Month: October 2013

Cloudy skies with rain and wet snow greeted 43 visitors (22 children and 21 adults) from University Heights Public School Grade-5 / 6 for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, October 24th, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Tony Martinez made the digital slide presentation “Our Solar System” and fielded thoughtful questions from the Read More …

Graduate student Shannon Hicks began her digital slide presentation “Alien Life in the Universe” with 6 students from Huron University College Residences, Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Another student arrived during the presentation bringing the number to 7 and finally one more joined the group in the dome towards the end of the evening Read More …

Partly cloudy skies greeted 32 visitors (19 children and 13 adults) from the University Heights Public School Grade-5 / 6 class to the Cronyn Observatory for an evening of Exploring the Stars, Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Dilini Subasinghe made the digital slide presentation, “The Big Bang,” and this was followed by Read More …

Graduate students Tony Martinez and Shannon Hicks greeted 30 visitors, including 21 children and 9 adults, from the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School Grade-9 class on Thursday, October 17th, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Tony made 2 digital slide presentations beginning with “The Stuff of Stars” and followed by “Galaxies.” The students asked informed and thoughtful Read More …