Saturn Great Conjunction (taken by FBAC Members 12/14-12/21)”
  • February:
    • “Mars and Living in Space” – Leonard Ferguson, Volunteers in NASA Solar System Ambassador Program
    • “Up-to-date info on
      the 2/18/2021 Perseverance Landing” – Annie Wargetz, FBAC
    • “Observatories on Mount Haleakakla on the island of Maui” – William Spizzirri, FBAC
  • March:
    • “Pre-Main Sequence Spectroscopic Binaries” – Dr. Patrick Hartigan, Rice University
  • April:
    • “Classic Telescopes – A Trip Down Memory Lane” – Steven Clayworth, FBAC
    • “Mars Mission Update – Perseverance / Ingenuity” – Leonard Ferguson, FBAC Volunteer, NASA Solar System Ambassador Program
  • May:
    • “University of Houston Undergraduate Physics Program and Student Societies In Physics & Astronomy” – Dr. Donna Stokes, University of Houston
    • “A Journey Through Space & Time: Being One With The Milky Way” – Jai Shet & Neil Shet, FBAC
  • June:
    • “Flood Preparation & Recovery at Brazos Bend State Park” – Wayne Wiegand, FBAC Vice President & President Brazos Bend State Park Volunteers
    • “Update on Comets” – Justin McCollum, FBAC
  • July:
    • “EAA (Electronically Assisted Astronomy)” – Tony Wiese, Jeff Lepp, Joel Brewer, Sonny Manley, FBAC
    • “Field of View with EAA (Comparing telescopes and cameras)” – Joel Brewer, FBAC
  • August:
    • “Part II EAA (Electronically Assisted Astronomy) and Astrophotography” – Joel Brewer, Jeff Lepp, Sonny Manley, David Haviland, FBAC
    • “The Big Island of Hawaii – A place where Geology helps Astronomy” – Anil Ketkar, FBAC
    • “Perseids Activity 2021” – Walt Cooney, FBAC
  • September:
    • “ExMASS (Exploration of the Moon & Asteroids by High School Students) – 
      An LPI-JSC/CLSE High School Student Research Program” – Jimmy Newland, FBAC & Jennifer Wang Graduate Student, MIT
    • “A Journey Through Space, Time (Part 4): How to Capture Award Winning Images” – Jai Shet & Neil Shet, FBAC
  • October:
    • “Open Lines:Explorations! – Exploring YOUR Questions & Favorite Space Topics” – Annie Wargetz Volunteers,NASA Solar System Ambassador Program & Leonard Ferguson FBAC
    • “Good Books for Amateur Astronomers” – Steven Clayworth, FBAC
  • November:
    • “Observing and Imaging the Sun” – Robert Ray, FBAC
    • “The Historic Lick Observatory” – William Spizzirri, FBAC
  • January:
    • “Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment” – Dr. Lisa W. Koerner, University of Houston
    • “What is New and Old with the Astronomical League – Including New Library Outreach Telesope Program” – Dr. Maynard Pittendreigh, Astronomical League (AL) ExecutiveSecretary & Outreach Program Coordinator
  • February:
    • “The Space Physics of Exoplanets” – Dr. David Alexander, Rice University
  • April:
    • “Image Calibration (what are darks, flats and biases)” – Jeff Lepp, FBAC
    • “Using a German Equatorial Mount” – Steven Clayworth, FBAC
    • “The Light that Hides the Stars – How it Impacts Life on Earth” – Abhi Gudipati, FBAC
  • May:
    • “The Road Goes Ever On: The Martian Rovers and Our Path to the Red Planet” – Annie Wargetz & Leonard Ferguson, Volunteers in NASA Solar System Ambassador Program
    • “Imaging Solar Wind & Outer Reaches of Solar Corona: The Riotous Torrent of the Solar Wind (or: Imaging Practically Nothing At All)” – Dr. Craig DeForest, Southwest Research Institute
  • June:
    • “21 Facts About the Moon” – William Spizziri, FBAC
  • July:
    • “Microcomputers and the Portable Observatory” – Dr. Brad Thomas, FBAC
    • “NASA Mission Updates” – Leonard Ferguson, FBAC Volunteer in NASA Solar System Ambassador Program
  • August:
    • “Searching for Planets Around Young Stars” – Dr. Christopher Johns-Krull, Rice University
    • “Journey Thru Space & Time: On the Road to Milky Way” – Jai Shet & Neil Shet, FBAC
    • “Creating Panorama of Northern & Southern Milky Way” – Jai Shet & Neil Shet, FBAC
    • “Phase-Stacked Full Moon Image from Waning and Waxing Phases” – Jai Shet & Neil Shet, FBAC
  • September:
    • “Planetary Impact, Cratering, and Asteroid Disruption” – Dr. K. T. Ramesh, Johns Hopkins U.
