Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit

SBAU Monthly Meeting

Friday, May 1, 2026

Event

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

Sshort planetarium show for AU members from 6:30 PM to 7 PM.

Starting at 7 PM will be a short AU club meeting, followed by our speaker, the Mars Curiosity rover’s Deputy Project Scientist Dr. Abigail Fraeman, describing how Curiosity is reshaping our understanding of the evolution of our planetary neighbor, and the fate of habitable environments on a world that was once Earth-like.

We end promptly at 9 PM.

Astronomical Unit

Date: Friday, May 1, 2026

Time: 6:30 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.
2559 Puesta Del Sol
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
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Event Report

UPCOMING EVENTS

Fri 5/1/2026
6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Pacific 		SBAU Monthly Meeting Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta Del Sol Santa Barbara, CA
Sat 5/9/2026
8:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. Pacific 		Monthly Public Star Party Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta Del Sol Santa Barbara, CA
Tue 5/19/2026
7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Pacific 		Telescope Tuesday Camino Real Marketplace
7004 Marketplace Drive Goleta, CA
Fri 5/22/2026
5 p.m. - 10 p.m. Pacific 		Monthly Public Telescope Night at Westmont