Apr 13
MeetUps, Spring Cleanups, Trees Are Gonna Tumble, Leased Again and Columbia’s Jacqueline van Gorkom Visits! By Dan Wright I’m pleased to announce we have a lease again! After going month to month since January, and not to beat a dead horse, the town really put us through the ringer this go-round. This time the Board …
Mar 10
Comets, Asteroids and Astrophysicist Or Graur visits from the American Museum of Natural History! By Dan Wright The elusive Comet PanSTARRS has been on our wish list for some time now and after multiple tries and clouds we were able to make it out on our last public night March 13. At the time, it …
Feb 17
Asteroids! Comets! Meteors! Snow! Oh No! Lease Issues and Dr. Kerstin Perez visits to update WAS on the NuSTAR X-ray Space Telescope By Dan Wright Can anything be more dramatic and remind all of us we’re just along for the ride when you see this? On the same day that a 50 meter asteroid …
Jan 10
Asteroids Buzzing Earth – A Visit From Astrophotographer Dr. Robert Gendler – Kepler Results Show We Are Not Alone and More on Comet ISON By Dan Wright Happy Parihelion! Earth made it’s closest path to our star in early January bringing us about 3 million miles closer to the Sun than in July. Here in …
Dec 16
WAS Winter Solstice Apocalyptic Holiday Party Double Header – Calendars Are Going Fast – 2012 In The Rear View Mirror – ANOTHER Transit of Venus? By Dan Wright 2012 has been a fantastic year for astronomy with the transit of Venus and a total eclipse of the Sun, just to focus on some highlights. What can we expect in …
Nov 12
Phil Harrington Returns to WAS – Taurid Fireballs – Sandy Recovery and a Southern Total Solar Eclipse by Dan Wright We’re on the last gasps of 2012 but Nature has certainly packed a horrible double whammy of weather that’s put either us or someone near to us in some terrible positions. We were fortunate at …
Oct 05
Comet of the Century?, Hispanic Heritage Month, Hubble Goes Deep – REALLY Deep and the Curator of the American Museum of Natural History visits the Rolnick Observatory by Dan Wright The Westport Astronomical Society will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport this weekend; October 6th! It’s a FREE event from 10-5pm in honor …
Sep 12
Jupiter Takes One For The Team, The Connecticut Star Party Arrives, The Pluto Killer Speaks and Telescope Classes are Back! by Dan Wright We’re packing up the 25 Obsession for the very last Star Party of the season. We head to the Connecticut Star Party this weekend, September 14-16 up in Ashford CT and hope …
Aug 15
WAS on the road to Stellafane, How’s the Clock Tower This Year, Meetups, CSP and More! by Dan Wright The steamy, hot dog days of summer are on us and of course that means clouds! Opening the dome this summer has had it’s issues because of the weather but we’re still very busy with our …
Jul 16
WAS on the road to Cherry Springs PA, Dr. Michael Inglis visits, Levitt Pavilion Fun and the Observatory gets a needed facelift! by Dan Wright The Dog Days of Summer are on us but our public nights are busting at the seams with new faces every Wednesday. Bob Meadows, Carl Lancaster and I took the 25 …
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