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A clear sky greeted 40 visitors (21 children and 19 adults) from the 1st Dorchester Sparks and Brownies, for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, March 5th, 2018, 6:30 p.m. Graduate student Viraja Khatu presented the digital slide presentation “Constellations” and followed this with the activity “Make Your Own Constellation / Constellation Read More …
A cloudy sky with wind and falling snow greeted 20 visitors (10 children and 10 adults) from the 1st Ilderton Beavers for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, March 1st, 2018, 6:00—7:30 p.m. Graduate student Jeff Vankerkhove presented the digital slide presentation “Constellations” and fielded questions. Jeff followed this with the activity Read More …
A clear, later increasing hazy, sky greeted 7 visitors from the Space Society of London for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, February 27th, 2018, 6:00 p.m. Graduate student Dan Hatfield presented the digital slide presentation “Extra Solar Planets” and fielded questions. There were 5 visitors early in the slide lecture with Read More …
A clear sky greeted 27 visitors (14 children and 13 adults) from the 10th London Sparks and Brownies, for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, February 26th, 2018, 6:00 p.m. Graduate student Amanda DeSouza presented the digital slide presentation “Our Solar System” and fielded questions. Amanda followed this with the activity “Kitchen Read More …
An overcast sky with thin hazy clouds greeted some 63 visitors to the Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Saturday, February 24th, 2018, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Viraja Khatu made 2 presentations of the digital slide presentation “Galaxies.” There were 50 visitors in the lecture room for Viraja’s first slide presentation, as counted by RASC Read More …