Past Speakers
| Month | Year | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
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| September | 2023 | Larry Mitchell | HAS | "Sir William Herschel - The Best Visual Observer of All Time. The Best Telescope Builder of His Time, and The Father of Modern Day Astronomy" |
| August | 2023 | Bill Spizzirri | FBAC | "A Preview of Astronomy On Wheels Presentations" |
| July | 2023 | Dr. 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) |
| June | 2023 | Tony Wiese | FBAC President | "President's Updates" Member Meet and Greet (Monthly Meetings Resumed June 2023 Along With Test Hybrid Meeting With Zoom At HCC Stafford) |
| May | 2023 | Dr. Hartzel Gillespie | Lunar Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association | "An Introduction to Mars Wild Yet Familiar Weather" |
| April | 2023 | Dr. 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" |
| March | 2023 | Dr. 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 |
| February | 2023 | Jeff 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" |
| January | 2023 | Dr. Aaron Clevenson Sonny Manley | Director Insperity Observatory FBAC | "Climbing the Cosmological Distance Ladder" "Imaging Mars and Jupiter from Hawaii" |
| December | 2022 | No Meeting | FBAC Holiday Party - Members Only | |
| November | 2022 | Todd Dunnavant Lee Higgins | FBAC | "The First Year: Our Journeys from Neophytes to Apprentices/Journeymen" |
| October | 2022 | Trevor 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" |
| September | 2022 | Jo 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" |
| August | 2022 | David Haviland | FBAC | "How a trip to see STS-127 lift off, ended up being a deep dive into Saturn rocket history" |
| July | 2022 | Brad Thomas Steven Clayworth | FBAC FBAC | "Backyard Hydrogen Line Radio Astronomy" "A Trip Around the Summer Triangle" |
| June | 2022 | Dr. Gunther Kletetschka Sonny Manley | University of Alaska,Fairbanks FBAC | "How Sleepless Night Allows for Water Transfer to the Moon" "Imaging in Hawaii" |
| May | 2022 | Justin 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" |
| April | 2022 | Dr. 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" |
| March | 2022 | Jeff 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 |
| February | 2022 | Robert Ray Anil Ketkar | FBAC FBAC | "Imaging Solar Eclipses" "Sun Affecting Earth's Climate" |
| January | 2022 | Dr. 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" |
| December | 2021 | 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 |
| November | 2021 | Robert Ray William Spizzirri | FBAC FBAC | "Observing and Imaging the Sun" "The Historic Lick Observatory" |
| October | 2021 | Annie 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" |
| September | 2021 | Jimmy 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" |
| August | 2021 | Joel 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" |
| July | 2021 | Tony Wiese Jeff Lepp Joel Brewer Sonny Manley Joel Brewer | FBAC FBAC | "EAA (Electronically Assisted Astronomy)" "Field of View with EAA (Comparing telescopes and cameras)" |
| June | 2021 | Wayne 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" |
| May | 2021 | Dr. 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" |
| April | 2021 | Steven Clayworth Leonard Ferguson | FBAC FBAC Volunteer, NASA Solar System Ambassador Program | "Classic Telescopes - A Trip Down Memory Lane" "Mars Mission Update - Perseverance / Ingenuity" |
| March | 2021 | Dr. 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 |
| February | 2021 | Leonard 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" |
| January | 2021 | David 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 |
| December | 2020 | 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" |
| November | 2020 | Tom 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" |
| October | 2020 | Dr. Andrea Isella Anil Ketkar | Rice University FBAC | "C.L.E.V.E.R. Planets Project" "Precession of Equinoxes" |
| September | 2020 | Dr. K. T. Ramesh Abhi Gudipati | Johns Hopkins U. FBAC | "Planetary Impact, Cratering, and Asteroid Disruption" "Finding Habitable Exoplanets - A Data Science Approach" |
| August | 2020 | Dr. 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) |
| July | 2020 | Dr. 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) |
| June | 2020 | William 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) |
| May | 2020 | Annie 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) |
| April | 2020 | Jeff 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) |
| March | 2020 | March Meeting Cancelled | HCC Closure During Coronavirus Social Distancing Recommendations | |
| February | 2020 | Dr. David Alexander Tony Wiese | Rice University FBAC President | "The Space Physics of Exoplanets" FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2019 Volunteer Efforts |
| January | 2020 | Dr. 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 |
| December | 2019 | No Meeting | FBAC Holiday Party - Members Only | |
| November | 2019 | Dr. Edgar Bering III Steve Goldberg | University of Houston FBAC | "Update on VASIMR - Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket"
