Topic:
Viewing the Milky Way by Mike Ratcliff

Time & Place:
Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 7:00pm
First Christian Church
2102 E. Foothill Dr.
San Bernardino, CA

Pre-meeting Dinner,
5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Pepper Steak Restaurant
26589 Highland Ave
Highland, CA 92346

The next SBVAA Star Party will be this coming Saturday, September 3rd, 2016
At the PioneerTown Mountain Preserves (Wildlands Conservancy).  We are not going out to Johnson Valley.
Come on out for a night of fun under the stars.

Pioneer Town Mountain Preserves (Wildlands Conservancy)
51010 Pipes Canyon Rd
Pioneertown, CA 92268

Bring a hearty appetite and your favorite dish to share and sit down to lots of eating and talking! Everyone always enjoys this feast, and it gives us a chance to relax and socialize in a most pleasant setting.

Martin Carey our esteemed Past President (and all-around nice guy) will bring a large BBQ to the picnic, so that we can enjoy that amenity; the rest is up to you! We can also use paper plates, cups, plastic ware and napkins.

Pico Park. Setup is 4:30 pm, Cleanup by 8:00 pm

SBVAA is having an outreach for the Boy Scouts at the Burrage Mansion in Redlands on Friday, August 5.  It is scheduled for 7:30 to 9:00 pm. We should set up between 7:00 and 7:30 pm. We’ll set up in a large grassy area (they’ll direct us). We’ll have a crescent moon, plus Mars and Saturn to observe.

Non-meeting this July instead, we are meeting up for dinner and fellowship at the Sizzler off of Waterman.
Time & Place:
Dinner, 5:00pm
The Sizzler
1800 So. Waterman Ave.
San Bernardino, CA 92408

The SBVAA Public Outreach will be this coming Saturday, July 9th, 2016
At the PioneerTown Mountain Preserves (Wildlands Conservancy).
Come on out for a night of fun under the stars.

Pioneer Town Mountain Preserves (Wildlands Conservancy)
51010 Pipes Canyon Rd
Pioneertown, CA 92268

Meeting on Saturday, June 18.  Topic: The Red Planet by Chris Clarke
viewing of Mars after the meeting (bring your scopes)

This Memorial Day weekend is the 2016 annual Riverside Telescope Makers Conference (RTMC) held at Camp Oaks in Big Bear.  For for details check out the RTMC website.

The next club meeting this is Saturday, 7:00pm at the First Christian Church.  The main feature is a presentation by Martin Carey and Chris Clarke on what to expect when visiting Grandview (our summer dark skies get-away).  The pre-meeting dinner is from 5:00pm – 6:30pm at the Pepper Steak Restaurant.

Transit of Mercury by Megan Huynh, ref Facebook