Calendar for The Villages Astronomy Club

November 2024

• 1st: 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. Help us plan for our fall Starry Starry Night event and fall/winter meetings!

• 4th: Space Academy Cancelled for Nov.
  Truman Recreation Center Studebaker Room, 2705 Canal Street.

  The use of Truman Recreation Center as a polling place will displace the use of the site for Space Academy this month. Consider coming out to our Telescope Workshop instead!

• 4th: Telescope Workshop 7:00pm.
  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 telescope use. Learn about the latest Electronically Assisted Astronomy devices. We provide views of the sky to interested onlookers as well. Bring your telescope or binoculars and join us!

• 6th: EAA Meeting 5:15pm
  Homestead Astronomy Park, 6227 Meggison Road.

  Those who own or are interested in Electronically Assisted Astronomy, whether with a smart telescope or a smart controller added to a Go-To scope, are welcome to attend, share their knowledge, or learn more about the various options in this new technology and how to get the most out of it.

• 16th: 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 for telescopes, or take your scope deeper into the park for darker conditions. Bortle 5 skies. Bring power if required.

• 19th: General Meeting: Future Space Missions by Drake Shepard 6:30pm.
  Laurel Manor Recreation Center, 1985 Laurel Manor Drive.

  Popular speaker Drake Shepard, who we have previously seen as "Albert Einstein" returns to The Villages Astronomy Club to talk about the space missions we will be seeing in the future. Join us for what is sure to be a fun and informative evening!

Dec 2024

• 2nd: 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!

• 2nd: Telescope Workshop 6:00pm.
  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 telescope use. We provide views of the sky to interested onlookers as well. Bring your telescope or binoculars and join us!

• 4th: EAA Meeting 7:30pm
  Homestead Astronomy Park, 6227 Meggison Road.

  Those who own or are interested in Electronically Assisted Astronomy, whether with a smart telescope or a smart controller added to a Go-To scope, are welcome to attend, share their knowledge, or learn more about the various options in this new technology and how to get the most out of it.

• 6th: 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. Help us improve what we do, and have a hand in guiding the club!

• 7th: Starry, Starry Night 6:30pm.
  Everglades Recreation Center, 5497 Marsh Bend Trl.

  All residents and guests with ID are invited to join us as our astronomers come out to show the fall sky! See Jupiter, Saturn, the Moon, the Great Orion Nebula, and many other objects in the sky. Observing will be from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Everglades Recreation Center, at the basketball court and multi-use field near the platform tennis courts on the north side of the Everglades recreation complex.

• 17th: General Meeting: Anne Holland, NASA Ambassador, “Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors” 6:30pm.
  Laurel Manor Recreation Center, 1985 Laurel Manor Drive.

  Learn about the material in our solar system that isn't part of our stars, planets or moons. Whether it's comets, asteroids, or meteors, see how much we can learn about the origins and nature of our solar system from the material preserved in these objects, how we get it, and how we study it.

  Ice cream social will follow the presentation, featuring Ritter's Frozen Custard! So come help us eat it up!

• 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, observing begins at dusk. Bring your telescope or come to look through others' scopes. Easy setup off your tailgate for telescopes, or take your scope deeper into the park for darker conditions. Bortle 5 skies. Bring power if required.

January 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. Help us improve what we do, and have a hand in guiding the club!

• 6th: Telescope 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 telescope use. Learn about the latest Electronically Assisted Astronomy devices. We provide views of the sky to interested onlookers as well. Bring your telescope or binoculars and join us!

• 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.

• 21st: General Meeting: Randy Gilbert, Electronically Assisted Astronomy Techniques 6:30pm.
  Laurel Manor Recreation Center, 1985 Laurel Manor Drive.

  Learn the many approaches to using digital tech to enhance observing and astrophotography. Whether you are an active astronomer, or are just interested in how our members are getting cool pictures of the cosmos, you will enjoy this lively presentation.

• 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. Bring your telescope or come to look through others' scopes. Easy setup off your tailgate for telescopes, or take your scope deeper into the park for darker conditions. Bortle 5 skies. Public welcome! Bring power if required.

• 29th: EAA Meeting 7pm.
  Homestead Astronomy Park, 6227 Meggison Road.

  Join us to learn more about to partake in Electronically Assisted Astronomy (EAA). All observers welcome, park will be open late. Learn about using smart telescopes, adding smart controllers to existing scopes, capturing and processing astro images, and more! Bortle 5 skies, high horizons (25 degrees), power available.