Month: November 2014

Cloudy skies greeted 39 visitors (23 children and 16 adults) from the Watford Beavers, including both Beavers and Cubs, for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Wednesday, November 26th, 2014, 6:00 p.m. Graduate student Parshati Patel made the digital slide presentation “The Earth Moon System” and fielded questions. She followed this with the activity Read More …

Mostly cloudy skies greeted 8 visitors (7 children and 1 adult) from a Brownie group for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, November 25th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation “Extra Solar Planets” and fielded questions. Shannon followed this with the activity “Kitchen Comet,” asking the children Read More …

Mostly cloudy skies with cold, windy weather greeted 15 visitors (11 children and 4 adults) from the 1st Watford Scouts for Exploring the Stars at the Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, November 18th, 2014, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Parshati Patel made the digital slide presentation “The Scout / Guide Astronomy Badge” and fielded questions. She followed this Read More …

Mostly clear skies greeted 19 visitors (13 children and 6 adults) from Saunders Secondary School Grade-9 class to the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars, Thursday, November 13th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. Since there was some concern as to whether the sky would remain clear, graduate student Parshati Patel directed everybody upstairs into the dome at Read More …

Cloudy skies greeted 25 visitors (including 17 children and 8 adults) from the homeschoolers group Kids Learning Connections to the Cronyn Observatory for Exploring the Stars, Wednesday, November 12th, 2014, 6:00 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation "Extra Solar Planets" and used the "Transit Demo" model—a kind of extra-solar planet orrery—to Read More …