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BVAC Newsletter
community outreach

BVAC Outreach Activities

BVAC members set up telescopes and gave participants a variety of NASA materials as they participated in community outreach activities.



October 22, 2019

STEM Night

Greens Prairie Elementary School

The BVAC participated in the Greens Prairie Elementary School STEM night.

Warren Bracewell, and Tom Campbell represented the Brazos Valley Astronomy Club.

In the photo to the right, students and parents line up to look through Tom Campbell's telescope.

Greens Prairie STEM night 2019


Pumpkinpalooza 2019

Warren Bracewell and Tom and Juliana Campbell participated in Pumpkinpalooza 2019 at Millican Reserve. Partly cloudy skies and the lack of sunspots made for unimpressive sun viewing but visitors enjoyed looking through the telescopes at trees and birds in the distance. Tom estimated that several hundred visitors attended the event.

astronomy items

Tom and Juliana Campbell provided free NASA materials.

explaining solar system

Warren Bracewell explains how the solar system works.

telescope exibit

Warren Bracewell set up a telescope for the event.



November 12, 2019

Trail Life Troop Tx-1836

Tom Campbell participated in an outreach program for Trail Life Troop Tx-1836 in College Station, TX. Despite the temperatures dropping to 36 degrees, a majority of the pack attended the event. Tom set up his telescope and treated the students to views of Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon. As an added bonus, a long string of StarLink satellites streaked across the sky. After the viewing session, everyone went inside to warm up and have a Q&A session.