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PUBLIC OBSERVING EVENTS
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THIS SITE BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT
IN CASE OF CANCELLATION DUE TO WEATHER!!
(Site
is generally updated by 6pm the night of the observing session)
Please use your best
judgement - if it is cloudy or raining we cannot open
Van
Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT
Hosted by volunteers from the Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford
Sponsored by the
Astronomy Department, Wesleyan University
Join us for a look through the 20"-inch telescope.
All who come will have an opportunity to see through the eyepiece,
weather permitting.
We will be viewing prominent objects in the night sky such as the moon,
globular clusters, planets, nebula or galaxies.
The objects viewed will change each month, or even during your visit.
Please note that should the weather not permit observing (due to
clouds, high wind, or threat of precipitation) the sessions will be
cancelled. Cancellation notices will be posted on this web site by 6pm
the day of the observing event. Please be sure to press the "refresh"
button on your browser to make sure you are viewing the most up-to-date
version of the page.
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Note the start time change to 8 pm in November.
Next
Months Sessions:
January 12, 2013 - Public Event
February 16,
2013 - Public Event
March
16, 2013 - Public Event
April
13, 2013 - Public Event April ViewingSpecial Time 8:00 - 9:30 pm for the Van Vleck Crater! May 11, 2013 - Public Event May 24 & 25 - Wesleyan Commencement/Reunion June 1, 2013 - StarConn June 15, 2013 - Public Event July 6, 2013 - Public Event August 3, 2013 - Public Event September 14, 2013 - Public Event October 12, 2013 - Public
Event November 1 & 2, 2013 - Wesleyan Homecoming November 9, 2013 - Public Event December 7, 2013 - Public Event
January 4, 2014 - Public Event
February 1, 2014 - Public Event
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For
parking please note that we are NOT permitted
to park at the observatory building on observatory hill. Please use Lot
V on Vine Street and walk up the hill to the observatory.
Click here for a campus map
John A. Sillasen Chairman, 20" committee -
observing@asgh.org
Dedicated in 1916 this telescope was not installed until 1922. The Alvan Clark company received the glass from a German manufacturer later than expected due to the war. The telescope has a focal length of 27' 6". The initial research program pursued on the 20" refractor, by then-observatory director, Frederick Slocum, was "the determination of the distances to the stars." The Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford provides programs in public viewing as well as aiding the astronomy department for other public events.