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What's Inside
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Selecting a Telescope
Tom Campbell talks telescopes from a to z. With Christmas coming soon, this is the perfect reference and buyer's guide.
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Astrophotography Lesson
Randy Light presents a great lesson about photographing meteors and meteor showers.
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Tim's Vacation
Tim takes a vacation and says “be prepared” to be tired, frustrated, ready for other people, and unusual conditions, but be prepared for astronomy activities, also.
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Member Spotlight
Our Member Spotlight shines on Karl Aufderheide in this edition. Karl is a biologist, club officer, outreach volunteer, and amateur astronomer. Read more about Karl's experiences with astronomy.
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Planetpalooza
BVAC members sponsored a community-wide Planetpalooza event at the Brazos Center in Bryan. Telescopes were pointed at the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars.
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Test Your Knowledge
Test your knowledge about astronomy related subjects with this short quiz. Answer key is provided and no grades are given.
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Monthly Meetings
Astronomy lovers are invited to join the BVAC and hear interesting speakers each month. Come and enjoy observing after the meeting. A map to the observatory is provided.
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Building an Equatorial Platform
Joel Carmona offers a narative of his experiences as he constructed an equatorial platform for his Dobsonian telescope.
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Fall Observing Targets
Tom Campbell takes us to Andromeda for fall viewing targets.
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Monsoon Season
Ginger Wentrcek planed a trip to McDonald Observatory during monsoon season in the Ft. Davis area. Watching the weather forecast was essential.
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Imbalance Question
Don Bray wants to know why there is no bobble in the solar system where we have the majority of the mass in our solar system all on one side of the Sun. He wants to hear your thoughts in the Yahoo Discussion Group.
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Mission Reclaimed
Warren Bracewell represented BVAC in an outreach program at Mission Reclaimed and taught kids about binoculars, telescopes, and astronomy.
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Did You Know
Read random facts about astronomy, space, space travel, and other facts submitted by BVAC members. It's a quick read.
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Contact BVAC
Find the Brazos Valley Astronomy Club on the web, join the Yahoo discussion group, find the BVAC on Facebook, or contact an officer. We want to hear your thoughts.
