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Past Speakers

Month Year Speaker Affiliation Title
September2023Larry MitchellHAS"Sir William Herschel - The Best Visual Observer of All Time. The Best Telescope Builder of His Time, and The Father of Modern Day Astronomy"
August2023Bill SpizzirriFBAC"A Preview of Astronomy On Wheels Presentations"
July2023Dr. Patricia H. Reiff

FBAC Nominating Committee
Rice University

FBAC
"Chasing Eclipses for Fun and Science"

August FBAC Officer Elections for 2023-2024: Candidates


(Monthly Meetings At HCC Stafford Are Held As On-Site and Zoom Hybrid Meetings)
June2023Tony WieseFBAC President"President's Updates"

Member Meet and Greet

(Monthly Meetings Resumed June 2023 Along With Test Hybrid Meeting With Zoom At HCC Stafford)
May2023Dr. Hartzel GillespieLunar Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association"An Introduction to Mars Wild Yet Familiar Weather"
April2023Dr. Megan Reiter


Jeff Lepp


Chris Morisette, Joel Brewer, Todd Dunnavant, Anil Ketkar
Rice University


FBAC ED Co-Chair


FBAC
"Diving Off the Cosmic Cliffs: a tour of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope"

Follow-Up 3.17.2023 ED Planning Committee Announcement with Vote

"Sharing My Latest Image"
March2023Dr. Scott W McIntosh





Jeff Lepp

Tony Wiese
Deputy Director, University Corporation For Atmospheric Research

FBAC ED Co-Chair

FBAC President
"Sunspot Cycle 25: The Path to SolarMax"





ED Planning Committee Announcement

FBAC Annual Super Star Awards For 2022 Volunteer Efforts
February2023Jeff Lepp



Bill Spizzirri
FBAC



FBAC
"Fundamentals of Image Calibration for Deep Sky Astrophotography" (Explanation & Demonstration of Using Darks, Flats, Bias)

"My Experiences with Astronomy / Space Related Travels"
January2023Dr. Aaron Clevenson


Sonny Manley
Director Insperity Observatory

FBAC
"Climbing the Cosmological Distance Ladder"


"Imaging Mars and Jupiter from Hawaii"
December2022No MeetingFBAC Holiday Party - Members Only
November2022Todd Dunnavant
Lee Higgins
FBAC
"The First Year: Our Journeys from Neophytes to Apprentices/Journeymen"
October2022Trevor Jones

Tony Wiese
AstroBackyard

FBAC
"Practical Astrophotography from the City"

"Previews of AOW Presentations: Relative Sizes Solar System Planets & Their Orbits; Lagrange Points; Lightyear Concepts; Electromagnetic Spectrum & Light Wavelengths"
September2022Jo Sutter, Barb Wiese, Sonny Manley, Keith Montz

Bill Spizzirri

FBAC


FBAC
"Restarting the FBAC Astronomy On Wheels (AOW) Program"


"Previews of AOW Presentations: Meteors, the Milky Way, the Moon"
August2022David HavilandFBAC"How a trip to see STS-127 lift off, ended up being a deep dive into Saturn rocket history"
July2022Brad Thomas

Steven Clayworth
FBAC

FBAC
"Backyard Hydrogen Line Radio Astronomy"

"A Trip Around the Summer Triangle"
June2022Dr. Gunther Kletetschka

Sonny Manley
University of Alaska,Fairbanks

FBAC
"How Sleepless Night Allows for Water
Transfer to the Moon"

"Imaging in Hawaii"
May2022Justin McCollum

Wayne Wiegand

Joel Brewer
FBAC

FBAC

FBAC

"Stellarium: The Common Astronomer's Planetarium"

"FBAC Outreach Event - BBSP Expo"

"EAA and the 5/15/2022 Lunar Eclipse"
April2022Dr. Maynard Pittendreigh





Leonard Ferguson
Astronomical League (AL) Executive Secretary & Outreach Program Coordinator

Volunteer NASA Solar System Ambassador Program
"Viewing and Imaging with the Unistellar Telescope"






"NASA Mission Updates"
March2022Jeff Lepp
David Haviland
Brad Thomas

Tony Wiese

FBAC


FBAC President
"One Step At A Time - Learning To Use Electonically-Assisted Astronomy(EAA) At The George Observatory"


FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2021 Volunteer Efforts
February2022Robert Ray

Anil Ketkar
FBAC

FBAC
"Imaging Solar Eclipses"

"Sun Affecting Earth's Climate"
January2022Dr. Peter Jenniskens

Neil Shet
SETI Institute

FBAC
"Charting Meteor Showers at the Edge of Space"

"A Journey thru Space and Time Part 5: Diversifying our Travels"
December2021



Robert Ray, Jai Shet, David Haviland, Steve Goldberg,Jeff Lepp, Neil Shet, Chen Wu, Joel Brewer


Wayne Wiegand, Leonard Ferguson, Liz Prochnow, Bill Spizzirri,Tony Wiese


Jeff
Lepp





FBAC







FBAC




FBAC
FBAC Holiday Meeting
(Annual FBAC Holiday Party not held due to
COVID restrictions)


"Photos Of All Kinds"



Slide Show - Members Receiving NSN Pins for 2020 Super Star Awards - photos by Jo Ellen Sutter


"Member Show And Tell"




Quiz Questions
November2021Robert Ray

William Spizzirri
FBAC

FBAC
"Observing and Imaging the Sun"

"The Historic Lick Observatory"
October2021Annie Wargetz
&
Leonard Ferguson


Steven Clayworth
Volunteers,NASA Solar System Ambassador Program

FBAC
"Open Lines:Explorations!"
Exploring YOUR Questions & Favorite Space Topics



"Good Books for Amateur Astronomers"
September2021Jimmy Newland
&
Jennifer Wang


Jai Shet & Neil Shet
FBAC

Graduate Student, MIT

FBAC
"ExMASS (Exploration of the Moon & Asteroids
by High School Students)"
An LPI-JSC/CLSE High School Student Research Program


"A Journey Through Space, Time (Part 4):
How to Capture Award Winning Images"
August2021Joel Brewer
Jeff Lepp
Sonny Manley
David Haviland

Anil Ketkar


Walt Cooney
FBAC




FBAC


FBAC
"Part II EAA (Electronically Assisted Astronomy) and Astrophotography"



"The Big Island of Hawaii - A place where Geology helps Astronomy"

"Perseids Activity 2021"
July2021Tony Wiese
Jeff Lepp
Joel Brewer
Sonny Manley

Joel Brewer
FBAC




FBAC
"EAA (Electronically Assisted Astronomy)"




"Field of View with EAA (Comparing telescopes and cameras)"
June2021Wayne Wiegand




Justin McCollum
FBAC VicePresident
& President Brazos Bend State Park Volunteers

FBAC "Professor Comet"
"Flood Preparation & Recovery at Brazos Bend State Park"




"Update on Comets"
May2021Dr. Donna Stokes


Jai Shet & Neil Shet
University of Houston

FBAC
"University of Houston Undergraduate Physics Program and Student Societies In Physics & Astronomy"

"A Journey Through Space & Time: Being One With The Milky Way"
April2021Steven Clayworth

Leonard Ferguson
FBAC

FBAC Volunteer, NASA Solar System Ambassador Program
"Classic Telescopes - A Trip Down Memory Lane"

"Mars Mission Update - Perseverance / Ingenuity"
March2021Dr. Patrick Hartigan


Tony Wiese
Rice University


FBAC President
"Pre-Main Sequence Spectroscopic Binaries"
Observing Binary Star Systems

FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2020 Volunteer Efforts
February2021Leonard Ferguson
Annie Wargetz



William Spizzirri
Volunteers in NASA Solar System Ambassador Program

FBAC
"Mars and Living in Space"
Including most up-to-date info on
the 2/18/2021 Perseverance Landing


"Observatories on Mount Haleakakla on the island of Maui"
January2021David Haviland

David Haviland

Joe Dellinger



Membership
FBAC

FBAC

FBAC Asteroid "A-Team" Member


FBAC
"A Primer of the Moon & why it's your outreach friend"

"My Ongoing Travels in Lunar Photography"

Announcement of Asteroid "509018 Wiese"
named for FBAC President Tony Wiese who has led FBAC outreach for over a decade

Images of Jupiter-Saturn Great Conjunction
taken by FBAC Members 12/14-12/21
December2020