Texas Star Party 2020 - Part II Registration |
| October | 2019 | Dr. 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 |
| September | 2019 | September Meeting Cancelled | HCC Closure Due To Tropical Storm Imelda Rescheduled: FBAC 35th Anniversary Celebration 1984-2019 | |
| August | 2019 | Don Cooper Abhi Gudipati | FBAC | "To The Moon -- Commemorating 50-Year Apollo 11 Anniversary" "Apollo Lunar Landing Sites" |
| July | 2019 | Dr. 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" |
| June | 2019 | Charles Phillips Steven Clayworth | FBAC Novice Support & Observation Committee Chair | "Tracking Satellites, How and Why / Predicting When Fall to Earth" "10 Summertime Objects" |
| May | 2019 | Dr. Marc Fries Joe Dellinger | NASA Curator of Cosmic Dust at Johnson Space Center FBAC | "Methane Plumes on Mars" "Discovering Asteroids" |
| April | 2019 | Dr. 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" |
| March | 2019 | William 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 |
| February | 2019 | Annie 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 |
| January | 2019 | Main 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" |
| December | 2018 | No Meeting | FBAC Holiday Party - Members Only | |
| November | 2018 | Dr. 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 |
| October | 2018 | Dr. 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 |
| September | 2018 | Observing 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 |
| August | 2018 | Annie 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 |
| July | 2018 | Dr. Christopher Johns-Krull David Haviland | Rice University FBAC | Searching for Planets Around the Youngest Stars Do It Yourself Astronomy - Telrads |
| June | 2018 | Dr. 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 |
| May | 2018 | Jeff 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 |
| April | 2018 | Observing Meeting Michael Fredette | FBAC | Cancelled Due to Weather Cassini: The Mission and the Enceladus Surprise |
| March | 2018 | Jeff Lepp Michael Fredette | FBAC FBAC | The Anatomy of an Imaging Session Drake's Equation and the Fermi paradox |
| February | 2018 | Dr. 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 |
| January | 2018 | Dr. Matthew Baring | Rice University | The Buzz and the Bang of Neutron Stars |
| December | 2017 | No Meeting | Holiday Party Cancelled - George Observatory Unavailable Due to Hurricane Harvey Damage | |
| November | 2017 | Jason Nishiyama | Royal Astronomical Society of Canada | Planetary Nebula Morphology, Ellipses and Butterflies |
| October | 2017 | Bill Spizzirri Membership | FBAC FBAC | Cosmic Distance Measurement More Eclipse experiences from the membership |
| September | 2017 | Membership 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 |
| August | 2017 | No Meeting | 2017 Total Solar Eclipse | |
| July | 2017 | Justin McCollum | FBAC | In Search of Hypernovae |
| June | 2017 | Dr. Lisa Whitehead | University of Houston | What We've Learned About Neutrinos |
| May | 2017 | Dr. C. Renee James | Sam Houston State University | 50 Years of Pulsars: How a Bit of Scruff Changed the Astronomical Game |
| April | 2017 | Observing Meeting | Observing meeting at HCC | |
| March | 2017 | Dr. 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 |
| February | 2017 | Dr. 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) |
| January | 2017 | Jeff Lepp | FBAC | Image Post Processing with PixInsight |
| December | 2016 | No Meeting | FBAC Holiday Party | |
| November | 2016 | James Wooten Michael Fredette | FBAC/HMNS FBAC | The Eclipse of 2017 Very Basic Lunar Geology |
| October | 2016 | Observing Meeting | FBAC | Observing meeting at HCC |
| September | 2016 | Dr. 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 |
| August | 2016 | Jeff 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 |
| July | 2016 | Scott Mitchell and Amelia Goldberg David Haviland | FBAC FBAC | From Eyepiece to Imagination - Astronomical Art Open Forum - Member Discussion |
| June | 2016 | Jeff 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 |
| May | 2016 | Don Cooper Steve Goldberg | FBAC | Saturn V Guidance System 1962-1978 5/1-8 2016 Texas Star Party Review |
| April | 2016 | Observing Meeting | FBAC/HMNS | Observing Meeting at HCC |
| March | 2016 | Steve 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 |
| February | 2016 | Bill 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 |
| January | 2016 | Don 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. |
| December | 2015 | No Meeting | FBAC Holiday Party | |
| November | 2015 | Leonard 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 |
| October | 2015 | Observing Meeting | FBAC | Observing meeting at HCC |
| September | 2015 | Bill Spizzirri | FBAC | Palomar Observatory & Comet Hunters Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy |
| August | 2015 | Wes Whiddon Mac Hooton | FBAC FBAC | History of FBAC Earth's Ice Ages |
| July | 2015 | Peggy 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 |
| June | 2015 | Debbie Moran Steve Goldberg | HAS FBAC | Total Eclipse! The Thrill of the Chase Sights and Sounds Of TSP - 5/10-16 2015 |
