Month: May 2013

Clear skies greeted visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, May 25th, 2013, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made the first of his 2 digital slide presentations, “Eclipses,” before an audience that numbered 30 people by 9:00 p.m. In addition, there were 6 people upstairs in the dome where faculty member Dr. Aaron Read More …

Partly cloudy skies greeted visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, May 18th, 2013, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Tyler Desjardins made the first of 2 digital slide presentations, “The Lives of Galaxies” to a small number of visitors while faculty member Dr. John de Bruyn took charge of the big 25.4cm refractor in the Read More …

Cloudy skies and, later, rain, greeted 10 visitors (8 adults and 2 children) to the Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, May 11th, 2013, 8:30—11:00 p.m. Graduate student Jessie Silaj made her digital slide presentation, “The Moons of Jupiter,” twice during the course of the evening, to groups of visitors.

Clear skies with some hazy clouds greeted visitors to the first Saturday evening Summer Open House at the Cronyn Observatory, May 4th, 2013, 8:30—11:00 p.m. Graduate student Parshati Patel made her digital slide presentation, “Eta Aquarids: Shooting Stars from Halley’s Comet,” 3 times during the course of the evening, to groups of visitors.