Month: November 2013

Hazy, partly cloudy skies greeted 33 visitors (26 children and 7 adults) from the 99th London Pathfinders / Rangers / Guides for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, November 26th, 2013, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation “The Scout / Guide Astronomy Badge.” She distributed and showed how Read More …

Light falling snow greeted 26 visitors (16 children and 10 adults) from the 53rd Girl Guides for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Monday, November 25th, 2013, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Dilini Subasinghe made the digital slide presentation “The Scout / Guide Astronomy Badge.” She explained 25 “Star Finder” planispheres distributed to the group.

Clear skies greeted 18 visitors (11 children and 7 adults) from the Dorchester Cub Pack to the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars, Tuesday, November 19th, 2013, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made the digital slide presentation “Constellations” and dealt with a list of items they wanted covered in extensive question and answer sessions Read More …

Cloudy skies greeted 18 visitors (13 Grade 9-12 students and 5 adults) from the Oakridge Secondary School Science Club to the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars, Monday, November 18th, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Dilini Subasinghe made the digital slide presentation “Our Messy Solar System” and followed this with the activity, “Kitchen Comet”, which Read More …

Hazy cloudy skies, with some clearing later, greeted 18 visitors (13 children and 5 adults) from the École secondaire Mgr-Bruyère Grade-9 class to the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars, Wednesday, November 13th, 2013, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation, “Our Messy Solar System,” and fielded questions from the class. Read More …