Fostering the science and art of astronomy through programs that serve our membership and the community. Founded in 1955, Houston Astronomical Society is an active community of enthusiastic amateur and professional astronomers with over 70 years of history in the Houston area. Through education and outreach, our programs promote science literacy and astronomy awareness. We meet via Zoom the first Friday of each month for the General Membership Meeting and the first Thursday of the month for the Novice Meeting. Membership has a variety of benefits, including access to a secure dark site west of Houston, special interest groups that focus on particular areas of astronomy, an active community outreach program, and much more. Joining is simple.
HAS members really enjoyed the “Loving Smart Telescopes” panel discussion featured at our July General Meeting—and the pizza at the in-person gathering was a nice bonus!
But we needed to leave the meeting hall promptly at 8:00 p.m., so Craig’s presentation unfortunately got compressed to an elevator pitch. By popular demand, he graciously agreed to record it again so everyone could enjoy the discussion.
Here it is: https://youtu.be/cYhfQMSkobQ
AP SIG TOTM is out! SH2-119: The Astrophotography Special Interest Group new Target of the Month! Sh2-119. Overlooked, but rewarding!
“The Galileo Museum”
By Bill Spizzirri
In “The Galileo Museum” Bill Spizzirri will discuss Galileo’s life along with his astronomy, astrophysics, science, and inventions. Bill will share his impressions through images and videos in PowerPoint, and through his always engaging manner!
The Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy, houses one of the world's most important collections of scientific instruments, including the astronomer's original telescopes and the famous Santucci Armillary Sphere. The museum provides unique insight into the history of Renaissance science.
Speaker Bio: Bill Spizzirri is a retired mainframe computer software engineer from Chicago. He has been studying astronomy for 70 years and has belonged to several astronomy clubs over 47 years and served in various offices including president of an astronomy club in Chicago. Bill’s favorite astronomy activity is teaching astronomy to children and the public. He currently lives in Katy to be near his three grandchildren.
This meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. To attend, you must register for the meeting. You can use the link below. You will receive an email with the details of the meeting and a link that will allow you to join in.
You only need to register once!
Join us on Thursday, August 6th, at 7:00 pm CT. See you then!
Congratulations to Stephen Jones and Frank Mace who are the latest awardees of the Houston Astronomical Society's Texas 45 observing program. They join the honor roll of esteemed club members who have completed the program at our dark site observatory. Award certificates are suitable for framing and awardees wear their pin with pride.
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To join this club within a club, check out Programs on this website. Or contact Rene Gedaly at [email protected] for the visual program and Chris Ober at [email protected] for the astrophotography program.
HAS Texas 45 Honor Roll
To learn how to approach any observing list, view The HAS Texas 45: From Stargazer to Visual Observer on the HAS YouTube channel.
August
STEM in the Park - Aug 8, 7PM to 9:30PM
Astronomy Day - Sep 19
Prime Nights at the HAS Dark Site
Log in to get Dark Site Orientation, fill out Log Reports, join Monthly SIG Meetings and more.
Sunset: 08:18 P.M.
End Twilight: 09:46 P.M.
Dawn: 05:13 A.M.
Sunrise: 06:41 A.M.
Learn how to read it the clear sky chart.
