Author: Robert Duff

Clear skies greeted 235 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 7th, 2018, 8:30—11:00 p.m. RASC London Centre member Henry Leparskas presented the “Einstein’s Equivalence Principle” experiment, which consisted of a metre long stick topped by transparent plastic sphere containing a cup with a ball attached to a spring. Henry showed Read More …

Mostly clear skies greeted 22 visitors, including 17 students (14-17 years of age) and 5 leaders, from the Indigenous Services Mini-University, for a Special Event at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, July 2nd, 2018, 9:00 p.m. Professor Jan Cami presented his digital slide presentation on “Astronomy and Space Research at Western” and fielded questions. Jan Read More …

Hazy skies greeted 146 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 30th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made 2 presentations of her digital slide presentation “What Makes a Planet Habitable?” and fielded questions. Graduate student Collin Knight was in charge of “crowd control” and counted 146 visitors for the Read More …

Hazy skies greeted 37 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory for Asteroid Day, Saturday, June 30th, 2018, 6:00—8:00 p.m. This special event was hosted by Western University’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) in collaboration with the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Earth Sciences. Asteroid Day is held each year Read More …

Partly clear, later cloudy skies greeted 46 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, June 23rd, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Mark Froncisz presented his digital slide presentation “Exploring the Outer Planets” and fielded questions. RASC London member Bob Duff counted 18 visitors in the lecture room at 8:30 p.m. and 37 Read More …