Steven Clayworth

Tony Wiese

Jeff Lepp




FBAC

FBAC

FBAC
FBAC Holiday Meeting
(Annual FBAC Holiday Party not held due to
COVID restrictions)

"Introduction to Telescopes"

"Introduction to Binoculars"

"Introduction to Astrophotography"
November2020Tom Field


Treavor Quinn &
Chris Wells


Steven Clayworth
Editor, Sky & Telescope Magazine

JSCAS


FBAC Novice Support&Observing Chair
"You Can Almost Touch the Stars"


"Astro Pi"
Remote Telescope Control with Raspberry Pi


"Upcoming Sky Views"
October2020Dr. Andrea Isella

Anil Ketkar
Rice University

FBAC
"C.L.E.V.E.R. Planets Project"

"Precession of Equinoxes"
September2020Dr. K. T. Ramesh

Abhi Gudipati
Johns Hopkins U.

FBAC
"Planetary Impact, Cratering, and Asteroid Disruption"

"Finding Habitable Exoplanets - A Data Science Approach"
August2020Dr. Christopher Johns-Krull

Jai Shet & Neil Shet
Rice University


FBAC
"Searching for Planets Around Young Stars"


"Journey Thru Space & Time: On the Road to Milky Way"

"Creating Panorama of Northern & Southern Milky Way"

"Phase-Stacked Full Moon Image from Waning and Waxing Phases"

(Meeting Held Online in Consideration of Social Distancing)
July2020Dr. Brad Thomas

Leonard Ferguson
FBAC

FBAC Volunteer in NASA Solar System Ambassador Program
"Microcomputers and the Portable Observatory"

"NASA Mission Updates"


(Meeting Held Online in Consideration of Social Distancing)
June2020William Spizziri

Jeff Lepp
FBAC

FBAC East Dome Co-Chair
"21 Facts About the Moon"

Status of East Dome maintenance and repairs

(Meeting Held Online in Consideration of Social Distancing)
May2020Annie Wargetz & Leonard Ferguson



Dr. Craig DeForest
Volunteers in NASA Solar System Ambassador Program

Southwest Research Institute
"The Road Goes Ever On: The Martian Rovers and Our Path to the Red Planet"



Imaging Solar Wind & Outer Reaches of Solar Corona:
"The Riotous Torrent of the Solar Wind
(or: Imaging Practically Nothing At All)"

(Meeting Held Online in Consideration of Social Distancing)
April2020Jeff Lepp

Steven Clayworth

Abhi Gudipati
FBAC

FBAC

FBAC
"Image Calibration (what are darks, flats and biases)"

"Using a German Equatorial Mount"

"The Light that Hides the Stars - How it Impacts Life on Earth"

First Meeting Held Online
(In Consideration of Social Distancing Restrictions)
March2020March Meeting Cancelled HCC Closure During Coronavirus Social Distancing Recommendations
February2020Dr. David Alexander

Tony Wiese
Rice University

FBAC President
"The Space Physics of Exoplanets"

FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2019 Volunteer Efforts
January2020Dr. Lisa W. Koerner


Dr. Maynard Pittendreigh
University of Houston

Astronomical League (AL) ExecutiveSecretary & Outreach Program Coordinator
Neutrinos Update and D.U.N.E.
"Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment"

"What is New and Old with the Astronomical League - Including New Library Outreach Telesope Program"

Presented FBAC's 200th Astronomical League Outreach Award to Abhi Gudipati
December2019No MeetingFBAC Holiday Party - Members Only
November2019Dr. Edgar Bering III


Steve Goldberg
University of Houston

FBAC
"Update on VASIMR - Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket"

Texas Star Party 2020 - Part II Registration
October2019Dr. Matthew Baring

Steve Goldberg
Rice University

FBAC

FBAC
"Supermassive Black Holes - Blasts from the Past"

Texas Star Party 2020 - Part I

FBAC 35th Anniversary Celebration 1984-2019
September2019September Meeting Cancelled HCC Closure Due To Tropical Storm Imelda

Rescheduled: FBAC 35th Anniversary Celebration 1984-2019
August2019Don Cooper


Abhi Gudipati



FBAC
"To The Moon -- Commemorating 50-Year Apollo 11 Anniversary"

"Apollo Lunar Landing Sites"
July2019Dr. Louise Prockter



David Haviland
Director, Lunar Planetary Institute - Houston

FBAC
"Europa and the Europa Clipper Mission"



