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The Fort Bend Astronomy Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to the acquisition and dissemination of information pertaining to the science of Astronomy.  Our goal is not only to serve our members, but the general public as well.

FBAC holds monthly meetings and members regularly get together to observe at the George Observatory, a satellite facility of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, located within Brazos Bend State Park.

For information about FBAC membership, please visit the About FBAC page.  For directions to the monthly club meeting, click here. For information about our community outreach activities, click here. For information about the FBAC list server click here.  To contact FBAC, send an email to fbacastro@gmail.com.


The next Fort Bend Astronomy Club meeting will be held on Friday, March 19, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.. Club meetings and presentations are open to the public. Please visit the "Club Meetings" page for more information.

The FBAC Novice Presentation - 3/19/10: "Planning Your Observing Session… Why Plan?" by Steve Goldberg

The FBAC Main Presentation - 3/19/10: "Inside the Making of the Hubble 3D IMAX Film", by Gordon Houston


March Astronomy/Space Calendar
(more at JPL Space Calendar)


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.

 

March 2010 George Observatory Events

You can view all of the monthly George Observatory events by clicking HERE.


Friday Night Reserved Groups: All times are 7:30 to 10:00 p.m..Please contact the following building manager teams to volunteer:

Friday Night Group (Cancelled)
March 12 - 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Sail La Vie, 40+ visitors
Please contact Carl Sexton to volunteer for this Friday night event: carlsexton@hotmail.com


Saturday Public Observing – All times are dusk to 11:00 p.m..Please contact the following building manager teams to volunteer:

March 06: Building Managers, McCollum/Sexton (justinmccollum@hotmail.com / carlsexton@hotmail.com)

March 13: Building Managers, McKaye/Sexton (jemckaye@comcast.net / carlsexton@hotmail.com)

March 20: Building Managers, Knauss/Rivich (birdbarn2000@yahoo.com / icgalaxies@cs.com)

March 27: Building Managers, Lockwood/Mills (mplockwood@att.net / k5jmm@yahoo.com)

Check Moon Phases HERE.

*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!


Texas Star Party 2009 Photo Gallery


Astronomy Day 2009 Photo Gallery
More photos at AstronomyDay.Org


9th Annual Texas Gulf Coast
Astronomy Meeting Photo Gallery

More photos at AstronomyDay.Org


FBAC Club Member Profile: Alicia Tristan
by Cynthia Gustava

Picture Gallery
Astronomy Day 2009
Astronomy Day 2008
Astronomy Day 2007
Astronomy Day 2006
Astronomy Day 1997
Astronomy Day 1995
Astronomy Day 1994
FBAC Picnic 2006

FBAC Asteroid Team: The A-Team - 478 discoveries and counting!

Click here to go to the International Year of Astronomy Website HCC Southwest Campus Houston Museum of Natural Science
The Fort Bend Astronomy Club is a member of The Astronomical League and International Dark Sky Association.

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.

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