Hello All,
Please note that there has been a slight adjustment to the star party dates this semester… the updated schedule is posted below –>
- Tuesday, Feb. 7th – West Loop Campus
- Tuesday, Feb. 21st – Stafford Campus
- Monday, Mar. 5th – Gulfton Campus
- Monday, Mar. 19th – Missouri City Campus
- Tuesday, Apr. 3rd – West Loop Campus
- Monday, Apr. 16th – Stafford Campus
- Tuesday, May 1st – Gulfton Campus
- Monday, May 7th – Stafford Campus
Hello All,
Below is the schedule for the Spring 2012 semester… more info & updates may be found on our Facebook group at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=122008414494134 Also, keep an eye out for our flyers at your local SW campus. Hope to see you there!
- Monday, Jan. 23rd – Missouri City Campus
- Tuesday, Feb. 7th – West Loop Campus
- Monday, Feb. 20th – Stafford Campus
- Tuesday, Mar. 5th – Gulfton Campus
- Monday, Mar. 19th – Missouri City Campus
- Tuesday, Apr. 3rd – West Loop Campus
- Monday, Apr. 16th – Stafford Campus
- Tuesday, May 1st – Gulfton Campus
- Monday, May 7th – Stafford Campus
All star parties begin at ~ 5:00 p.m. with solar observing. Stargazing begins at dusk, and continues until about 9:30 p.m. All HCC students, faculty, & staff are invited to attend, as well as any friends or family who would like to come along with them… all are welcome!
Hello All,
The Fall 2011 star party schedule has been officially released… There’s lots of exciting things to see in the sky this semester, so keep a lookout for us at your local HCC SW campus!
Hello All,
The Spring 2011 star party schedule has been officially planned… Keep a lookout for us at your local SW campus this semester!
Hello All,
The Fall 2010 schedule of star parties has now been officially released! Dates currently scheduled are posted below. Also, be sure to keep a lookout for updates… additional star parties may be scheduled periodically for other days this semester as well!
This schedule can also be found on our “star parties” page, or on our Facebook group. For any questions, comments, and the like, please e-mail the club President, Alicia Tristan, at: alicia.tristan@student.hccs.edu
Ad Astra!
Hello All,
Well, at long last here it is… the star party schedule for this Summer has been officially released! Dates scheduled are:
This schedule can also be found on our “star parties” page, or on the new Facebook group.
Ad Astra!
The HCC S.T.A.R. Squad now has an official Facebook group!
Pages are still being put together, but already we have several posts with info, photos, and upcoming event announcements. Also keep a lookout for our Summer star party schedule, to be posted shortly, as well…
So find us – friend us – follow us!
Another semester gone! How time flies…
It’s been another great run of star parties, thanks to all of you for attending, supporting the club, and helping us to make that happen.
We’ve all gotten some great views of the universe these past few months… crowd favorites included the rings of Saturn, Venus’s ever-changing phases, and as usual, the craters of the Moon. All seemed to enjoy themselves, and there were even pizza and drinks at our last party of the semester! If all goes as planned, they will be regularly provided at our future events as well.
We’re currently in the works of planning some more star parties for this Summer. Schedule to be announced here… stay tuned for updates!
Clear Skies to all,
-Alicia Tristan- HCC S.T.A.R. Squad President
Hello All,
Hope you had an awesome winter break and beginning of the semester! Spring 2010 is already upon us, and with it, a new schedule for our club’s star parties…
Check out the new dates on our “star parties” page under “events” on the sidebar on the right, or look for schedule flyers at the front desks of your local SW HCC campus. As of this writing, the flyers have only been distributed at Stafford campus so far, but in the coming days they will be sent to other campuses as well, so keep an eye out!
As always, clear skies, and hope to see y’all at some of these events…
-Alicia Tristan- HCC S.T.A.R Squad President
One of the unique resources available to the members and officers of the S.T.A.R. Squad is access to remote telescopes owned and managed by the Tzec Maun Foundation. These telescopes are located at two locations: New Mexico Skies in Mayhill, New Mexico and Fair Dinkum Skies in Pingelly, Australia. All are accessible through the internet with the login provided to interested members of the club.
Attached is a short movie, compiled using some of the images I’ve taken over the past year or so… More can be found on the Capellastronomy blog, or at my flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/capella_891/
-Alicia Tristan- HCC S.T.A.R. Squad President
Here is a presentation made by Vice President Nathaniel Whitehead on some ancient Greek theories of time. Time for many of the ancients, of whom Plato is one, was highly related to the heavens above and the observed motion of the celestial bodies. As an interesting astronomy note Plato described retro-grade motion of planets in a very interesting way. Take a look and enjoy.
There has been a lot happening as of late in the world of astronomy and in this edition we will cover only a small fraction of those goings on, but none the less, we still have some very exciting news to report to all you space fans out there trekking your way across cyber-world. Recent findings strongly suggest the presence of liquid salt water on Mars, it appears we are in a deep solar minimum, a new technique is uncovering exoplanets in old Hubble archival data, and results from the Spitzer space telescope show that some chemicals thought to be necessary for life (as we know it) may not be present around all stars. So lets jump into it shall we…..
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