Month: August 2017

Clear skies greeted some 100 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, August 5th, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Professor Sarah Gallagher made 2 presentations of her digital slide presentation “Tight Families: Compact Galaxy Groups” and fielded questions. Graduate student Pranav Manangath was the “crowd manager” for the evening.

A cloudy, later partly clearing hazy sky greeted 38 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, August 2nd, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Professor Robert Cockcroft made the digital slide presentation “Celestial Bear: The Six Nations’ Night Sky” and fielded Read More …

Clear skies greeted some 104 or more visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 29th, 2017, 8:30 p.m. Professor Robert Cockcroft made 2 presentations of the digital slide presentation “New Horizons: A New Look at Pluto” and fielded questions. RASC London member Bob Duff counted 57 visitors in the lecture room Read More …

Partly cloudy skies with hazy clouds greeted 32 visitors (28 children and 4 staff members) from the Boys & Girls Club of London for solar observing at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Friday, July 28th, 2017, 11:00 a.m. They were welcomed by graduate student Dilini Subasinghe who brought them downstairs into the “Black Room,” where she Read More …