This year’s Redlands astronomy-themed Cosmic Nights series of events kicked off Saturday, March 12 at the San Bernardino County Museum to the Stars.
The museum is partnering with the San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers to offer the events, which will continue into the spring.
The group noted on its website sbvaa.org that Uranus and the Moon and “all the winter wonders like the Orion Nebula” were visible on Saturday.
The outdoor series continues on April 9 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., weather permitting, at the museum, located at 2024 Orange Tree Lane.
Veronica and Frank Zoumakpe watch their son Essenam, 6, look through a Vixen 130mm reflector with the help of Jim Sommer of the San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers during the Cosmic Nights astronomy-themed evening event at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands gazing at the Orion Nebula on Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
Justice Mendoza, 6, views the moon through a Questar 3 1/2 inch mirror lens during the Cosmic Nights evening event in association with the San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands on Saturday, March 12, 2022 (Photo by Milka Soko, contributing photographer)
Details can be seen in this photo of the moon taken with a cellphone through the eyepiece of an Intes 5″ Mak-Newt 127mm telescope during the Cosmic Nights astronomical evening event in San Bernardino in collaboration with the San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers became County Museum in Redlands on Saturday March 12, 2022. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
Daniel Cortez, 10, views the moon through a Questar 3 1/2-inch mirror lens during the “Cosmic Nights” astronomy-themed evening event in association with the San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands Saturday, May 12. March 2022 (photo by Milka Soko, contributing photographer)
Andrea Cuevas views the moon through a Questar 3 1/2″ reflecting lens telescope during the Cosmic Nights astronomical evening event in association with the San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands on Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Photo by Milka Soko, contributing photographer)
SBVAA’s Fidel Hernandez views the moon through a Carrol 6″ refractor telescope during the Cosmic Nights evening event in association with the San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands on Saturday, March 12, 2022. ( Photo by Milka Soko, contributing photographer)
David Tellyer views the Moon through a Carrol 6″ Refractor Telescope during the Cosmic Nights evening event in association with the San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands on Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Photo by Milka Soko , Contributing Photographer)
Lia Pop views the Orion Nebula through a Vixen 130mm reflector with the help of Jim Sommer of the San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers during the Cosmic Nights astronomical evening event at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands on Saturday, March 12, 2022. ( Photo by Milka Soko, contributing photographer)
Ed Lerma photographs the Moon with his cell phone through the eyepiece of an Intes 5″ Mak-Newt 127mm telescope with the help of Martin Carey of the San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers during the Cosmic Nights astronomy-themed evening event at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands on Saturday March 12, 2022. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
Nilson Cortez holds his daughter Grace, 5, who views the Orion Nebula through a Vixen 130mm reflector with the help of Jim Sommer of the San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers during the Cosmic Nights astronomy-themed evening event at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands Saturday, May 12, 2017 March 2022. (Photo by Milka Soko, contributing photographer)
Barbara Zamudio views the moon through a Questar 3 1/2 inch mirror lens during the Cosmic Nights evening event in association with the San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands on Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Photo by Milka Soko, contributing photographer)
Participants can bring garden chairs, blankets, telescopes and binoculars.
The museum galleries are open during events. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors over 60 and active military personnel, $7 for students with ID, $5 for children ages 5-12, and free for children under 5.
Tickets and information are available at sbcounty.gov/museum.
