Rolnick Observatory

{{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox observatory |name = The Westport Observatory |image = Rolnick Observatory 071.JPG |caption = The observatory in 2012 |organization = Westport Astronomical Society |code = |location = Westport, Connecticut, USA |coords = {{coord|41|10|16|N|73|19|49.80|W}} |altitude = |weather = |established =  |closed = |website = {{URL|http://www.was-ct.org}} |telescope1_name = The Dome Telescope |telescope1_type = 16" Meade LX200 |telescope2_name = The Big Gun |telescope2_type = {{convert|25|in|cm|abbr=on}} Obsession Dobsonian }} '''The Westport Observatory''' is an astronomical observatory in Westport, Connecticut, operated by the Westport Astronomical Society and formerly known as the Rolnick Observatory. The observatory is located at the highest elevation in the town.<ref name="was-ct">{{cite web | title=Westport Observatory homepage| work=The Westport Observatory | url=https://www.was-ct.org/ | accessdate=2011-09-27}}</ref> It was built upon the former BR-73 Nike missile site in the mid-1960s and has undergone several upgrades and refurbishments since then.<ref name="ed_thelen">{{cite web|url=http://www.ed-thelen.org/loc-c.html#Connecticut|title=Missile Sites|author=Anthony D'Amato|author2=Ed Thelen|name-list-style=amp|accessdate=2008-07-25}}</ref><ref name="was_history">{{cite web|url=http://www.was-ct.org/about-us/history/|title=Westport Astronomical Society|date=10 June 2011 |accessdate=2011-09-27}}</ref>

== See also == *List of astronomical observatories

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==External links== *[http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/RlnckObCTkey.html?1 The Westport Observatory Clear Sky Clock]

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