Operating as a non-profit organization with all volunteers since 1975, the Rolnick Observatory, located in Westport Connecticut, has been open and free to the Public every Wednesday and Thursday night from 8 to 10 p.m. (weather permitting)!

Click Here for Directions to the Rolnick Observatory.

The Dome Observatory houses a 12.5-inch f/4.8 Newtonian telescope. On moonless nights, we take out the portable 25-inch Obsession telescope, the largest in the State of CT available to the public.

WAS holds its regular meetings at 8PM on the third Tuesday of each month in the Educational Center on the Observatory site. Everyone is welcome!

Click Here for an aerial view of the Rolnick Observatory.

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Our Next Meeting
Tuesday August 17th, 2010

Please join us August 17th for Dr. Nick Morgan. Nick is an MIT PhD physics teacher just up the street at Staples High School and used to head the PISCES project.  But Nick's topic isn't for most High School kids, he's going to talk about his thesis on gravitationally lensed quasars. Ever hear of Einstein's Cross?  Or how 'bout the Twin Quasar?  Clearly a quasar is a strange beast and Nick is going to explain why using gravitational lensing is so important to cosmology and understanding our view of the universe.  Cool stuff.

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