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Don Wells
10141 Cash Road, Suite E125
Stafford, Texas 77477
713-718-6726
Fax 713-718-6798
don.wells@hccs.edu
Hi!
I'm Don Wells, Production Manager at Stafford METV. Stafford METV is the municipal / educational television channel for the City of Stafford, Texas. I'm in charge of production and programming for the channel. I'm also responsible for the operation of the TV station facilities, located in the Scarcella Science and Technology Center on the Stafford campus. In addition to serving the City of Stafford, the TV station also serves as a training environment for students in the Broadcast Technology program.
Houston Community College - Stafford METV won 2 Bronze Telly Awards in 2006 for excellence in television production!
Houston Community College - Stafford METV won 2 Silver and 4 Bronze Telly Awards in 2007 for excellence in television production! Click here for more information about the Telly awards.
I've been with Southwest College since January, 1997. I earned my Associate of Arts here at Houston Community College and my Bachelor of Arts at University of Houston - Clear Lake.
In my spare time, I'm an avid amateur astronomer. I'm particularly interested in asteroids and variable stars. As a member of the Fort Bend Astronomy Club (FBAC), I participate in the Asteroid Discovery Team. So far, the team has discovered 412 asteroids, and I've had the honor of naming six of them: 77185 Cherryh, 90481 Wollstonecraft, 95219 Borgman, 111696 Helenorman, 115561 Frankherbert and 157332 Lynette. I'm also a member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO), and I submit my observations tracking the behavior of variable stars to the AAVSO's database.
I also serve as the staff advisor for HCC's astronomy club, the Star Squad. We get together to learn about astronomy (and do a bit of stargazing, too). Students have the opportunity to conduct astronomical research of their own. One of our students, Karen Llorens, codiscovered asteroid 2005 WX54! Click here to see a diagram of the asteroid's orbit - http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2005%20WX54;orb=1
Contact me if you're interested in discovering a new piece of Solar System real estate too!
The Next Star Squad meeting will include officer elections! I'll keep you posted.
The next Fort Bend Astronomy Club meeting will be on Friday, September 21st at 7 PM in the Scarcella Center Lecture Hall (Room W102).
The Fall 2007 star party schedule: September 10th and 24th, October 8th and 22nd, November 5th and 19th and December 3rd. To check the star party schedule, go to: http://swc2.hccs.edu/swc/0506/info/stars.php
If you have any questions about Stafford METV or the Star Squad, call me at 713-718-6726 or email me at don.wells@hccs.edu.
***NEW IMAGE*** Click here to see an image of the Moon shot at the May 2nd, 2006 star party!
***Coming Soon!*** Astronomy images from "down under!"
This is an image of the Swan Nebula (M17) in Sagittarius. The Swan is a star-forming region about 5000 light years away. The bright area that makes up the Swan is about 15 light years across; with the extended nebulosity included, it's about 40 light years across. I compiled this image from nine one-minute images (3 blue, 3 red and 3 green) that I shot on August 11th, 2005 from a robotic observatory in New Mexico.
10141 Cash Road, Suite E125
Stafford, Texas 77477
713-718-6726
Fax 713-718-6798
don.wells@hccs.edu
Hi!
I'm Don Wells, Production Manager at Stafford METV. Stafford METV is the municipal / educational television channel for the City of Stafford, Texas. I'm in charge of production and programming for the channel. I'm also responsible for the operation of the TV station facilities, located in the Scarcella Science and Technology Center on the Stafford campus. In addition to serving the City of Stafford, the TV station also serves as a training environment for students in the Broadcast Technology program.
Houston Community College - Stafford METV won 2 Bronze Telly Awards in 2006 for excellence in television production!
Houston Community College - Stafford METV won 2 Silver and 4 Bronze Telly Awards in 2007 for excellence in television production! Click here for more information about the Telly awards.
I've been with Southwest College since January, 1997. I earned my Associate of Arts here at Houston Community College and my Bachelor of Arts at University of Houston - Clear Lake.
In my spare time, I'm an avid amateur astronomer. I'm particularly interested in asteroids and variable stars. As a member of the Fort Bend Astronomy Club (FBAC), I participate in the Asteroid Discovery Team. So far, the team has discovered 412 asteroids, and I've had the honor of naming six of them: 77185 Cherryh, 90481 Wollstonecraft, 95219 Borgman, 111696 Helenorman, 115561 Frankherbert and 157332 Lynette. I'm also a member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO), and I submit my observations tracking the behavior of variable stars to the AAVSO's database.
I also serve as the staff advisor for HCC's astronomy club, the Star Squad. We get together to learn about astronomy (and do a bit of stargazing, too). Students have the opportunity to conduct astronomical research of their own. One of our students, Karen Llorens, codiscovered asteroid 2005 WX54! Click here to see a diagram of the asteroid's orbit - http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2005%20WX54;orb=1
Contact me if you're interested in discovering a new piece of Solar System real estate too!
The Next Star Squad meeting will include officer elections! I'll keep you posted.
The next Fort Bend Astronomy Club meeting will be on Friday, September 21st at 7 PM in the Scarcella Center Lecture Hall (Room W102).
The Fall 2007 star party schedule: September 10th and 24th, October 8th and 22nd, November 5th and 19th and December 3rd. To check the star party schedule, go to: http://swc2.hccs.edu/swc/0506/info/stars.php
If you have any questions about Stafford METV or the Star Squad, call me at 713-718-6726 or email me at don.wells@hccs.edu.
***NEW IMAGE*** Click here to see an image of the Moon shot at the May 2nd, 2006 star party!
***Coming Soon!*** Astronomy images from "down under!"
This is an image of the Swan Nebula (M17) in Sagittarius. The Swan is a star-forming region about 5000 light years away. The bright area that makes up the Swan is about 15 light years across; with the extended nebulosity included, it's about 40 light years across. I compiled this image from nine one-minute images (3 blue, 3 red and 3 green) that I shot on August 11th, 2005 from a robotic observatory in New Mexico.