"A Lunar Primer - The Moon Is Your Friend at Outreach Events"
June2019Charles Phillips


Steven Clayworth



FBAC Novice Support & Observation Committee Chair
"Tracking Satellites, How and Why / Predicting When Fall to Earth"

"10 Summertime Objects"
May2019Dr. Marc Fries




Joe Dellinger
NASA Curator of Cosmic Dust at Johnson Space Center

FBAC
"Methane Plumes on Mars"




"Discovering Asteroids"
April2019Dr. Scott Solomon

Neil Shet, Jai Shet
Rice University

FBAC
"Evolutionary Biology on Mars"

"A Journey Through Space and Time: How We Built the Tootsie Roll Telescope and More"
March2019William Spizzirri


Steven Clayworth, Jeff Lepp, Mac Hooton
FBAC


FBAC
"Blood Lines - Why I Study Astronomy / How We Are Made Up of Stardust"

"Three Main Types of Telescopes" - With Demonstrations
February2019Annie Wargetz




Steve Goldberg

Tony Wiese

February 16 - FBAC Solar Saturday at the George Observatory
Volunteer in NASA Solar System Ambassador Program

FBAC

FBAC President
"The Most Precious Gold or How a Human Spaceflight Enthusiast Came to Love the Sun"



Upcoming Texas Star Party 4/28-5/5 2019

FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2018 Volunteer Efforts
January2019Main Speaker Cancellation

Steven Clayworth




Leonard Ferguson, Annie Wargetz

January 4 - FBAC Member Only Observing Party



FBAC Novice Support & Observation Committee Chair

NASA Solar System Ambassadors



"Orders of Magnitude: The Size of the Universe Through the Ages"



"NASA Mission Updates: New Horizons, OSIRIS-REx, InSight, Parker, TESS"
December2018No MeetingFBAC Holiday Party - Members Only
November2018Dr. Brandon Reddell

Steven Clayworth
NASA

FBAC Novice Support & Observation Committee Chair
Ionizing Radiation and It's Effects on Humans and Electronics

"15 For Fall" Favorite Viewing Objects
October2018Dr. Stephen Bradshaw

Steven Clayworth



October 13 - FBAC Solar Saturday at the George Observatory

October 26 - FBAC Member Only Observing Party at the George Observatory
Rice University

FBAC Novice Support & Observation Committee Chair
The Dynamic Solar Atmosphere

Memorable Astronomy Experiences
September2018Observing Meeting

Leonard Ferguson & Annie Wargetz


Anil Ketkar


NASA Solar System Ambassadors

FBAC
Cancelled Due to Weather

NASA Mission Updates: New Horizons, OSIRIS-REx, Parker Solar Probe, Mars Spirit & Opportunity Rovers, Mars Science Laboratory - Curiosity Rover, Mars InSight

Stargazing 101 for Novices and Astrophotography
August2018Annie Wargetz



Steven Clayworth
NASA Solar System Ambassador

FBAC Novice Support & Observation Committee Chair
Parker Solar Probe - A Mission to Touch the Sun



Committee Overview and Plans for October 26 member observing at the George Observatory
July2018Dr. Christopher Johns-Krull

David Haviland
Rice University


FBAC
Searching for Planets Around the Youngest Stars


Do It Yourself Astronomy - Telrads
June2018Dr. Aasron Clevenson


David Haviland
NHAC/Insperity


FBAC
Night Vision - What Is It; What Affects Night Vision; How Long Does it Take to Recover After Interruption by Light

Battery Booster Modifications - How to Prolong Time Between Charges
May2018Jeff Lepp

