Month: November 2015

Clear skies greeted 22 children and 15 adults (not including one toddler) for a total of 37 visitors from the 99th London Sparks for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, November 9th, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez presented the digital slide presentation “Constellations” and fielded questions. Tony followed this with Read More …

Cloudy skies greeted 10 visitors from the Space Society of London (SSoL) for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, November 5th, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez presented the digital slide presentation “Extra Solar Planets” and fielded questions. Tony followed this with the activity “Transit Demo”, using the “Transit Demo” model—a Read More …

Mostly clear skies with a few clouds later greeted 27 visitors (18 children and 9 adults) from the 2nd Thamesford Brownies and Guides for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, November 4th, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Laura Lenkic presented the digital slide presentation “The Girl Guide Astronomy Badge” and fielded questions. Read More …

Clear skies greeted 21 children and 15 adults (including 2 leaders) for a total of 36 visitors from the 67th London Sparks for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Kendra Kellogg was going to present the slide presentation “Constellations” but the program would not load. Read More …

Cloudy skies greeted 22 visitors from the Twin Elm Adventurers for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, October 27th, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Laura Lenkic presented the digital slide presentation “The Small Bodies in Our Solar System” and fielded questions. Laura followed this with the activity “Constellations”, distributing 22 “Star Finder” Read More …