Fort Bend Astronomy Club meetings are held at the Houston Community College southwest campus in Stafford, TX. Club meetings begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. and are in the #7 lecture hall rooms 102/104. Programs typically feature novice and advanced speakers.
Click here for an html map of the college campus.
Click here for a pdf map of the college campus.
Click here for a driving map. |
FBAC appreciates the support of HCC and the Houston Museum of Natural Science for all that they do to support FBAC's mission of observing, sharing, teaching and promoting astronomy. |
| The next FBAC club meeting will be held on July 17, 2009 at 7:00 pm. |
The FBAC Novice Prgram: Novice presentation information to be provided at a later time.
Please check back soon.
The FBAC Main Program: Main speaker presentation information will be provided at a later time. Please check back soon.
FBAC members and friends gather informally each Tuesday evening between 6:00 PM
and 8:30 PM at a southwest Houston restaurant just to socialize. FBAC members
have been doing this for nearly 20 years. Come join us for dinner and
conversation about most anything!
The current location is the Avalon Diner, 12810 SW Freeway (59 near
Kirkwood).
The Avalon Diner is at the far west end of the Fountains Shopping Center. Off
highway 59, take the Kirkwood exit either way.
From 59 north, cross Kirkwood on the service road and enter the Fountains.
From 59 south, go up to Kirkwood and loop under the freeway to come back south
on the service road and enter the Fountains.
There are a couple of entrances. Go to the far west end near Borders and
Sterling Bank. Click here for a map to the location.
Several observing programs are in the works at FBAC. Leonard Ferguson has developed a double star list and Keith Rivich a planetary nebula list.
The double star list along with rules is available here.
Stay tuned for the planetary nebula list to be published soon.
The double star list by right ascension can be found here. The original list is still available above.
The globular and planetary files are now available. Click here for globulars and here for planetaries.
The galaxy observing list is now on line. Click here to download a PDF file.
The Open Cluster Observing List can be obtained in PDF form by clicking here.
Observing forms are available for download here. |
George Observatory July 2009 Events
Friday Night Groups: All times are 19:30 to 22:30 (7:30 pm to 10:30 pm) Volunteers for domes and deck scopes are needed. Bring those laser pointers and instruct the visitors on the constellations and bright objects! Contact Cynthia Gustava at cynm31@att.net to volunteer.
July 10 – Pack 1402 Overnight (Full)
July 17 – HMNS Member’s Night – Second of the summer!
Saturday Night Public Viewing: Dusk to 23:00 Volunteers for domes and deck scopes are needed. Contact the building manager teams below.
July 04 – Mary Lockwood and Cynthia Gustava
mplockwood@att.net or cynm31@att.net
July 11 – Mary Lockwood and Joe Mills
mplockwood@att.net or k5jmm@yahoo.com
July 18 – Barbara Wilson and Buster Wilson
gobserve@consolidated.net or retsub@ix.netcom.net
July 25 – Carl Sexton and Justin McCollum
carlsexton@hotmail.com or justinmccollum@hotmail.com
*New members are encouraged to volunteer! No experience is necessary, volunteering is how you can gain experience. Volunteering under the stars is the best public service work in the world. Come and join us! |