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 …

Partly cloudy skies greeted 34 visitors, including students and several staff members, from the Summer Academic Writing Clinic for incoming first-year students, for evening observing at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, August 9th, 2018, 8:30—10:30 p.m. Professor Jan Cami presented the digital slide presentation on “Astronomy and Space Research at Western” and fielded questions. The Read More …

Clear skies greeted 189 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, August 4th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Ameek Sidhu made 2 presentations of her digital slide presentation “Spitzer Space Telescope – Observing the Universe in Infrared” and fielded questions. Professor Margaret Campbell-Brown did the “Transit Demonstration” and the “Spectroscopy Demonstration” downstairs Read More …

Cloudy skies greeted 143 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Special Public Night for the Mars Opposition, Tuesday, July 31st, 2018, 8:30 p.m.—1:00 a.m. (August 1st). Although Mars reached opposition on Friday, July 27th, its closest approach to Earth was on Tuesday, July 31st, 2018. There were 2 digital slide presentations including (1) Professor Jan Read More …