    • “Finding Habitable Exoplanets – A Data Science Approach” – Abhi Gudipati, FBAC
  • October:
    • “C.L.E.V.E.R. Planets Project” – Dr. Andrea Isella, Rice University
    • “Precession of Equinoxes” – Anil Ketkar, FBAC
  • November:
    • “You Can Almost Touch the Stars” – Tom Field, Editor, Sky & Telescope Magazine
    • “Astro Pi – Remote Telescope Control with Raspberry Pi” – Treavor Quinn & Chris Wells, JSCAS
    • “Upcoming Sky Views” – Steven Clayworth, FBAC
  • January:
    • “Orders of Magnitude: The Size of the Universe Through the Ages” – Steven Clayworth, FBAC
    • “NASA Mission Updates: New Horizons, OSIRIS-REx, InSight, Parker, TESS” – Leonard Ferguson, Annie Wargetz, NASA Solar System Ambassadors
  • February:
    • “The Most Precious Gold or How a Human Spaceflight Enthusiast Came to Love the Sun” – Annie Wargetz, Volunteer in NASA Solar System Ambassador Program
  • March:
    • “Blood Lines – Why I Study Astronomy / How We Are Made Up of Stardust” – William Spizzirri, FBAC
    • “Three Main Types of Telescopes (with demonstrations)” – Steven Clayworth, Jeff Lepp, Mac Hooton, FBAC
  • April:
    • “Evolutionary Biology on Mars” – Dr. Scott Solomon, Rice University
    • “A Journey Through Space and Time: How We Built the Tootsie Roll Telescope and More” – Neil Shet, Jai Shet, FBAC
  • May:
    • “Methane Plumes on Mars” – Dr. Marc Fries, NASA Curator of Cosmic Dust at Johnson Space Center
    • “Discovering Asteroids” – Joe Dellinger, FBAC
  • June:
    • “Tracking Satellites, How and Why / Predicting When Fall to Earth” – Charles Phillips, FBAC
    • “10 Summertime Objects” – Steven Clayworth, FBAC
  • July:
    • “Europa and the Europa Clipper Mission” – Dr. Louise Prockter,  Director, Lunar Planetary Institute – Houston
    • “A Lunar Primer – The Moon Is Your Friend at Outreach Events” – David Haviland, FBAC
  • August:
    • “To The Moon — Commemorating 50-Year Apollo 11 Anniversary” – Don Cooper, FBAC
    • “Apollo Lunar Landing Sites” – Abhi Gudipati
  • October:
    • “Supermassive Black Holes – Blasts from the Past” – Dr. Matthew Baring, Rice University
  • November:
    • “Update on VASIMR – Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket” – Dr. Edgar Bering III, University of Houston
  • January:
    • “The Buzz and the Bang of Neutron Stars” – Dr. Matthew Baring, Rice University
  • February:
    • “The Strange Behavior of Alt-Azimuth Mounts” – Dr. Brad Thomas, FBAC
    • “NASA Mission Updates: New Horizons, Juno, OSIRIS-REx, InSight” – Leonard Ferguson, FBAC NASA Solar System Ambassador
  • March:
    • “The Anatomy of an Imaging Session” – Jeff Lepp, FBAC
    • “Drake’s Equation and the Fermi paradox” – Michael Fredette FBAC
  • April:
    • “Cassini: The Mission and the Enceladus Surprise” – Michael Fredette
  • May:
    • “Setting Circles – A Poor Man’s Go-To System for Dobsonians” – Jeff Lepp, FBAC
    • “8/2017 Solar Eclipse Experience in Oregon” – Amelia & Steve Goldberg, FBAC
  • June:
    • “Night Vision – What Is It; What Affects Night Vision; How Long Does it Take to Recover After Interruption by Light” – Dr. Aasron Clevenson, NHAC/Insperity
    • “Battery Booster Modifications – How to Prolong Time Between Charges” – David Haviland, FBAC
  • July:
