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BVAC Outreach Activities
Before the restrictions resulting from COVID-19, BVAC members set up telescopes and gave participants a variety of NASA materials as they participated in community outreach activities and star parties.
January 19, 2020
Girl Scout Troop 9018
Mark Spearman’s observatory
Girl Scout Troop 9018 met at Mark Spearman’s observatory to earn their Science in Space badge.
January 31, 2020
Millican Reserve Star Party
Millican Reserve
Twelve to fifteen people attended the public Millican Star Party. The night was chilly but the skies were mostly clear.
February 12, 2020
STEAM night
River Bend Elementary, College Station, TX
Due to the rain, Tom Campbell and Warren Bracewell set up their telescopes in a hall but couldn’t focus on anything in the small area. However, the kids enjoyed looking through Warren’s finder scope and playing with the GoTo controls on Tom's scope.
February 22, 2020
Lick Creek Park Star Party
Lick Creek Park in College Station, TX
Tom Campbell, Tim Cowden, Warren Bracewell, Dave and Mitchell Barry, and Randy Light took telescopes to add to the smaller telescopes provided by Lick Creek. Approximately 200 people attended the event.
March 6, 2020
Full Steam Ahead Science Night
Rock Prairie Elementary School - College Station, TX
Tom Campbell and Warren Bracewell set up telescopes behind the school to show off views of Venus and the Moon.
