Interested in a closer look at the stars? Visit the Westside Observatory. Seated atop a hill on the Westside campus, the recently expanded WCSU Westside Observatory is home to a 20-inch Ritchey-Chretien telescope, among the largest at any institution of higher education in Connecticut.
This facility houses a 20-foot planetarium dome, a classroom and display case. The physics, astronomy and meteorology department hosts popular public observatory nights and open houses that allow people from WestConn and the local community to view the planets, comets, stars and other celestial phenomena through the telescopes.
The Westside Observatory