San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers

Our star party trip to Grandview is coming up next week, June 10-13.

I'm planning on going to the totality. Are you?

Neat. Almost unreal that a land based telescope can see this.

New binocular nova in Cassiopeia.

Trying to imagine all the calculations needed to get this image at the right time. Wow.

NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars tomorrow, Feb. 18. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

Every culture has their stories.

Astronomical calendar for 2021.

Interesting. Time to get out the solar filter.

I guess China will be the only big radio telescope now: https://en.wikipedia.org//Five-hundred-meter_Aperture_Sphe

This came across my Facebook and I thought I would share.

Spoiler: The once-in-397-years-sight is the Jupiter & Saturn conjunction at the end of the year.

Right place, right time.

A pair of Russian tortoises were the first to round the moon on this day in 1968. Video: buff.ly/35EKwLu

Might have to wait until the smoke clears to see Uranus

Help our friends at Whitewater so that we have a place for public outreaches.

An explanation for Betelgeuse's dimming last year

Broken Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory. They are still recovering from Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Photographs are way better than naked-eye. I got up at 4 am, started see it at 4:30. It is just a little streak from Redlands. Reminds me of Halley's Comet in '86.

For you early birds.

The June 6 meeting has been cancelled due to the CDC and state guidelines for dealing with COVID-19.The June 6 meeting has been cancelled due to the CDC and state guidelines for dealing with COVID-19.

Watch Mercury and Venus meet this week.

A few more pictures from 2016's RTMC from Ron Woods #TBT

Pictures from the 2016 RTMC and the Parkes Radio Telescope and Tidbinbilla DSN facility from 200. -Ron Woods

Chris Clarke conducting an SBVAA outreach in Ola, Idaho on August 21, 2017 for the total solar eclipse. -Randy Kromas #TBT