    • “Searching for Planets Around the Youngest Stars” – Dr. Christopher Johns-Krull, Rice University
    • “Do It Yourself Astronomy – Telrads” – David Haviland, FBAC
  • August:
    • “Parker Solar Probe – A Mission to Touch the Sun” – Annie Wargetz, NASA Solar System Ambassador
  • September:
    • “NASA Mission Updates: New Horizons, OSIRIS-REx, Parker Solar Probe, Mars Spirit & Opportunity Rovers, Mars Science Laboratory – Curiosity Rover, Mars InSight” – Leonard Ferguson & Annie Wargetz, NASA Solar System Ambassadors
    • “Stargazing 101 for Novices and Astrophotography” – Anil Ketkar, FBAC
  • October:
    • “The Dynamic Solar Atmosphere” – Dr. Stephen Bradshaw, Rice University
    • “Memorable Astronomy Experiences” – Steven Clayworth, FBAC
  • November:
    • “Ionizing Radiation and It’s Effects on Humans and Electronics” – Dr. Brandon Reddell, NASA
    • “’15 For Fall’ Favorite Viewing Objects” – Steven Clayworth, FBAC 
  • January:
    • “Image Post Processing with PixInsight” – Jeff Lepp, FBAC
  • February:
    • “Radio Astronomy at Home” – Dr. Aaron Clevenson, NHAC/Insperity
  • March:
    • “Studying shining nebulae with supercomputers and laboratory experiments” – Dr. Huarte-Espinosa, University of Houston
  • May:
    • “50 Years of Pulsars: How a Bit of Scruff Changed the Astronomical Game” – Dr. C. Renee James, Sam Houston State University
  • June:
    • “What We’ve Learned About Neutrinos” – Dr. Lisa Whitehead, University of Houston
  • July:
    • “In Search of Hypernovae” – Justin McCollum, FBAC
  • September:
    • “Cassini Eulogy – The End of the Cassini Mission” – Michael Fredette, FBAC
    • “NASA Mission Updates: New Horizons, Juno, OSIRIS-REx, Orion & SLS” – Leonard Ferguson, FBAC NASA Solar System Ambassador
  • October:
    • “Cosmic Distance Measurement” – Bill Spizzirri, FBAC
  • November:
    • “Planetary Nebula Morphology, Ellipses and Butterflies” – Jason Nishiyama, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
  • January:
    • “Saturn V Guidance Systems – easy version” – Don Cooper
    • “Astronomy Apps for Android Devices” – David Haviland, FBAC
    • “January 19 – Binocular Viewing of Moon’s Occultation of Aldeberan at Bates Park, Angleton Tx.” – Joe Dellinger, FBAC
  • February:
    • “Nucleosynthesis” – Bill Spizzirri, FBAC
    • “Nebula Classifications & Demo of Celestia Simulation Software Travel to M42, RCW 79, HST 10, M51a / NGC 5194” – Michael Fredette, FBAC
  • March:
    • “Aberrant Behavior – Inherent Characterstics of Telescopes: Cause and Remedies” – Steve Clayworth, FBAC
    • “July 11, 1999 Total Solar Eclipse Experience in Baja, Mexico” – Steve Goldberg, FBAC
  • May:
    • “Saturn V Guidance System 1962-1978” – Don Cooper, FBAC
  • June:
    • “Equatorial Platform – Tracking for your Dob” – Jeff Lepp and Richard Schmidt, FBAC
    • “NASA Mission Updates: New Horizons, Juno, OSIRIS-REx, SLS, Dawn” – Leonard Ferguson, FBAC NASA Solar System Ambassador
  • July:
    • “From Eyepiece to Imagination – Astronomical Art” – Scott Mitchell and Amelia Goldberg, FBAC
  • August:
    • “Image Calibration, Registration (Alignment), and Stacking (Integration) for Astrophotography” – Jeff Lepp, FBAC
    • “Slides from Trip to Greenwich, England & Dr. Ken Seidelmann’s Reports on GPS Coordinates for the Real Prime Meridian” – David Havliand, FBAC
