Exploring the Stars, 59th Beaver Scouts, October 15th, 2014

Clear skies with a few clouds greeted 23 visitors from the 59th Beaver Scouts (including 6 Beavers, 8 other children and 9 adults) for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, October 15th, 2014, 6:00 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation “Our Solar System”.  RASC London Centre was represented by Read More …

Exploring the Stars, Jean Vanier School, October 9th, 2014

Clear skies becoming partly cloudy later greeted 27 visitors (17 children and 10 adults) from Jean Vanier Catholic School Grade-6 class for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, October 9th, 2014, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Parshati Patel made the digital slide presentation, “The Stuff of Stars” and followed this with the activity “Constellation”, Read More …

Centre for Planetary Science & Exploration Event, Cronyn Observatory, October 8th, 2014

  Partly cloudy skies greeted some 50 visitors to the Centre for Planetary Science & Exploration (CPSX) event at the Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, October 8th, 8:30 p.m. This was following the 10th Annual CPSX Distinguished Public Lecture “Finding Earth’s Twin: The Great Escape” by MIT Professor Dr. Sara Seager in Western’s Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot Read More …