Your local chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Center activities to promote astronomy education.
Cloudy skies greeted 43 visitors (28 children and 15 adults) from the 1st Salford Cubs on Thursday, January 17th, 2013, 6:45 p.m. They were welcomed by graduate students Emily McCullough and Parshati Patel. Emily made her digital slide presentation, “Cubs and Scouts Astronomy Badge,” using the space simulation program, “Celestia,” at several points throughout to Read More …
The sky was cloudy when graduate students Allison Hill and Parshati Patel greeted 13 visitors from Best Buddies to the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars, Wednesday, January 16th, 2013, 6:30 p.m. Since the bulb in the projector appeared to be burned-out, Allison made her digital slide presentation, “Constellations and the Solar System,” on the Read More …
Mostly cloudy skies greeted 12 visitors (9 children and 3 adults, including one child who arrived later during the presentation) from the 20th London Scout Group to the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars, Tuesday, January 15th, 2013, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Emily McCullough made her digital slide presentation, “Cubs and Scouts Astronomy Badge,” and Read More …
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 …
Clear, hazy skies greeted the 110th London Girl Guides at the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars on Tuesday, January 8th, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Allison Hill involved some early arrivals with a drawing the solar system with crayons activity.