Event

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.

At 7:30 PM, our speaker will be NASA/JPL Senior Research Scientist Dr. Rosaly M.C. Lopes, and the topic is "Where the Hot Stuff Is: Volcanoes Beyond Earth". We end promptly at 9 PM.

*** Meetings will no longer be Zoomed, but may be available later, with the speaker's permission, on YouTube.

Astronomical Unit

Date: Friday, March 6, 2026

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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