Amelia & Steve Goldberg

Amelia & Steve Goldberg
FBAC

FBAC


FBAC
Setting Circles - A Poor Man's Go-To System for Dobsonians

8/2017 Solar Eclipse Experience in Oregon


TSP 2018 Omega Centauri Award to FBAC
April2018Observing Meeting

Michael Fredette


FBAC
Cancelled Due to Weather

Cassini: The Mission and the Enceladus Surprise
March2018Jeff Lepp

Michael Fredette
FBAC

FBAC
The Anatomy of an Imaging Session

Drake's Equation and the Fermi paradox
February2018Dr. Brad Thomas

Leonard Ferguson



Tony Wiese
FBAC

FBAC NASA Solar System Ambassador

FBAC
The Strange Behavior of Alt-Azimuth Mounts

NASA Mission Updates: New Horizons, Juno, OSIRIS-REx, InSight


FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2017 Volunteer Efforts
January2018Dr. Matthew BaringRice UniversityThe Buzz and the Bang of Neutron Stars
December2017No MeetingHoliday Party Cancelled - George Observatory Unavailable Due to Hurricane Harvey Damage
November2017Jason NishiyamaRoyal Astronomical Society of CanadaPlanetary Nebula Morphology, Ellipses and Butterflies
October2017Bill Spizzirri

Membership
FBAC

FBAC
Cosmic Distance Measurement

More Eclipse experiences from the membership
September2017Membership

Michael Fredette

Leonard Ferguson
FBAC

FBAC

FBAC NASA Solar System Ambassador
Eclipse experiences from the membership

Cassini Eulogy - The End of the Cassini Mission

NASA Mission Updates: New Horizons, Juno, OSIRIS-REx, Orion & SLS
August2017No Meeting2017 Total Solar Eclipse
July2017Justin McCollumFBACIn Search of Hypernovae
June2017Dr. Lisa WhiteheadUniversity of HoustonWhat We've Learned About Neutrinos
May2017Dr. C. Renee JamesSam Houston State University50 Years of Pulsars: How a Bit of Scruff Changed the Astronomical Game
April2017Observing MeetingObserving meeting at HCC
March2017Dr. Huarte-Espinosa


Tony Wiese
University of Houston

FBAC
Studying shining nebulae with supercomputers and laboratory experiments

FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2016 Volunteer Efforts
February2017Dr. Aaron Clevenson

Michael Fredette & Tracy Knauss
NHAC/Insperity

FBAC
Radio Astronomy at Home

Astronomical League Outreach Awards Ceremony
130 Awards for > 4400 Outreach Hours
(63 Outreach, 46 Stellar Outreach, 21 Master Outreach)
January2017Jeff LeppFBACImage Post Processing with PixInsight
December2016No MeetingFBAC Holiday Party
November2016James Wooten

Michael Fredette
FBAC/HMNS

FBAC
The Eclipse of 2017

Very Basic Lunar Geology
October2016Observing Meeting FBACObserving meeting at HCC
September2016Dr. Brad Thomas



Leonard Ferguson
FBAC



FBAC
Coordinate Concepts and Programming for Telescopes: GoTo vs Push-To Pointing / Slewing Systems for Equatorial Mounts

Trip to Cape Canaveral for Launch of OSIRIS-REx 9/8/2016
August2016Jeff Lepp


David Havliand
FBAC


FBAC
Image Calibration, Registration (Alignment), and Stacking (Integration) for Astrophotography

Slides from Trip to Greenwich, England & Dr. Ken Seidelmann's Reports on GPS Coordinates for the Real Prime Meridian
July2016Scott Mitchell and Amelia Goldberg

David Haviland
FBAC


FBAC
From Eyepiece to Imagination - Astronomical Art


Open Forum - Member Discussion
June2016Jeff Lepp and Richard Schmidt

David Havliand

Leonard Ferguson
FBAC


FBAC

FBAC NASA Solar System Ambassador
Equatorial Platform - Tracking for your Dob


Review of East Dome Mirror Recoating

NASA Mission Updates: New Horizons, Juno, OSIRIS-REx, SLS, Dawn
May2016Don Cooper

Steve Goldberg


FBAC
Saturn V Guidance System 1962-1978

5/1-8 2016 Texas Star Party Review
April2016Observing MeetingFBAC/HMNSObserving Meeting at HCC
March2016Steve Clayworth


Steve Goldberg
FBAC


FBAC
Aberrant Behavior - Inherent Characterstics of Telescopes: Cause and Remedies

July 11, 1999 Total Solar Eclipse Experience in Baja, Mexico
&
FBAC Participation in the 2003-2006 "Telescopes for Telethon" Fundraisers
February2016Bill Spizzirri

Michael Fredette



Tony Wiese

February 21 - FBAC Member Only Observing Party at the George Observatory
FBAC

FBAC



FBAC
Nucleosynthesis

Nebula Classifications & Demo of Celestia Simulation Software Travel to M42, RCW 79, HST 10, M51a / NGC 5194

FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2015 Volunteer Efforts
January2016Don Cooper

David Haviland

Joe Dellinger


FBAC

FBAC
Saturn V Guidance Systems - easy version

Astronomy Apps for Android Devices

January 19 - Binocular Viewing of Moon's Occultation of Aldeberan at Bates Park, Angleton Tx.
December2015No MeetingFBAC Holiday Party
November2015Leonard Ferguson

Jeff Lepp



David Haviland
FBAC

FBAC



FBAC
OSIRIS-REx mission to Bennu

Report on 10/11/2015 18" East Dome Telescope Mirror Removed, Cleaned, Reinstalled,Recollimated - Tracy Knauss, Jeff Lepp, Diana Gonzales, Joe Dellinger

How to Easily Build a Home-Made Mount to Attach a Smart Phone to a Telescope
October2015Observing Meeting FBACObserving meeting at HCC
September2015Bill SpizzirriFBACPalomar Observatory & Comet Hunters Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy
August2015Wes Whiddon

Mac Hooton
FBAC

FBAC
History of FBAC

Earth's Ice Ages
July2015Peggy Halford


Leonard Ferguson


July 26 - FBAC Member Only Observing Party at the George: Tracy Knauss, Joe Dellinger, Jeff Lepp, Justin McCollum, Tony Wiese
HMNS Director of the George

FBAC NASA Solar System Ambassador

FBAC
The 4 year effort to recoat the 36" mirror


NASA Missions: New Horizons at Pluto, Juno, Dawn, InSight, OSIRIS-REx


Volunteering at the George & East Dome, Asteroid Searches, East Dome Sign Up Sheet, East Dome and Research Dome Viewing
June2015Debbie Moran

Steve Goldberg
HAS

FBAC
Total Eclipse! The Thrill of the Chase

Sights and Sounds Of TSP - 5/10-16 2015
May2015Dr. Daniel McDonald


Michael Fredette
University of Houston

FBAC
22 Year Sunspot Cycle


How To Collimate Newtonian and Dobsonian Telescopes With Deomonstration
April2015Steve Clayworth

Debbie Moran
FBAC

HAS
NEOWISE - Near Earth Objects

Basic Sky Navigation Tools
March2015Leonard Ferguson

David Haviland
FBAC

FBAC
Mission to Bennu - OSIRIS REx - Asteroid Sample Return

Open Forum - Member Discussion
February2015Joe Dellinger


Louise Riofrio

Tony Wiese
FBAC


JSC

FBAC
Asteroid hunting in the East Dome - 10+ Years of Chasing Asteroids

Speed of Light

FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2014 Volunteer Efforts
January2015Bill Spizzirri


Justin McCollum
FBAC


FBAC
Steward Observatory Mirror Lab at the University of Arizona

Moons of Our Solar System From Jupiter to Neptune
December2014No MeetingFBAC Holiday Party
November2014Annie Wargetz

David Haviland
FBAC

FBAC
Orion - The Journey to Deep Space

Open Forum - Member Discussion
October2014Jeff LeppFBACA Beginner's Setup For Deep Sky Astrophotography
September2014Dr. Aaron ClevensonNHAC/InsperitySupernova M82/SN2014J
August2014Madhan R. TirumalaiUniversity of HoustonAstrobiology
July2014Main Speaker Cancellation

Steve Goldberg



FBAC



How To Plan An Evening Of Astronomical Viewing To Get The Most Out Of The Evening
&
Sky Tools App
June2014Dr. Daniel McDonald


David Haviland
University of Houston

FBAC
Gravitational Waves and Inflation


Apparent Magnitudes of Common Astronomical Objects Including Globular Clusters
May2014Annie Wargetz


David Haviland
FBAC


FBAC
STEREO Satellites Solar TErrestrial RElations Obsesrvatories

Open Forum - Member Discussion
April2014Paul Maley


Bill Spizzirri
JSCAS


FBAC
Eclipses of Stars by Asteroids - or - How to Map an Asteroid for $700

The Telescopes on Mauna Kea
March2014James WesselJSCASNASA Solar and Lunar Observing Missions
February2014Tony WieseFBACFBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2013 Volunteer Efforts
January2014David HavilandFBACStar Hopping - How To & Tools
December2013No MeetingFBAC Holiday Party
November2013Dr. Marjorie Corcoran

