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Clouds and rain greeted arrivals at the Cronyn Observatory for the Open House, Saturday, July 27th, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Luis Victorero began his digital slide presentation, “Exploring the Universe, Life Beyond Our Planet,” around 9:12 p.m., before 3 visitors including 2 students from Western University’s Faculty of Information & Media Studies Master’s Journalism Program Read More …
Mostly cloudy skies greeted visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, July 20th, 2013, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Sahar Rahmani made 3 presentations of her digital slide show “How and Where are Stars Born? (Star Formation)” during the course of the evening. Physics and Astronomy Department computer resource person Henry Leparskas was there with Read More …
Somewhat hazy skies greeted 5 RASC London Centre members with 5 telescopes for the star night at Fanshawe Conservation Area, Saturday, July 13th, 2013. The event was scheduled to start at dusk, around 9:00 p.m.
On Monday evening, July 15th, 2013, Banting House National Historic Site, 442 Adelaide St. N., London, Ontario, celebrated the 40th anniversary of the naming of Banting Crater in 1973. Formerly known as Linne E, this small 5-km diameter crater on Mare Serenitatis was renamed in honour of Sir Frederick Banting, the discoverer of insulin.
Partly cloudy skies greeted 9 RASC London Centre members for a Star Night at Springwater Conservation Area Campground near Aylmer, Friday, July 12th, 2013. Members present included Dan Tremblay, with his 12.5-inch (32cm) f/6.6 Truss-Tube Dobsonian; Steve Imrie, with his Orion SkyQuest 8-inch (20.3cm) Dobsonian; Matt Neima, with his Celestron C8 (20.3cm) Schmidt-Cassegrain on a Read More …