Category: News (Page 4 of 15)

Public Outreach at the San Bernardino County Museum, Wed. Aug. 7.

Annual Club BBQ at Veterans Freedom Park (Pico Park), Sat. Aug 10.

Streaming at 1:00 pm PDT on July 2, the Exploratorium travels to the National Science Foundation’s Cerro Tololo Observatory in Chile to broadcast the 2019 South American Total Solar Eclipse.

https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse

Both the Friday night, Competitive Edge, school outreach and Saturday’s Pioneertown outreach/star party have been cancelled due to clouds and rain in the forecast. Better luck next time.

The April 11 Crafton elementary school outreached has been cancelled due to predicted cloudy skies. It will be rescheduled for a future date.

The San Bernardino County Museum outreach is still on for Friday, April 12. Remember to enter through the Edward’s mansion driveway and setup in the museum’s west end gazebo. Also remember that guests to the museum are charged a museum entry fee.

Saturday, March 23 at 7:00 PM is the club’s regular monthly meeting. We will view the video “The Hubble Ultra Deep Field“.

The April 6th star party / outreach has been moved from Whitewater to Oak Glen. The road to Whitewater is still washed out.

Rain and clouds have forced us to cancel the March star party.

Saturday Night 03/02    60% / 0.09 in

Cloudy with occasional rain showers. Low around 45F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%.

The weather got us again. The outreach scheduled for tonight at Mentone Elementary School has been cancelled.

Due to inclement weather, this Saturday’s star party at Pioneertown has been cancelled. We’ll try again next month.

SBVAA will be co-hosting with the San Bernardino County Museum a Cosmic Night total lunar eclipse on Sunday, January 20 at 8:00 PM. We will be offering telescopes to view the eclipse. The museum is charging $10 / adult for entry into the museum which will have other astronomy activities.