There will be an SBVAA star party This weekend, 22 July, 2017 at The Wildlands Conservancy Oak Glen Preserve. This is a club members & guests only Star Party, not an outreach.

Driving directions to the Oak Glen Preserve
Note: All Direction start from the San Bernardino County Museum.

1. Head East on the I-10 E 8.5 mi
2. Take exit 85 for Live Oak Canyon Road toward Oak Glen Road 0.2 mi
3. Turn left onto Live Oak Canyon Rd 0.2 mi
4. Continue onto Oak Glen Rd Destination will be on the right 11.1 mi

In lew of a regular monthly meeting in July, the next SBVAA “meeting” will be a dinner get-together at Sizzler in San Bernardino.

Dinner, 5:00pm
The Sizzler
1800 So. Waterman Ave.
San Bernardino, CA 92408

Directions (from the SB County Museum):
1.  Head East or West on I-10
2.  Take the exit toward Waterman Ave 0.3 mi
3.  From the East Turn left onto E Hospitality Ln  0.2 mi
4.  Turn right onto S Waterman Ave  0.6 mi
5.  Turn Left at E Vanderbilt Way light  0.4 mi

The next SBVAA star party is this weekend, June 23rd-25th, 2017, and will be held at the Grandview campground in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine National Forest located in the White Mountains near Big Pine, CA. See map below.

This site can have some of the darkest skies and best seeing conditions available anywhere near here, all in a setting of great scenic beauty! Come join us in this first of our twice yearly pilgrimages to an observer’s Mecca!

This Saturday, June 10th, 2017, 7:00pm
First Christian Church
2102 E. Foothill Dr.
San Bernardino, CA
Topic: Grand View Skies By: Martin & Chris

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

This Saturday, May 13th, 2017, 7:00pm
First Christian Church
2102 E. Foothill Dr.
San Bernardino, CA

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

The outreach at Pioneertown for tonight has been Cancelled due to high winds and rain.

The outreach at Dunlap Elementary School in Yucaipa.
Dunlap Elementary School
32870 Avenue E
Yucaipa, CA 92399
It is scheduled for Thursday 4th; 7:30 to 8:30pm. We should set up between 6:30 and 7:30 pm.

We’ll have a nice Waxing Gibbous Moon and Jupiter.  They will also have hotdogs, chips and water for us—so treats are provided!

Mariposa Elementary School
30800 Palo Alto Drive
Redlands, California 92373

The outreach is scheduled for Tuesday 2nd; 7:30 to 8:30pm. We should set up between 6:30 and 7:30 pm.

We’ll have a nice First Quarter Moon and Jupiter.

The April San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomer meeting is tonight, 7pm, at the First Christian Church.  The program include The Universe’s “10 Ways to Destroy the Earth”.