Month: June 2016

Partly cloudy skies with some hazy clouds, later clearing, greeted some 130 or more visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 25th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Professor Pauline Barmby made 3 presentations of her digital slide presentation “Space is Hard!” —which concerned the challenges of space exploration and failed missions. There were Read More …

Partly cloudy skies greeted some 130 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 18th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Sebastian Bruzzone made 4 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Direct Imaging: Discovering New Planetary Systems.” There were 52 people at the beginning of the first slide presentation with more people arriving Read More …

Partly cloudy skies, becoming mostly clear by 10:30 p.m., greeted some 130 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 11th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Professor Jan Cami was introduced by colleague Carol Jones and made 4 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Binary Stars: How a Partner Can Change Your Stellar Life.” Read More …

Cloudy skies with some light rain greeted 28 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 4th, 2016, 8:30 p.m. Earth Sciences graduate student Jeff Berger made his digital slide presentation “Exploring Mars with Curiosity” before 24 visitors (19 adults and 5 children). There were 4 later arrivals in the evening for Read More …

Clear skies, with some hazy clouds later, greeted some 400 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory for the Transit of Mercury, Monday, May 9th, 2016. Events and activities began at 7:00 a.m., with Mercury beginning its transit at 7:12 a.m. and ending at 2:42 p.m. EDT. School groups, including 165 children and 57 adults, arrived Read More …