Your local chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
On Monday evening, July 15th, 2013, Banting House National Historic Site, 442 Adelaide St. N., London, Ontario, celebrated the 40th anniversary of the naming of Banting Crater in 1973. Formerly known as Linne E, this small 5-km diameter crater on Mare Serenitatis was renamed in honour of Sir Frederick Banting, the discoverer of insulin.
Partly cloudy skies greeted 9 RASC London Centre members for a Star Night at Springwater Conservation Area Campground near Aylmer, Friday, July 12th, 2013. Members present included Dan Tremblay, with his 12.5-inch (32cm) f/6.6 Truss-Tube Dobsonian; Steve Imrie, with his Orion SkyQuest 8-inch (20.3cm) Dobsonian; Matt Neima, with his Celestron C8 (20.3cm) Schmidt-Cassegrain on a Read More …
Clear skies greeted visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, July 13th, 2013, 8:30 p.m. Dr. Jan Cami made 2 presentations of his digital slide show “Are We Alone?” about the search for extraterrestrial civilizations in the universe. Graduate students Hoda Rashedi and Matthew Shannon were in charge of the big 25.4cm refractor in Read More …
Mostly cloudy skies greeted visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, July 6th, 2013, 8:30 p.m. Physics and Astronomy Department computer resource person Henry Leparskas was there early in the evening recording some of the activities with a tripod mounted video camera. Graduate student Allison Hill made her digital slide presentation, ”Stellar Death,” beginning Read More …
Cloudy skies greeted visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, June 29th, 2013, 8:30 p.m. Dr. Martin Houde made 2 presentations of his digital slide show, “Submillimetre Astronomy,” before an audience numbering 41 people (27 adults, 13 children and one infant) in an early count, increasing to 53 (36 adults, 16 children and one Read More …