William Spizzirri
Rice University

FBAC


Greenwich Observatory and Stonehenge - England
October2013No MeetingAll Clubs Meeting & Astronomy Day
September2013Dr. Daniel McDonald


Don d'Entremont
University of Houston

FBAC



Solar Fusion - How It Works
August2013Dr. Paul Padley


Mary Lockwood
Rice University


FBAC
Cosmology at the Microscopic Scale: Experiments At the LHC Are Able To Look For Dark Matter and Extra Dimensions

Sundials - Especially the One Located at Brazos Bend State Park Nature Center
July2013Dr. Reginald DufourRice UniversitySpectroscopy 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
June2013Dr. Daniel McDonaldUniversity of HoustonPhase Diagram of Nuclear Matter - Evolution of Matter Shortly After the Big Bang
May2013Ramkumar Balasubramanian

Tony Wiese
Rice University


FBAC
Sun-Earth & Space Weather


Relative Sizes of The Planets & Their Orbits - With NSN Props
April2013Dr. Jim WesselJSCASNASA Earth Observing Mission
March2013Dr. Billie HarlandElectrical Systems Engineer at VeoliaStar Lore or How Ancient Cultures Believed the Cosmos Came To Be
February2013Dr. Roger Boston


Tony Wiese
Professor, Asian Studies

FBAC
Ancient Cinese Astronomy & Navigation


FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2012 Volunteer Efforts
January2013Dr. Aaron Clevenson

Michael Fredette
NHAC/Insperity

FBAC
Cosmic Cataclysms, or Things That Go Bump In the Night

The Moons of The Solar System: A Typology
December2012No MeetingHoliday
November2012Don d'Entremont

Dr. Aaron Clevenson
FBAC

NHAC/Insperity
4 Points of View Re: What Is A Planet and What Is Pluto

Mommy, Where Do I Come From? Nucleosynthesis In Stars
October2012No MeetingAll-Clubs Meeting/Astronomy Day
September2012Dr. Christopher Johns-Krull

Dr. Alex Filippenko
Rice University


UC Berkley
Brown Dwarfs and Giant Planets Around Newly-Found Stars


Video - Expansion of the Universe
August2012David HavilandFBACA History of Barringer Meteor Crater and Other Impact Adventures
July2012
June2012
May2012
April2012
March2012Justin McCollum

Don d'Entremont
FBAC

FBAC
Gliese 1214b: A Personal Study of a Strange Water World

Earth Orbit & World Calendar vs. Mars Orbit
February2012Steve Clayworth and Jim Jackson

Tony Wiese
FBAC


FBAC
Journey to Palomar


FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2011 Volunteer Efforts
January2012Stephen Walker


Michael Fredette
FBAC


FBAC
Report on Initial Refurbishment Attempts of 36" Mirror at the George

Life and Work of Sir Patrick Moore: Caldwell Catalog & Over 760 Episodes of The Sky At Night
December2011No MeetingFBAC Holiday Party
November2011Steve Clayworth


Justin McCollum
FBAC


FBAC
Video of Disney Early Science Programs Circa 1956 (pre-sputnik) About the Moon and Travel to the Moon

Neptune And Uranus, The Outer Gas Giants
October2011No meetingAll-Clubs Meeting/Astronomy Day
September2011Nathaniel WhiteheadFBACScience and Philosophy of Astronomy
August2011
July2011
June2011Justin McCollum

Steven Clayworth
FBAC

FBAC
The Spring Constellations on the Summer Solstice!

Report on Planet Three - The Earth
May2011Tony Wiese and Stephanie Walker

Don d'Entremont
FBAC


FBAC
East Dome Remodel & Mirror Recoating


The Wobble of The Sun
April2011Nathaniel Whitehead

Justin McCollum
FBAC

FBAC
The Reoccurring Nova in Pixis and on the Decadal Survey

The Inferior Planets
March2011Abbreviated Meeting 7PM To 7:24 PM
February2011Dr. Aaron Clevenson

Don d'Entremont

Tony Wiese
NHAC/Insperity

FBAC

FBAC
The Astronomer Tycho Brahe

The Earth As Observing Platform

FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2010 Volunteer Efforts
January2011