CANCELLED DUE TO THE WEATHER – WE’LL TRY AGAIN THIS FALL! This is a WAS members, friends, and family event and is a star party for our members and supporters. We take out the telescopes for a night among friends with some food, hot coffee, cocoa, and the spring skies!
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CANCELLED DUE TO EXPECTED CLOUDS ON BOTH NIGHTS We will be doing a Messier Marathon this year on Friday, March 28th with a rain date of March 29th. We observe all night and try to see all of the 110 Messier objects as a group. Someone finds an object, then everyone looks at it, then
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EVERYONE IS INVITED! Saturday, September 14, 8:00 PM NASA’s International Observe the Moon Night Parking may be an issue – please consider carpooling and/or parking in the lot at the bottom of the hill and walking up to the Observatory. What is InOMN? International Observe the Moon Night is a worldwide celebration of lunar
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This is a WAS members, friends, and family event and is a private star party for our members and supporters. We take out the telescopes for a night among friends with some food, hot coffee and cocoa, and the spring skies! Sorry, the weather will keep us closed. We’ll try again this fall.
This is a WAS members, friends, and family event as we break out the WAS Grill of Carbonation and char up some tasty tidbits of ground bovine and whatever the heck they put in Hummel hot dogs! It’s a potluck so please bring some goodies to share with your WAS friends. After we eat we
This is a Members Only event. We will be doing a Messier Marathon this year on Friday, March 8 with a rain date of March 9. We observe all night and try to see all of the 110 Messier objects. We do it as a group. Someone finds an object, then everyone looks at it,
In 2017 we had 1,000 of our closest friends and neighbors descend on the Westport Observatory for the partial eclipse. Wowza. This year, the Westport Observatory WILL BE CLOSED and we’ll be at the Westport Library. On April 8th, 2024 from 2-4 pm, we take the telescopes and partner with our friends at the
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Astrophotography Show at The Westport Library Featuring the Talented Astrophotographers from the Westport Astronomical Society Running Through March 12th, 2024
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