⏰ TOMORROW — spots going fast! Join award-winning WAS photographer Dr. Steven Labkoff for Astrophotography 101, a beginner-friendly class through Verso University at The Westport Library. Capture stars, constellations & the moon using just your phone or camera. No experience needed.
📅 Mon, June 1 | 7–8 PM
📍 Brooks Place, Westport Library
🎟️ $5 — Register now at westportlibrary.org
Want to photograph the night sky? Join award-winning WAS photographer Dr. Steven Labkoff for Astrophotography 101 — a beginner-friendly Verso University class! Using a camera, tripod, or phone, you'll capture stars, constellations & the moon. No experience needed!
Mon, June 1 | 7–8 PM | Brooks Place, Westport Library
Tickets: $5 | westportlibrary.org
#Astrophotography #NightSkyPhotography #VersoUniversity #WestportLibrary #WestportCT #Photography101 #CTEvents #WestportAstronomicalSociety
A shoutout to our friends at the Westport Library! Staples High School students offer free drop-in homework help for elementary and middle schoolers — Monday through Thursday, 4–7pm in the Children's Library. Sign up and just bring your work. What a great community resource!
https://westportlibrary.org/event/near-peer-homework-help/2026-03-05/
#WestportLibrary #Westport #HomeworkHelp #WestportCT #Community
Homework battles at your house? Reinforcements have arrived.
Our friends at the Westport Library are offering Near Peer Homework Help — high school students on site to help elementary and middle school kids tackle assignments, stay organized, and actually understand the material.
🗓 Monday–Thursday
⏰ 4–7 PM
📍 Westport Library: https://westportlibrary.org/event/near-peer-homework-help/2026-03-05/
Smart kids helping younger kids. We love to see it.
#WestportLibrary #WestportCT #HomeworkHelp #StudentSupport #Community #NearPeer
Less than 24 hours until the Great American #Eclipse! The Westport Journal has a great article on the #WestportAstronomicalSociety setup at the #WestportLibrary on April 8th from 2-4 pm. We'll see a few clouds in #WestportCT tomorrow but it should be a great view for the 90% partial eclipse, similar to the attached image from 2012.
https://westportjournal.com/environment/sky-high-outlook-for-mondays-solar-eclipse/
The #WASAwayTeam is spreading out to see the #eclipse! The Westport Astronomical Society members are flying high-altitude balloons into totality with a grant from #NASA, another is flying his private plane down the path of #totality, and others are headed to Maine, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire as clouds in Texas forced many to change their plans. We hope you can find your slice of totality but if not, please join some of our members at the #WestportLibrary on April 8, from 2-4!
ONE MONTH UNTIL THE SOLAR ECLIPSE: Mark your calendar. On April 8, 2024, the #Moon will pass directly in front of the sun for a total #solar #eclipse. More than 31 million people live inside the path of totality, which cuts across 13 US states. Millions more will travel to see the sun's ghostly corona--a life-changing sight for many who witness it. In CT we won't see any totality and will only have about +/- 90% of the sun obscured. However, if you can't travel to totality, we hope you'll join the #WASAwayTeam at the #WestportLibrary where we'll have all sorts of cool stuff to safely see the partial eclipse!
SOLAR ECLIPSE COMET: A #comet is approaching the sun for a rare appearance during this April's total #solar #eclipse. Cryovolcanic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is expected to be at least faintly visible inside the #Moon's shadow with a more dramatic display possible if one of its ice geysers erupts at the right moment. https://Spaceweather.com has maps and a gorgeous image of the comet.
You must be in totality - and that's a line that runs from Mexico, diagonally through the US and out through Newfoundland. Here in CT the Moon will only eclipse the sun around 90% and the #WASAwayTeam will be observing from the #WestportLibrary.
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