Brazos Valley Astronomy Club - BVAC

04/23/2026

The Brazos Valley Astronomy Club website and calendar can be seen at:

Members of the Brazos Valley Astronomy Club are an enthusiastic group of amateur stargazers who live in and around the Brazos Valley of Texas.

10/05/2025

We participated in two outreaches this weekend.

We had a huge turnout at First Friday. Tom Campbell and I set up our scopes early and were able to use our solar filters to give people a peak at the Sun which had several nice size spots. Tim Cowden showed up right before dark and we turned our scopes to the moon. After a couple of hours, I turned mine to Saturn, which was a big hit for the crowd. We wrapped up around 9:30 PM and we logged about 700 viewers for the night. Tom and I handed out all of the business cards we had.

Saturday, we did Observe the Moon at Ringer Library. Again, it was Tom, Tim and I. Of course the main focus was the Moon. We got started at 7:00PM and at about 8:00PM, Tom turned his 12” Skywatcher to Saturn since his was the only tracking scope and could go with a higher magnification. Tim and I stayed on the moon. We were there till around 8:30PM when the crowd died down. The total for that night was 84 viewers. All in all, it was two successful back to back nights.

Warren Bracewell

08/15/2025

On August 19, 2025, around 5:00 AM given clear skies, there will be a conjunction of Venus, Jupiter, Castor, Pollux, and the crescent moon in Gemini in the East. At just before 6:00AM, Mercury should also rise in the East and join them. Good luck.

07/22/2025

The July meeting of the Brazos Valley Astronomy Club will be on Friday, July 25 at the Benjamin Knox Gallery, 405 University Dr., College Station, Tx 77840. There will be an opening reception for the Astrophotography Art exhibit. Club members will be displaying about 75 astro-photos. The exhibit will be available daily during the gallery's regular hours.