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Holiday Get-Together, Dec. 2

Santa Moon

Our 2017 Holiday Get-Together will be the following this Saturday between 3 – 5pm at Shakey’s Pizza in Redlands, California. The club will buy the pizza.  Members and guests can buy drinks, salads & etc.  Because of the time restrains we will begin the Gift Exchange about 3:45pm.

White Elephant Gift exchange: For those wishing to participate, please bring a nice wrapped gift . . . ‘value not to exceed $25.00.’ Check with Tom or Fidel for more details.

Shakey’s Pizza in Redlands
836 W. Colton Ave.
Redlands, CA 92374

Whitewater Outreach this Saturday, Oct. 21

Whitewater

SBVAA members and guests,

There is an SBVAA Public Outreach star party this SaturdayOctober 21st, 2017 from 7:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the White Water division of the Wildlands Conservancy Preserve. Setup between 6:00 and 7:00pm.

Jamie Countryman and Megan Huynh will be leading the group. Usually the Conservancy serves snacks for the first part of the show.

Come on out for a night of fun under the stars.

Grandview 2 – Sept. 22-24

Grandview Milky Way

This weekend is the club’s second trip to Grandview in the Inyo Mountains. We will be officially camping out Friday through Sunday with some members going up there on Thursday.  We have been assigned the Nelson site at the Cedar Flats campground.  This is our reservation campground on highway 168 right before the turnoff that takes you to the public Grandview campground.  Bishop temps are forecast to be in the upper 60’s to low 70’s with nights in the upper 30’s; so it’s going to be cold.

Meeting September 9 – The Eclipse

Totality - Megan Huynh

Join us for our September meeting where we will have a Show and Tell presentation from members that experienced the 2017 Great American Eclipse.  We’ll also be discussing upcoming outreaches and Grandview 2 star party.

Saturday, September 9th, 2017, 7:00pm
First Christian Church
2102 E. Foothill Dr.
San Bernardino, CA

Pre-meeting Dinner, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Jenny’s Family Restaurant
7750 Palm Ave.
Highland, CA

SBVAA at Totality

Collage of Eclipse Images

SBVAA members traveled far and wide to stand in the moon’s shadow and experience the totality of the 2017 Great American Eclipse.  Here are some photos taken by our members.

Megan and Jamie – Barnhart, Missouri

Megan and Jamie - Barnhart, Missouri Diamond - Megan and Jamie - Barnhart, Missouri Start to Finish - Megan and Jamie - Barnhart, Missouri

Gerald – Lime, Oregon

Gerald - Lime, Oregon Gerald - Totality Gerald - Day Gerald - Night

David Morris – Crouch, Idaho

Davis Morris - Crouch, Idaho Davis Morris - Crouch, Idaho Davis Morris - Crouch, Idaho Davis Morris - Crouch, Idaho

Tom Lawson – Farmington, Missouri
Tom Lawson - Farmington, Missouri Tom Lawson - Farmington, Missouri Tom Lawson - Farmington, Missouri Tome Lawson- Farmington, Missouri

Nick Broman – Prairie City, Oregon

Nick Broman - Prairie City, Oregon Nick Broman - Prairie City, Oregon Nick Broman - Prairie City, Oregon Nick Broman - Prairie City, Oregon

Ron Woods – Kentucky

Ron Woods - Kentucky

Total Solar Eclipse August 21

Eclipse Path
Totality

Monday, August 21, 2017 where will you be?  Standing in the Moon’s shadow?  Those individuals traveling to where the Moon’s shadow will sweep across the United States will be treated to a total solar eclipse.  Although total solar eclipses are not rare, traveling to a location where they occur can be a challenge.  This makes the 2017 Eclipse across the US exciting for it is relatively easy travel somewhere to see it.  The last total solar eclipse to trek across the US was on June 8,1918.

If you are not traveling to a totality location, the Inland Empire can expect to see a partial solar eclipse with the moon approximately covering 2/3 of the sun.  Solar glasses will be needed to see the partial eclipse or a pinhole viewer can be used safely.

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