6th Annual Houston/Beaumont Regional Astronomy Meeting

Hosted by North Houston Astronomy Club


 



The sponsors of the Regional Meeting and Astronomy Day 2006 are:

Astronomical Society of South East Texas (Beaumont), ASSET
Fort Bend Astronomy Club, FBAC
Houston Astronomical Society, HAS
Houston Community College
Houston Museum of Natural Science
George Observatory

Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society, JSCAS
Kingwood College
Land, Sea & Sky: Texas Nautical
Lunar and Planetary Institute
North Houston Astronomy Club, NHAC

Where:  Auditorium of the Houston Community College Administration Building, at the intersection of Main and Elgin
When: Friday, October  27,  2006.  Refreshments and Registration: 7:30 PM  Meeting - 8:00 to 10:15 PM.
Main Speaker:
Astronaut Dan Burbank

Parking:
Parking will be available in the 3100 South Main parking garage at no charge all evening.
Parking here is plentiful and safe.
Take the garage elevator to the 3rd floor.
The sky walk takes you directly to the 2nd floor of the administrative building where their main auditorium is.

For directions to Houston Community College, click here.

Astronomy Day T-shirts:
The Astronomy Day 2006 T-shirts, complete with a Clyde Peterson cartoon on the front and a digital image on the back, will be available at 7:30 PM ($20). Proceeds will be used to support the regional meeting and Astronomy Day events.

Speaker:


Astronaut Dan Burbank
STS - 115, Atlantis
September 9 - 21, 2006
Presentation:
"STS115: Return to ISS Assembly"

For a bio on the speaker see:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/burbank.html


For more information, contact Bill Leach at 281-312-1650 or E-mail  him at
astrobil@flash.net


Last updated 10/25/2006