January 2026
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2nd: Executive Directors' Meeting 11am.
Fishhawk Recreation Center, 2318 Buttonwood Run.All members welcome! Join us as we plan future events for the club, including our spring Starry Starry Night, presentation materials development, and our summer schedule.
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5th: Observers' Workshop, 6pm.
Truman Recreation Center Picnic Pavilion, 2705 Canal Street.Learn how to choose and use a telescope or binoculars. Our astronomers answer your questions and provide tips on observing the sky. We provide views of the sky to interested onlookers as well. Bring your telescope or binoculars and join us!
17th: Fruitland Park Astronomy 5pm.
Cales Memorial Soccer Field, 300 Shiloh Street, Fruitland Park, FL.See the sky with the Fruitland Park Astronomy Group. Gates open 5pm for solar observers, astro observing begins at dusk. Bring your telescope or come to look through others' scopes. Easy setup off your tailgate. Bring power if required. Public welcome! No Villages ID Required
20th: General Meeting: To Be Announced 6:30pm.
Laurel Manor Recreation Center, 1985 Laurel Manor Drive.Join us for our monthly General Meeting with a presentation on astronomy or space exploration.
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21st: Smart Scope Meeting 6pm
Homestead Astronomy Park, 6227 Meggison RoadJoin us at Homestead Astronomy Park for an evening of observation with electronically assisted astronomy devices. Visual astronomers are welcome as well! We will be discussing different devices and techniques, new product releases, and taking images on our smart scopes.
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31 Scout Merit Badge Counseling
We will be running an Astronomy Merit Badge training session for Florida Scouts at Sand Hill Scout Reservation near Brooksville. Contact Randy Gilbert if you would like to volunteer.
5th: Space Academy 6:30pm
Truman Recreation Center Studebaker Room, 2705 Canal Street.
Learn the basics of astronomy and hear news about the latest research.
February 2026
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2nd: Observers' Workshop, 6pm.
Truman Recreation Center Picnic Pavilion, 2705 Canal Street.This Observers' Workshop will be focused on learning how to show the sky to the public! Learn how to build a list of objects you are familiar with showing, what suits your scope, and how to describe them to observers with information beyond what they see at the eyepiece. Also how to assist attendees with viewing, and manage the line. So we're inviting our astronomers out with their telescopes and binoculars on stands to prepare for our Feb 7th Starry Starry Night event!
We will still have assistance available for those who want help with a telescope or binoculars. -
2nd: Space Academy 6:30pm
Truman Recreation Center Studebaker Room, 2705 Canal Street.Learn the basics of astronomy and hear news about the latest research.
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6th: Executive Directors' Meeting 11am.
Fishhawk Recreation Center, 2318 Buttonwood Run.All members welcome! Join us as we plan future events for the club, and make final preparations for Starry Starry Night on the 7th as well as The Villages Outdoor Expo at the end of the month.
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7th: Starry Starry Night 6:30-8:30pm
Everglades Rec Center Multi-Use Field, 5497 Marsh Bend TrailJoin us at our winter Starry Starry Night event! This event is open to all Villages Residents and Guests with ID. Our astronomers will be showing the sky through their telescopes and mounted binoculars, including the Moon, Jupiter, Uranus, the Orion Nebula, as well as binary stars, star clusters, galaxies, and nebulas.
17th: General Meeting: The High Energy Physics of Our Sun by Toni Graybill 6:30pm.
Laurel Manor Recreation Center, 1985 Laurel Manor Drive.Member Toni Graybill will tell us about how we can observe high energy physics in our own Sun, using it as a laboratory for our theories about the subject right here in our own backyard.
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18th: Smart Scope Meeting 6:15pm
Homestead Astronomy Park, 6227 Meggison RoadJoin us at Homestead Astronomy Park for an evening of observation with electronically assisted astronomy devices. Visual astronomers are welcome as well. We will be discussing different devices and techniques, new product releases, as well as taking images on our smart scopes.
21st: Fruitland Park Astronomy 5pm.
Cales Memorial Soccer Field, 300 Shiloh Street, Fruitland Park, FL.See the sky with the Fruitland Park Astronomy Group. Gates open 5pm for solar observers, astro observing begins at dusk. Bring your telescope or come to look through others' scopes. Easy setup off your tailgate. Bring power if required. Public welcome! No Villages ID Required
March 2026
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2nd: Observers' Workshop, 7pm.
Truman Recreation Center Picnic Pavilion, 2705 Canal Street.Learn how to choose and use a telescope or binoculars. Our astronomers answer your questions and provide tips on observing the sky. We provide views of the sky to interested onlookers as well. Bring your telescope or binoculars and join us!
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6th: Executive Directors' Meeting 11am.
Fishhawk Recreation Center, 2318 Buttonwood Run.All members welcome! Join us as we plan future events for the club, including our spring Astronomy Day, Solar Walk development, and our summer outreach schedule.
17th: General Meeting: Vera Rubin by Linda Meng 6:30pm.
Laurel Manor Recreation Center, 1985 Laurel Manor Drive.Join us as Linda Meng tells us about astronomer Vera Rubin, her revolutionary discoveries, and her legacy in current astrophysics, and her relationship to the new observatory which bears her name.
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18th: Smart Scope Meeting 7:30pm
Homestead Astronomy Park, 6227 Meggison RoadJoin us at Homestead Astronomy Park for an evening of observation with smart telescopes and astrophotography telescopes. Visual astronomers are welcome as well! We will be discussing different devices and techniques, new product releases, and well as taking images on our smart scopes.
21st: Fruitland Park Astronomy 5pm.
Cales Memorial Soccer Field, 300 Shiloh Street, Fruitland Park, FL.See the sky with the Fruitland Park Astronomy Group. Gates open 5pm for solar observers, astro observing begins at dusk. Bring your telescope or come to look through others' scopes. Easy setup off your tailgate. Bring power if required. Public welcome! No Villages ID Required
2nd: Space Academy 6:30pm
Truman Recreation Center Studebaker Room, 2705 Canal Street.
Learn the basics of astronomy and hear news about the latest research.