  • September:
    • “Coordinate Concepts and Programming for Telescopes: GoTo vs Push-To Pointing / Slewing Systems for Equatorial Mounts” – Dr. Brad Thomas, FBAC
    • “Trip to Cape Canaveral for Launch of OSIRIS-REx 9/8/2016” – Leonard Ferguson, FBAC
  • November:
    • “The Eclipse of 2017” – James Wooten, FBAC/HMNS
    • “Very Basic Lunar Geology” – Michael Fredette, FBAC
  • January:
    • “Steward Observatory Mirror Lab at the University of Arizona” – Bill Spizzirri, FBAC
    • “Moons of Our Solar System From Jupiter to Neptune” – Justin McCollum, FBAC
  • February:
    • “Asteroid hunting in the East Dome – 10+ Years of Chasing Asteroids” – Joe Dellinger, FBAC
    • “Speed of Light” – Louise Riofrio, JSC
  • March:
    • “Mission to Bennu – OSIRIS REx – Asteroid Sample Return” – Leonard Ferguson, FBAC
  • April:
    • “NEOWISE – Near Earth Objects” – Steve Clayworth, FBAC
    • “Basic Sky Navigation Tools” – Debbie Moran, HAS
  • May:
    • “22 Year Sunspot Cycle” – Dr. Daniel McDonald, University of Houston
    • “How To Collimate Newtonian and Dobsonian Telescopes With Deomonstration” – Michael Fredette, FBAC
  • June:
    • “Total Eclipse! The Thrill of the Chase” – Debbie Moran, HAS
    • “Sights and Sounds Of TSP – 5/10-16 2015” – Steve Goldberg, FBAC
  • July:
    • “The 4 year effort to recoat the 36″ mirror” – Peggy Halford, HMNS Director of the George
    • “NASA Missions: New Horizons at Pluto, Juno, Dawn, InSight, OSIRIS-REx” – Leonard Ferguson, FBAC NASA Solar System Ambassador
  • August:
    • “History of FBAC” – Wes Whiddon, FBAC
    • “Earth’s Ice Ages” – Mac Hooton, FBAC
  • September:
    • “Palomar Observatory & Comet Hunters” – Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy Bill Spizzirri, FBAC
  • November:
    • “OSIRIS-REx mission to Bennu” – Leonard Ferguson, FBAC
    • “Report on 10/11/2015 18″ East Dome Telescope Mirror Removed, Cleaned, Reinstalled,Recollimated – Tracy Knauss, Jeff Lepp, Diana Gonzales, Joe Dellinger” – Jeff Lepp, FBAC
    • “How to Easily Build a Home-Made Mount to Attach a Smart Phone to a Telescope” – David Haviland, FBAC
  • January:
    • “Star Hopping – How To & Tools” –  David Haviland, FBAC
  • March:
    • “NASA Solar and Lunar Observing Missions” – James Wessel, JSCAS
  • April:
    • “Eclipses of Stars by Asteroids – or – How to Map an Asteroid for $700” – Paul Maley, JSCAS
    • “The Telescopes on Mauna Kea” – Bill Spizzirri, FBAC
  • May:
    • “STEREO Satellites Solar TErrestrial RElations Obsesrvatories” – Annie Wargetz, FBAC
  • June:
    • “Gravitational Waves and Inflation” – Dr. Daniel McDonald, University of Houston
    • “Apparent Magnitudes of Common Astronomical Objects Including Globular Clusters” – David Haviland, FBAC
  • July:
    • “How To Plan An Evening Of Astronomical Viewing To Get The Most Out Of The Evening & Sky Tools App” – Steve Goldberg
  • August:
    • “Astrobiology” – Madhan R. Tirumalai, University of Houston
  • September:
    • “Supernova M82/SN2014J” – Dr. Aaron Clevenson, NHAC/Insperity
  • October:
    • “A Beginner’s Setup For Deep Sky Astrophotography” – Jeff Lepp, FBAC
  • November:
    • “Orion – The Journey to Deep Space” – Annie Wargetz, FBAC
  • January:
    • “Cosmic Cataclysms, or Things That Go Bump In the Night” – Dr. Aaron Clevenson, NHAC/Insperity
