Calendar for The Villages Astronomy Club

October 2026

• 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 2027 speaker schedule, presentation materials development, and our upcoming Astronomy Day and Starry Starry Night events.

No Space Academy
No Observers Workshop

Truman Rec Center is closed for renovation, inside and outside, so both meetings are cancelled this month.

• 7th: Smart Scope Meeting7:30pm,
  North Pavilion, near basketball court, Everglades Rec Center, 5497 Marsh Bend Trail.

  Meeting for owners of smart telescopes, including Dwarf, SeeStar, etc. Bring your scope and get some imaging time in, share techniques with other owners.

• 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: Joel Nussbaum, Apollo 11 Engineer 6:30pm.
  Laurel Manor Recreation Center, 1985 Laurel Manor Drive.

  Come hear a presentation from an engineer who worked on Apollo 11 on the task, the job, and the demands placed on those who worked to bring this momentous event to come to pass.

November 2026

2nd: Combined Space Academy/Observers Workshop Star Party 6:30pm
Truman Recreation Center Picnic Pavilion, 2705 Canal Street.

Indoors will be closed for use as a polling location, so we are holding a Star Party for club members and their guests at the Picnic Pavilion. We invite all our observers to bring out their telescopes to show the sky and practice for Starry Starry Night on the 14th. We invite our members and their guests to enjoy views of the fall sky through our observers' scopes!

• 4thSmart Scope Meeting6:30pm.
  Everglades Rec Center, Northern Pavilion (near basketball court), 5497 Marsh Bend Trail.

  Join us for our monthly meeting for smart scope users and those interested in smart scope astronomy. Visual observers are welcome to join us for observing as well, but the meeting discussion is focused on smart scopes such as the Seestars, DwarfLab scopes, eVscopes, Vaonis, Celestron Origin, etc.

• 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 2027 speaker schedule, Solar Walk upgrades, and our outreach schedule.

• 14th: Starry Starry Night 6-8:30pm, Everglades Rec Ctr, 5497 Marsh Bend Trail, North Pavilion, Basketball Court, & Multi-Use Field

  Our twice annual star party open to residents of The Villages and guests with Villages guest IDs. Join us as we view Saturn, the Summer Triangle, Lagoon Nebula, Pisces and Taurus and many beautiful fall objects in the sky. Cancelled in the event of inclement weather.

• 17th: NO GENERAL MEETING

  Laurel Manor will be closed for maintenance this month. Please join us at Starry Starry Night on the 14th! See you next month!

• 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

Dec 2026

• 2nd: Smart Scope Meeting 6pm,
  North Pavilion, near basketball court, Everglades Rec Center, 5497 Marsh Bend Trail.

  Join us for our monthly meeting for smart scope users and those interested in smart scope astronomy. Visual observers are welcome to join us for observing as well, but the meeting discussion is focused on smart scopes such as the Seestars, DwarfLab scopes, eVscopes, Vaonis, Celestron Origin, etc.

• 4th: 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 upcoming speaker schedule, Solar Walk upgrades, and our fall/winter outreach schedule.

7th: Space Academy 6:30pm
Truman Recreation Center Studebaker Room, 2705 Canal Street.

Learn the basics of astronomy and hear news about the latest research in astronomy, space exploration. Roman Space Telescope, Starship news.

• 7th: 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!

• 15th: General Meeting: Special Program by a Major Science Institution TBA! 6:30pm.
  Laurel Manor Recreation Center, 1985 Laurel Manor Dr.

  You won't want to miss our special December program! We will announce details as soon as they're finalized! Plus, we'll have Grumpy's Ice Cream!

• 19th: 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