Month: July 2017

Cloudy skies and hazy damp weather greeted 25 visitors from the Indigenous Services Mini-University for evening observing at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, July 24th, 2017, 9:00 p.m. Professor Robert Cockcroft presented the digital slide presentation “Water in the Universe” and fielded questions. Graduate student Amanda DeSouza was telescope operator for the evening and took Read More …

Clear skies greeted 62 visitors (students and staff members) from the Summer Academic Writing Clinic for incoming first-year students, for evening observing at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, July 19th, 2017, 8:30—11:00 p.m. Professor Robert Cockcroft made the digital slide presentation “Celestial Bear: The Six Nations’ Night Sky.” This was followed by the visitors dividing Read More …

Partly cloudy, later clearing skies greeted some 123 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 15th, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Josh Hedgepeth made 3 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Life in the Universe” and fielded questions. Graduate student Amanda DeSouza was “crowd manager” and counted 53 and 54 visitors Read More …