| May | 2015 | Dr. Daniel McDonald Michael Fredette | University of Houston FBAC | 22 Year Sunspot Cycle How To Collimate Newtonian and Dobsonian Telescopes With Deomonstration |
| April | 2015 | Steve Clayworth Debbie Moran | FBAC HAS | NEOWISE - Near Earth Objects Basic Sky Navigation Tools |
| March | 2015 | Leonard Ferguson David Haviland | FBAC FBAC | Mission to Bennu - OSIRIS REx - Asteroid Sample Return Open Forum - Member Discussion |
| February | 2015 | Joe 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 |
| January | 2015 | Bill Spizzirri Justin McCollum | FBAC FBAC | Steward Observatory Mirror Lab at the University of Arizona Moons of Our Solar System From Jupiter to Neptune |
| December | 2014 | No Meeting | FBAC Holiday Party | |
| November | 2014 | Annie Wargetz David Haviland | FBAC FBAC | Orion - The Journey to Deep Space Open Forum - Member Discussion |
| October | 2014 | Jeff Lepp | FBAC | A Beginner's Setup For Deep Sky Astrophotography |
| September | 2014 | Dr. Aaron Clevenson | NHAC/Insperity | Supernova M82/SN2014J |
| August | 2014 | Madhan R. Tirumalai | University of Houston | Astrobiology |
| July | 2014 | Main Speaker Cancellation Steve Goldberg | FBAC | How To Plan An Evening Of Astronomical Viewing To Get The Most Out Of The Evening & Sky Tools App |
| June | 2014 | Dr. Daniel McDonald David Haviland | University of Houston FBAC | Gravitational Waves and Inflation Apparent Magnitudes of Common Astronomical Objects Including Globular Clusters |
| May | 2014 | Annie Wargetz David Haviland | FBAC FBAC | STEREO Satellites Solar TErrestrial RElations Obsesrvatories Open Forum - Member Discussion |
| April | 2014 | Paul Maley Bill Spizzirri | JSCAS FBAC | Eclipses of Stars by Asteroids - or - How to Map an Asteroid for $700 The Telescopes on Mauna Kea |
| March | 2014 | James Wessel | JSCAS | NASA Solar and Lunar Observing Missions |
| February | 2014 | Tony Wiese | FBAC | FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2013 Volunteer Efforts |
| January | 2014 | David Haviland | FBAC | Star Hopping - How To & Tools |
| December | 2013 | No Meeting | FBAC Holiday Party | |
| November | 2013 | Dr. Marjorie Corcoran William Spizzirri | Rice University FBAC | Greenwich Observatory and Stonehenge - England |
| October | 2013 | No Meeting | All Clubs Meeting & Astronomy Day | |
| September | 2013 | Dr. Daniel McDonald Don d'Entremont | University of Houston FBAC | Solar Fusion - How It Works |
| August | 2013 | Dr. 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 |
| July | 2013 | Dr. Reginald Dufour | Rice University | 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 |
| June | 2013 | Dr. Daniel McDonald | University of Houston | Phase Diagram of Nuclear Matter - Evolution of Matter Shortly After the Big Bang |
| May | 2013 | Ramkumar Balasubramanian Tony Wiese | Rice University FBAC | Sun-Earth & Space Weather Relative Sizes of The Planets & Their Orbits - With NSN Props |
| April | 2013 | Dr. Jim Wessel | JSCAS | NASA Earth Observing Mission |
| March | 2013 | Dr. Billie Harland | Electrical Systems Engineer at Veolia | Star Lore or How Ancient Cultures Believed the Cosmos Came To Be |
| February | 2013 | Dr. Roger Boston Tony Wiese | Professor, Asian Studies FBAC | Ancient Cinese Astronomy & Navigation FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2012 Volunteer Efforts |
| January | 2013 | Dr. 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 |
| December | 2012 | No Meeting | Holiday | |
| November | 2012 | Don 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 |
| October | 2012 | No Meeting | All-Clubs Meeting/Astronomy Day | |
| September | 2012 | Dr. Christopher Johns-Krull Dr. Alex Filippenko | Rice University UC Berkley | Brown Dwarfs and Giant Planets Around Newly-Found Stars Video - Expansion of the Universe |
| August | 2012 | David Haviland | FBAC | A History of Barringer Meteor Crater and Other Impact Adventures |
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| March | 2012 | Justin McCollum Don d'Entremont | FBAC FBAC | Gliese 1214b: A Personal Study of a Strange Water World Earth Orbit & World Calendar vs. Mars Orbit |
| February | 2012 | Steve Clayworth and Jim Jackson Tony Wiese | FBAC FBAC | Journey to Palomar FBAC Annual Super Star Awards for 2011 Volunteer Efforts |
| January | 2012 | Stephen 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 |
| December | 2011 | No Meeting | FBAC Holiday Party | |
| November | 2011 | Steve 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 |
| October | 2011 | No meeting | All-Clubs Meeting/Astronomy Day | |
| September | 2011 | Nathaniel Whitehead | FBAC | Science and Philosophy of Astronomy |
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| June | 2011 | Justin McCollum Steven Clayworth | FBAC FBAC | The Spring Constellations on the Summer Solstice! Report on Planet Three - The Earth |
| May | 2011 | Tony Wiese and Stephanie Walker Don d'Entremont | FBAC FBAC | East Dome Remodel & Mirror Recoating The Wobble of The Sun |
| April | 2011 | Nathaniel Whitehead Justin McCollum | FBAC FBAC | The Reoccurring Nova in Pixis and on the Decadal Survey The Inferior Planets |
| March | 2011 | Abbreviated Meeting 7PM To 7:24 PM | ||
| February | 2011 | Dr. 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 |
| January | 2011 |