    • “The Moons of The Solar System: A Typology” – Michael Fredette FBAC
  • February:
    • “Ancient Cinese Astronomy & Navigation” – Dr. Roger Boston, Professor, Asian Studies
  • March:
    • “Star Lore or How Ancient Cultures Believed the Cosmos Came To Be” – Dr. Billie Harland, Electrical Systems Engineer at Veolia
  • April:
    • “NASA Earth Observing Mission” – Dr. Jim Wessel, JSCAS
  • May:
    • “Sun-Earth & Space Weather” – Ramkumar Balasubramanian, Rice University
    • “Relative Sizes of The Planets & Their Orbits – With NSN Props” – Tony Wiese, FBAC
  • June:
    • “Phase Diagram of Nuclear Matter – Evolution of Matter Shortly After the Big Bang” – Dr. Daniel McDonald, University of Houston
  • July:
    • “Spectroscopy Study of Planetary Nebulae With the Hubble Telescope And The Increase In the Ratios of C and N to H and He With the Chemical Age Of Galaxies” – Dr. Reginald Dufour, Rice University
  • August:
    • “Cosmology at the Microscopic Scale: Experiments At the LHC Are Able To Look For Dark Matter and Extra Dimensions” – Dr. Paul Padley, Rice University
    • “Sundials – Especially the One Located at Brazos Bend State Park Nature Center” – Mary Lockwood, FBAC
  • September:
    • “Solar Fusion – How It Works” – Dr. Daniel McDonald, University of Houston
  • November:
    • “Greenwich Observatory and Stonehenge – England” – Dr. Marjorie Corcoran, Rice University
  • January:
    • “Report on Initial Refurbishment Attempts of 36″ Mirror at the George” – Stephen Walker, FBAC
    • “Life and Work of Sir Patrick Moore: Caldwell Catalog & Over 760 Episodes of The Sky At Night” – Michael Fredette, FBAC
  • February:
    • “Journey to Palomar” – Steve Clayworth and Jim Jackson, FBAC
  • March:
    • “Gliese 1214b: A Personal Study of a Strange Water World” – Justin McCollum, FBAC
    • “Earth Orbit & World Calendar vs. Mars Orbit” – Don d’Entremont, FBAC
  • August:
    • “A History of Barringer Meteor Crater and Other Impact Adventures” – David Haviland, FBAC
  • September:
    • “Brown Dwarfs and Giant Planets Around Newly-Found Stars” – Dr. Christopher Johns-Krull, Rice University
    • “Video – Expansion of the Universe” – Dr. Alex Filippenko, UC Berkley
  • November:
    • “4 Points of View Re: What Is A Planet and What Is Pluto” – Don d’Entremont, FBAC
  • February:
    • “The Astronomer Tycho Brahe” – Dr. Aaron Clevenson, NHAC/Insperity
    • “The Earth As Observing Platform” – Don d’Entremont, FBAC
  • April:
    • “The Reoccurring Nova in Pixis and on the Decadal Survey” – Nathaniel Whitehead, FBAC
    • “The Inferior Planets” – Justin McCollum, FBAC
  • May:
    • “East Dome Remodel & Mirror Recoating” – Tony Wiese and Stephanie Walker, FBAC
    • “The Wobble of The Sun” – Don d’Entremont, FBAC
  • June:
    • “The Spring Constellations on the Summer Solstice!” – Justin McCollum, FBAC
    • “Report on Planet Three – The Earth” – Steven Clayworth, FBAC
  • September:
    • “Science and Philosophy of Astronomy” – Nathaniel Whitehead, FBAC
  • November:
    • “Video of Disney Early Science Programs Circa 1956 (pre-sputnik) About the Moon and Travel to the Moon” – Steve Clayworth, FBAC
    • “Neptune And Uranus, The Outer Gas Giants” – Justin McCollum, FBAC

Scroll to Top