Monthly Club Meetings
Join us at the University of Houston on the first Friday of each month!
HAS meetings feature a variety of speakers and topics of interest to the amateur astronomer. Each meeting consists of a Novice session at 7PM and General session at 8PM. At each general meeting, the program committee arranges for a speaker to talk on a topic of interest to the amateur astronomer. Some talks given over the last year include:
March 02, 2012: Kepler: The Quest for Earth
7:00PM. Novice Meeting: Skytools Part II: Connecting & Operating with a Scope & Tracking Mount (TBD)
8:00PM. General Meeting: Kepler: The Quest for Earth (Dr. Aaron Clevenson)
Join Dr. Aaron Clevenson for a look at the Kepler Mission. We will talk about the details of the mission and discuss some of the milestones it has achieved. Kepler is the observatory that is looking in the vicinity of Cygnus in an attempt to identify Earth-like planets orbiting other stars.
Dr. Aaron Clevenson is a member of the North Houston Astronomy Club. He is also an Astronomy Professor at Lone Star College, Montgomery. He is a National Observing Program Coordinator for the Astronomical League, and is the coordinator for the Constellation Hunter, Solar System, Galileo, and Carbon Stars Observing Programs. He will also be coordinator for the new for next year Special Observing Program: Planetary Transits.
April 06, 2012: The New Moon with Brian Day from NASA Ames Research Center
7:00PM. Novice Meeting: Introduction to Astronomical League Observing Programs (Amelia Goldberg)
8:00PM. General Meeting: The New Moon (Brian H. Day)
A new generation of robotic lunar explorers is revolutionizing our understanding of the Moon. We will look ahead to NASA’s upcoming Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission, scheduled to launch in 2013, and explore how amateurs can directly participate in and contribute to the science of these missions.
May 04, 2012: May Monthly Meeting
7:00PM. Novice Meeting: A Beginners Approach to Nebulas. What Are They and How to Find Them? (Bill Pellerin)
8:00PM. General Meeting: Astronomy Year in Review (Bob Taylor)
Bob Taylor from JSCAS will talk about many of the interesting and exciting things that happened in Astronomy during 2011.
June 01, 2012: TSP Roundup
7:00PM. Novice Meeting: TBD (TBD)
8:00PM. General Meeting: TSP Roundup and Science Fair Winners (Various)
August 03, 2012: Monthly Meeting
7:00PM. Novice Meeting: TBD (TBD)
8:00PM. General Meeting: TBD (Richard Schmude)