FLORIDA CALENDAR OF ASTRONOMY-RELATED EVENTS
THE EVENTS LISTED BELOW ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE HERE; GO TO THE LINKS TO SEE IF THEY ARE STILL ON.  EVENTS ARE OFTEN 'WEATHER PERMITTING'. 
E-mail events to reachjasonh@ (add gmail.com) 

​2023 ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE AND 2024 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP FROM NASA

CLICK HERE FOR GOOD RESOLUTION 24 MEG ECLIPSE MAP
October 21, 2023 International Observe the Moon Night
November 10-17, 2023 Chiefland Astrofest 2023
Chiefland Astrofest thread on cloudynights.com
Chiefland Astrofest Registration
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Many of the events listings below have been distilled by me from the Night Sky Network's Find Astronomy Events listings, and are Florida Astronomy events posted by Astronomy Club members.
Tue 9/26/23
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET
TCAS Club Meeting
club event
Treasure Coast Astronomical Society
IRSC Hallstrom Planetarium
3209 Virgina Ave
Building N
Fort Pierce, FL
Sunset: 7:13 PM
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=127408
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Thu 10/5/23
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET
Monthly Meeting
club event
Southwest Florida Astronomical Society, Inc.
Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium
3450 Ortiz Avenue
Fort Myers, FL
Sunset: 7:10 PM
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=128431
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Sat 10/14/23 PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN FLORIDA
​​2023 ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE AND 2024 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP FROM NASA
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Sat 10/14/23
11:30 AM - 3:00 PM ET
Partial Solar Eclipse
community event
Suncoast Stargazers, Inc.
Robinson Preserve
10299 9th Avenue Northwest
Bradenton, FL
Sunset: 7:04 PM
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=132597
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Tue 10/31/23
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET
TCAS Club Meeting
club event
Treasure Coast Astronomical Society
IRSC Hallstrom Planetarium
3209 Virgina Ave
Building N
Fort Pierce, FL
Sunset: 6:40 PM
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=127409
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Thu 11/2/23
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET
Monthly Meeting
club event
Southwest Florida Astronomical Society, Inc.
Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium
3450 Ortiz Avenue
Fort Myers, FL
Sunset: 6:45 PM
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=128432
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Sat 11/11/23
5:30 PM ET
Public Observing
observing event
Southwest Florida Astronomical Society, Inc.
Seahawk Park
1030 Northwest 28th Street
Cape Coral, FL
Sunset: 5:40 PM

https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=128894
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Tue 11/28/23
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET
TCAS Club Meeting
club event
Treasure Coast Astronomical Society
IRSC Hallstrom Planetarium
3209 Virgina Ave
Building N
Fort Pierce, FL
Sunset: 5:28 PM
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=127411
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​2023 SKY CAL
Sky Event Calendar by Fred Espenak, Sumit Dutta (NASA's GSFC)
ANNULAR  SOLAR ECLIPSE PATH OF OCTOBER 14, 2023 (BELOW)
AS YOU CAN SEE, FLORIDA IS NOT IN THE PATH OF THE BEST PART OF IT, BUT IT WILL HAVE A PARTIAL ECLIPSE.

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE APRIL 8, 2024 PATH ACROSS THE U.S. (BELOW) 
As you can see, it will not be total in Florida, but Florida will have partial eclipse.
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At the Canaveral National Seashore star party on Jan. 21, 2017. The sky transparency was less than ideal, but the public got to see many objects.
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16" Binocular Telescope at Chiefland Star Party in Northwest Florida
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An amateur astronomer's observatory dome at Chiefland FL