Our monthly newsletter includes information on upcoming events and mmetings, observing information for the coming month, and features including articles on astronomy, online resources, and videos.
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Newsletter Archive
Dec 2024
Starry Starry Night, Starship IFT-6, Geminids.
Nov 2024
Holiday Buyers' Guide, Crew 8, Active Asteroids.
Oct 2024
Redshift, Polaris Dawn Results, JWST Galaxy Collision.
Sept 2024
Annual Resources Issue, Starliner, Polaris Dawn.
August 2024
Jose Carvajal-Beltran, Falcon 9 Failure, Meade and Orion Close.
July 2024
Starship IFT-4, Starliner, JWST Views Crab Nebula.
June 2024
Black Hole Beams, Starliner Test, Starship Test, Summer Skies.
May 2024
Solar Eclipse, Last Delta Rocket, JWST Horsehead.
Apr 2024
Starship IFT-3, Dwarf II, Homestead Astro Park.
Mar 2024
IM-1 Lands on Moon, SLIM Alive, Outdoor Expo.
Feb 2024
Starry Starry Night, Japan Lands on Moon, Vulcan.
Jan 2024
Club History, ISS at 25, Perseverance at 1000 sols.
Dec 2023
November Starry Starry Night, SpaceX 2nd Starship Launch, Novice Telescope Buy Guide.
Nov 2023
Chinese Space Station, India Space Capsule Test, October Solar Eclipse Event.
Oct 2023
Stoke Space Hop Test, Space Academy 2024 Schedule, Osiris-Rex Sample Return.
Sept 2023
Our annual Member Resources Issue for 2023, new rockets.
Aug 2023
Supernova 2023ixf and The Perseids meteor shower.
July 2023
Starship IFT-1 and Axiom Space.
June 2023
JWST news, summer observing in Florida.
May 2023
CEMEX Earth Day, Starship flight test results from April, Spring deep sky objects.
April 2023
Space Academy begins, Embry Riddle Open House Observatory Tour, Relativity Space.
March 2023
Outdoor Expo and spring Starry Starry Day and Night in Wildwood.
Feb 2023
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF ( "The Green Comet"), Florida Starship Launches, Viewing Star Clusters.
Jan 2023
Quadrantids Meteor Shower, Walter Cunningham RIP, Space Coast News.
Dec 2022
Artemis I flight, Light Gathering and Magnification in Telescopes and Binoculars.
Nov 2022
Astronomy 101 Classes, Amateur Astronomy Science Organizations.
Oct 2022
Double Asteroid Redirect Test, Images of Falcon 9 launches by our members, SpaceX Starship Program.
Sept 2022
Viewing Pluto, Starry Starry Day and Night, Artemis Program Overview.
Aug 2022
Homestead Astro Park Issues, Summer Education Programs, Annual Member Resources Listing for 2022.
July 2022
RIP Bill Santos, ERAU EagleCam Program, Astrospheric, Beginner Videos.
June 2022
May Lunar Eclipse Report and Images, Summer Meetings, Summer Solstice.
May 2022
Cales Field in Fruitland Park, Morning Planets, Lunar Eclipse Geometry.
April 2022
March Starry Starry Day & Night Report, The Holes in JWST's Sun Shield, Starbase TX News Site.
March 2022
RIP Chuck Knaus, Spring Objects in Leo, Cancer, and Coma Berenices, Homestead Astro Park.
Feb 2022
Homestead Astro Park Grand Opening, Observing in Orion, the Hunter.
Jan 2022
The Villages Outdoor Expo, Galactic Archaeology.
Dec 2021
Starry Starry Day & Night Nov 2021 Report, Comet Leonard, Observing Minor Planets, The Seven Sisters.
Nov 2021
Club Elections, Bright Objects to Observe, November Observer's Cheat Sheet and Guide to Winter Objects.
Oct 2021
October Observing, Amateur Astronomy Industry News, NASA's Lucy Mission.
Sept 2021
Telescope Workshop Meetings, Deep Sky Objects in Sagittarius, Quick Disconnect Arm.
Aug 2021
Physical Meetings Resume in Sept, Perseid Meteor Showers, Summer Activities.
July 2021
SpaceX Raptor Engine, Homestead Astro Park Plan Revealed, iTelescope Video.
June 2021
Annular Solar Eclipse, The Moon, Mars and The Beehive, Starbase TX Flyover.
May 2021
Embry-Riddle, Aquarid Meteor Shower, Member Photos.
April 2021
Images of our members, An Ancient Celestial Computer.
March 2021
Facebook Group Formed, Unistellar EVScope Review, SpaceX Starship SN10 Flight.
Feb 2021
Archaeoastronomy by Ken Katta, Membership during the Pandemic, Officer Changes.
Jan 2021
Observation Report by member John Carter, Meteor Showers for 2021.
Dec 2020
Aricebo Telescope Collapse, RIP Chuck Yeager, Hayabusa 2 Return, Jupiter/Saturn Conjunction.
Nov 2020
Zoom meetings, Wonderword, Member Observation Report.
Oct 2020
Telescope Eyepiece Tips, Mars Opposition, Physical Meeting Cancellations.
Sept 2020
Jupiter and Saturn, Zoom Meeting Schedule, Zeta Scorpii--See a Sextuple Star!
Aug 2020
First Issue of The Villages Star, Perseverence, U.S. Human Spaceflight Resumes, Summer Triangle.