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Cloudy skies and rain greeted 50 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, August 25th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Collin Knight gave 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Cryovolcanism on Enceladus” and fielded questions. There were 43 visitors in the lecture room for the first presentation and 8 for the Read More …
Hazy skies greeted 127 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, August 18th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Viraja Khatu made 2 presentations of her digital slide presentation “Chaotic Creatures in the Universe: Supermassive Black Holes in Action!” and fielded questions. RASC London Centre members Lynn Jones was “crowd manager,” and counted Read More …
Cloudy skies with some light rain greeted 37 visitors (32 children, 1 staff member and 4 helpers) from the Boys & Girls Club of London for Solar Observing at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, August 16th, 2018, scheduled 1:30—3:30 p.m. They arrived at 2:00 p.m. and graduate student Viraja Khatu presented the digital slide presentation Read More …
Partly cloudy skies greeted 43 visitors (19 children and 24 adults) from the Girl Guides Camp, Special Event, at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, August 15th, 2018, scheduled 8:30—10:30 p.m. The Guides, with their parents and leader, arrived early at 8:00 p.m. Graduate student Viraja Khatu had set up a table in the lecture room Read More …
Partly cloudy skies greeted some 192 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, August 11th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Professor Martin Houde made 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Submillimetre Astronomy,” first at 8:30 p.m. and the second time at 9:45 p.m. Undergraduate summer research student from Simon Fraser University, Dave Miller, Read More …