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Partly cloudy skies greeted visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, August 3rd, 2013, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Ethan Luo made 2 presentations of his digital slide show, “How Crazily Can Stars Rotate?” during the course of the evening. Graduate student Dimuthu Hemachandra supervised and counted visitors, totalling 80 people by the end of Read More …
Clouds and rain greeted arrivals at the Cronyn Observatory for the Open House, Saturday, July 27th, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Luis Victorero began his digital slide presentation, “Exploring the Universe, Life Beyond Our Planet,” around 9:12 p.m., before 3 visitors including 2 students from Western University’s Faculty of Information & Media Studies Master’s Journalism Program Read More …
Mostly cloudy skies greeted visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, July 20th, 2013, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Sahar Rahmani made 3 presentations of her digital slide show “How and Where are Stars Born? (Star Formation)” during the course of the evening. Physics and Astronomy Department computer resource person Henry Leparskas was there with 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 …