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Mostly clear skies greeted 26 visitors (16 children and 10 adults) from the KLC Homeschool Group for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, March 20th, 2013, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Allison Hill made the digital slide presentation, “Our Messy Solar System.” She followed this with the activity, “Kitchen Comet,” making a comet from Read More …
Cloudy skies and snow flurries, later partially clearing, greeted 18 visitors (15 children and 3 adults) from the 93rd London Brownies to the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars, Tuesday, March 19th, 2013, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Parshati Patel made the digital slide presentation, “Brownies Exploring Space,” and followed this with the activity “Crater Experiment” Read More …
Graduate student Tyler Desjardins began his slide presentation, “The X-Ray Universe,” before 3 members of the Space Society of London (SS0L) at the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars, Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 7:00 p.m. They were joined later in the evening by another member for a total of 4 visitors for the evening after 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 …
Cloudy skies greeted 39 visitors (25 children, including several of high school age or young adults, as well as 14 adults) from the Springfield Public School Grade 5-6 Class to the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars, Thursday, March 7th, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Allison Hill made the slide presentation, “Mars,” and included a Read More …