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Partly cloudy, later clearing skies greeted some 70 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, July 25th, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Beginning with 3 slides from the New Horizons spacecraft flyby mission of Pluto, Professor Jan Cami made 4 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Fingerprinting the Universe” and “Spectroscopy Demonstration” using 4 low Read More …
RASC London Centre Past President and Public Outreach Coordinator Dave McCarter and fellow member Harold Tutt had already set up their telescopes in the West Campground playground area of Springwater Conservation Area when Peter Jedicke and Steve Gauthier arrived, Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015, around 8:40 p.m. Springwater Conservation Area, Springwater Road, Aylmer, Ontario (south or Read More …
Mostly cloudy, hazy skies greeted some 70 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, July 18th, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Professor Sarah Gallagher made the first of her 2 digital slide presentations, “On Top of the Mountain All Covered with Ash: An Astronomer at the Telescope”, before an audience increasing to more than 50 Read More …
Partly cloudy, hazy skies greeted some 75 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, July 11th, 2015, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Laura Lenkic made her digital slide presentation “Ground Based Telescopes (but really) a Look at Radio Astronomy” before an audience numbering 52 people by 9:00 p.m., and with more arrivals there were Read More …
Partly cloudy hazy skies greeted some 20 visitors for a Star Night near the boat launch area in Fanshawe Conservation Area on Sunday, July 5th, 2015, around 9:00 p.m. RASC London Centre members with telescopes included Rick Saunders, 80mm Stellarvue refractor; Harold Tutt, 80mm Stellarvue Nighthawk refractor; Rob McNeil, Williams Optics 72mm refractor; and Norman Read More …