Partly cloudy skies greeted 246 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 28th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Professor Sarah Gallagher made 2 presentations of her digital slide presentation“How to Ruin a Beautiful Machine: Radiation Damage in the Early Days of the Chandra X-ray Observatory,” first at 8:30 p.m. and the second time Read More …

Mostly clear skies greeted 22 visitors, including 18 students, 3 staff members and one volunteer, from the Summer Academic Writing Clinic for incoming first-year students, for evening observing at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, July 18th, 2018, 8:30—10:30 p.m. Before the slide presentation, RASC London Centre member Henry Leparskas met the group outside the Cronyn Read More …

Partly cloudy, gradually clearing skies greeted 82 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 14th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Taylor Armitage made 2 presentations of her digital slide presentation “Why is Pluto No Longer a Planet?” and fielded questions. There were about 30 visitors for Taylor’s first slide presentation and Read More …

Clear skies greeted 235 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, July 7th, 2018, 8:30—11:00 p.m. RASC London Centre member Henry Leparskas presented the “Einstein’s Equivalence Principle” experiment, which consisted of a metre long stick topped by transparent plastic sphere containing a cup with a ball attached to a spring. Henry showed Read More …

Mostly clear skies greeted 22 visitors, including 17 students (14-17 years of age) and 5 leaders, from the Indigenous Services Mini-University, for a Special Event at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, July 2nd, 2018, 9:00 p.m. Professor Jan Cami presented his digital slide presentation on “Astronomy and Space Research at Western” and fielded questions. Jan Read More …