2024 Meeting Highlights

Next Meeting - Sunday September 8, 2024
2024 Meeting Schedule Posted here

Coming Up:



METEOR WATCH
Calendar 2024-2025


COMET WATCH
ALPO - Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
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Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center Launches

Of particular interest: 

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Nearby Astronomy Talks
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ANNUAL STAR PARTIES - Road Trips!
Winter - approximately 7 hours south of St. Augustine. 
Winter Star Party
February Florida Keys - Big Pine Key, opportunity to see the Southern Cross

Summer - approximately 11.5 hours north of St. Augustine
Green Bank Star Quest  (West Virginia)
Hosted by: The Central Appalachian Astronomy Club 
July 4th holiday - unique in that it takes place at the World's Largest Steerable Radio Telescope

Fall - approximately 9 hours north of St. Augustine
Hosted by: CHAOS - Chapel Hill Astronomical & Observational Society
Late September, Early October possible Fall Foliage in Bortle 2 Skies

Next Meeting - Sunday September 8, 2024

Northeast Florida Astronomy Forum

Beginning in 2023 Dues paying members of Ancient City Astronomy Club (ACAC) and Northeast Florida Astronomical Society (NEFAS) have access to a private forum to discuss all things related to Astronomy.  

Join today to get in on the conversation!

Welcome to the Ancient City Astronomy Club!

The Ancient City Astronomy Club meets indoors at 4:00pm for dinner and 5:00pm for meeting usually on the 2nd Sunday of each month at:

Village Inn
900 N Ponce De Leon 
St. Augustine, FL 32084
Kindly RSVP to Vice President Paul Jones to reserve your seat
jonesp0854 at gmail.com  

The program includes information on the latest astronomy news, a lecture on a topic of astronomical interest, information about upcoming club events, and concludes with the club business meeting.  All are welcome.

2024 Club Meeting Schedule

Jan  14
Feb 18
Mar 10
Apr 14
May 5
June 9
July 14
Aug 11   Changed to Aug 4
Sep 8
Oct 13
Nov 10
Dec TBD - (Holiday Party) 

2024 Saturday Star Party Calendar

All are Welcome!  Please note that the first dark hour of each event is dedicated to public education and then club members and friends focus on their observational and peer projects.  Parties are held at Matanzas Inlet and St Johns County Fairgrounds depending on weather and observation conditions.  Please join the ACAC mailing list to be informed on the day where the event will be held. 

January     6 and 13
February   3 and 10
March       2 and 9
April         6 and 13
May          4 and 11
June          1 and 8
July           6 and 13
August       3, 10, 31
September 7 and 28
October     5 and 26
November 2, 23 and 30
December  21 and 28



ACAC Social Calendar
Field trip announcements and speaker engagements are emailed to members as they are planned. 
Click here to join.  

ACAC Public Outreach
To invite the club to speak at your event please click here.

Astronomy Calendar
For information on sky watching highlights please click here.

Contact Us
Vice President Paul Jones can be reached at
jonesp0854 at gmail.com  




















Setting up for a Star Party at Fort Matanzas Inlet.  Monthly star parties are held in which members have the opportunity to view through shared telescopes and learn naked eye and binocular astronomy from veteran skywatchers.

Background Image: The Pleiades Star Cluster in Taurus the Bull (M45)        
photographed by Ancient City Astronomy Club member Robert Huerbsch – Oct 2017

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