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Monthly SBAU meeting in Fleischmann Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

From 6 PM to 6:30 PM there will be AU merchandise available, followed by a short planetarium show from 6:30 PM to 7 PM.

From 7 PM to 7:30 PM, there will be an AU club meeting, followed by our speaker.

Our speaker will be UC Berkeley Distinguished Professor of Astronomy Alex Filippenko, Ph.D., who was a student member of the Santa Barbara Astronomy Club in the 1970s. His topic will be Black Holes, Supernovae, and the Runaway Universe.

This will be a hybrid meeting, so you can attend via Zoom if you wish. Contact our webmaster for the Zoom link (or see the email sent to our current members).

Astronomical Unit

Date: Friday, October 3, 2025

Time: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Pacific

Location: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta Del Sol
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

Information for Visitors

Location Details

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Club meetings are generally on the first Friday of each month at 7 PM in Farrand Hall at SBMNH. We hold a Public Star Party at SBMNH on the second Saturday of every month, by Palmer Observatory.

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