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The London Centre of the RASC is proud to continue our support of the Cronyn Observatory Saturday Evening Open Houses. The summer hours are beginning on Saturday, May 2nd, and will continue every Saturday until August 29th. Time: 8:30—11:00 p.m. RASC London Centre members are invited to bring their telescopes to set up on the Read More …
The skies were partly cloudy for the Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, March 9th, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Allison Hill made the slide presentation, “Mars,” and included a short video of the JPL Curiosity Rover landing on Mars, August 6th, 2012. She followed this with a second presentation, “Alien Life in the Universe.” There Read More …
Clear skies greeted 79 visitors (including 12 children) to the Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, February 9th, 2013, 7:00 p.m. They were welcomed by graduate students Parshati Patel and Ted Rudyk. Parshati made her digital slide presentation, “Jupiter Rules: Top 10 Reasons Why Jupiter is the Best Planet.”
Cloudy skies greeted 11 visitors to the Cronyn Observatory Open House on Saturday, January 12th, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., as graduate student Parshati Patel made her brief digital slide presentation, “Oddities in the Solar System.” More people arrived, increasing the number visitors to 18 during the first slide presentation, and by the end of the Read More …
Graduate student Tyler Desjardins made his digital slide presentation, “Cosmic Train Wrecks: When Galaxies Collide,” twice before a total of 35 visitors at the Cronyn Observatory Open House, Saturday, December 8th, beginning 7:00 p.m. RASC London Centre members Rick Saunders, Peter Jedicke and Dave McCarter assisted in the dome.