Westport Astronomical Society

Comet Garradd poses, M95’s Superb Supernova, Space Day with the Discovery Museum & Planetarium and Martin Hamar stacks with Registax 6 by Dan Wright Welcome to Spring! I hope no one tried to balance any eggs or brooms on the 20th… Of course they balanced just as well Tuesday as they will in 6 weeks! …

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The World reflects on John Glenn 50 years on, Planets Converge and a new Comet is visible to WAS telescopes! by Dan Wright 50 years ago today the world was inspired by the courage of a man, after 10 false starts, to strap himself to the top of an Atlas rocket, some of which he …

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Registax for (by?) Dummies, That Strange Corner of the Universe Returns, Fine Tuning the Obsession Happy 2012! As promised, it’s another year full of great astronomy! There’s some excellent demonstrations of the clockwork of our solar system in the months ahead. A total solar eclipse down under, a penumbral lunar eclipse visible to most of …

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A Holiday Extravaganza, Saving Hubble and yet another BIG upgrade for our ALL of our Telescopes. by Dan Wright Happy Holidays to everyone! What a wonderful year it’s been and what an even better year 2012 will be. Thanks to many of you, WAS is becoming more active all of the time and we look …

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An Oppenheimer, Grazing Asteroids and how about a Cold Leonids Shower? by Dan Wright Thankfully, I don’t have to fire up the generator to get out the current Field Of View newsletter. It’s obviously been a very difficult few weeks for some of us and our friends as we contended with yet another Storm of …

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Falling Skies, a Blurry Clock Tower and more Meteors! by Dan Wright After the recent UARS satellite that splashed into the ocean near Madagascar, you better dig up that Skylab hard hat you’ve been keeping in the attic since the 70’s. Once again the sky is falling with junk. Before the ROSAT X-ray telescope meets …

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Hurricanes, Dark Skies and an International Man of Mestre by Dan Wright Bob Meadows and I loaded up the 25” Obsession and took it on the farthest trip it’s ever been on as we headed to the Almost Heaven Star Party in Spruce Knob West Virginia, allegedly the darkest location on the East Coast. We …

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Star Parties, A Telescope Maker, Meteor Showers, Earthquakes and an updated website! The summer is moving along quickly but it’s no time to slow down yet! The annual Perseid Meteor Shower was a bust this year even with clear skies. The full moon washed out all but the brightest meteors and reports show that even …

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Join us this evening for our monthly meeting going over the workings of WAS. Our new president Dan Wright is sick tonight but star of stage and the small screen Bob Meadows will conduct the meeting. Bob is fresh from his News 12 interview from this morning and has the DVD to prove it! We’re …

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Supernova’s, Globular Clusters and One Ring to Rule Them All! Dan Wright It sure is great to be getting some use out of the 25 now that it’s all upgraded and running so smoothly. And just in time too… You may have heard that what’s believed to be a Type-II supernova just blew its guts …

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