Calendar for The Villages Astronomy Club

Sept 2025

• 1st: Space Academy 6:30pm.
  Truman Recreation Center Studebaker Room, 2705 Canal Street.

  Space Academy is a casual forum for learning the basics of astronomy and sharing recent news items in astronomy research. Zero prior knowledge of astronomy is required to participate!

• 1st: Observers' Workshop 8:00pm.
  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!

• 5th: Executive Directors' Meeting 11am.
  Fishhawk Recreation Center, 2318 Buttonwood Run.

  All members welcome! Join us as we plan future events for the club, work out logistics and technical details of our events. Join us as we prepare for our fall Starry Starry Night and spring 2026 speaker program.

• 17th: General Meeting 6:30pm.
  Laurel Manor Recreation Center, 1985 Laurel Manor Drive.

  Join us at our general meeting, where we cover club business and will have a speaker on a subject in space or astronomy.

• 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. Bring your telescope or come to look through others' scopes. Easy setup off your tailgate for telescopes. Bring power if required. Public welcome! No Villages ID Required

• 24th: EAA Meeting 7pm
  Homestead Astronomy Park, 6227 Meggison Road

  Join us at Homestead Astronomy Park for an evening of observation with electronically assisted astronomy devices. Traditional astronomers are welcome to take advantage of the late opening hours of the Astronomy Park as well. We will be discussing different devices and techniques, new product releases in EAA, as well as taking images on our smart scopes.

Oct 2025

• 3rd: Executive Directors' Meeting 11am.
  Fishhawk Recreation Center, 2318 Buttonwood Run.

  All members welcome! Join us as we plan future events for the club, work out logistics and technical details of our events. We will be preparing for our winter and spring programs.

• 6th: Space Academy 6:30pm
  Truman Recreation Center Studebaker Room, 2705 Canal Street.

  Learn the basics of astronomy at our Space Academy meetings. We will also discuss your questions about astronomy and current research findings.

• 6th: Observers' Workshop: Binocular Astronomy Special Event 8pm.
  Truman Recreation Center Picnic Pavilion, 2705 Canal Street.

  Our October 2025 Observers' Workshop will be focused on binocular astronomy! Bring your binoculars, and your tripod, monopod, or binocular mount if you have one, but if not, bring your arms--they'll do just fine! Learn the techniques of binocular astronomy and how to find and view some of the best sights in the sky as our experienced binocular observers guide you. This event is open to both members and non-members of the astronomy club, so invite your friends and neighbors (Villages residents and guests with ID.)

• 18th: 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. Bring your telescope or come to look through others' scopes. Easy setup off your tailgate for telescopes. Bring power if required. Public welcome! No Villages ID Required

• 15th: General Meeting: "Current Thinking on the Origin of the Universe" by Robert Wickman 6:30pm.
  Laurel Manor Recreation Center, 1985 Laurel Manor Drive.

  Learn about the current thinking among cosmologists on the origins of the universe, presenting a theory that extends back to before the Big Bang!

• 29th: EAA Meeting 6:15pm
  Homestead Astronomy Park, 6227 Meggison Road

  Join us at Homestead Astronomy Park for an evening of observation with electronically assisted astronomy devices. Traditional astronomers are welcome to take advantage of the late opening hours of the Astronomy Park as well. We will be discussing different devices and techniques, new product releases in EAA, as well as taking images on our smart scopes.

November 2025

• 2nd: DST Ends

3rd: Space Academy 6:30pm
Truman Recreation Center Studebaker Room, 2705 Canal Street.

Learn the basics of astronomy and hear news about the latest research.

• 3rd: Observers' Workshop, Star Party Preparation 7pm.
  Truman Recreation Center Picnic Pavilion, 2705 Canal Street.

  The November 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 November 22nd Starry Starry Night event!

  We will still have assistance available for those who want help with a telescope or binoculars.

• 7th: 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 the Nov 22nd Starry Starry Night.

• 15th: 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

• 18th: General Meeting: Exploring the Night Sky: A Beginner's Guide to Using Binoculars for Astronomy by Frank Bridge 6:30pm.
  Laurel Manor Recreation Center, 1985 Laurel Manor Drive.

  Member Frank Bridge will speak to us on our deep connection to the night sky, and how we can use binoculars to both observe more deeply than we can with our eyes, and strengthen that connection to the sky and the wonders within it.

• 19th: EAA Meeting 6:15pm
  Homestead Astronomy Park, 6227 Meggison Road

  Join us at Homestead Astronomy Park for an evening of observation with electronically assisted astronomy devices. Traditional astronomers are welcome to take advantage of the late opening hours of the Astronomy Park as well. We will be discussing different devices and techniques, new product releases in EAA, as well as taking images on our smart scopes.

• 22nd: Starry Starry Night 6:30-8:30pm
  Everglades Rec Center Multi-Use Field, 5497 Marsh Bend Trail

  Join us at our fall 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, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, as well as binary stars, star clusters, galaxies, and nebulas.

December 2025

• 1st: 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!

1st: Space Academy 6:30pm
Truman Recreation Center Studebaker Room, 2705 Canal Street.

Learn the basics of astronomy and hear news about the latest research.

• 5th: 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.

• 16th: General Meeting: Comets and Asteroids by NASA Ambassador Anne Holland 6:30pm.
  Laurel Manor Recreation Center, 1985 Laurel Manor Drive.

  Join us as NASA Ambassador Anne Holland tells us about how the "minor" members of our solar system revolutionized our view of the solar system and where it came from. We will be serving ice cream after the presentation.

• 17th: EAA Meeting 6:15pm
  Homestead Astronomy Park, 6227 Meggison Road

  Join us at Homestead Astronomy Park for an evening of observation with electronically assisted astronomy devices. Traditional astronomers are welcome to take advantage of the late opening hours of the Astronomy Park as well. We will be discussing different devices and techniques, new product releases in EAA, as well as taking images on our smart scopes.

• 20th: 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