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Written by Robert Duff, as Reported by Peter Jedicke RASC London Centre members Peter Jedicke and Mike Roffey made a presentation to 20 high school students at a workshop during the Thames Valley Science and Engineering Fair, held at Althouse College, Faculty of Education, Western University, Saturday, April 6th, 2019, 11:45 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
Written by Robert Duff, as Reported by Peter Jedicke and Andrew Peters Mostly overcast skies greeted 55 children and adults for the Star Night at Byron Northview Public School, Tuesday, October 16th, 2018, 7:00—9:00 p.m. The Star Night was requested by the Grade 6 teacher. RASC London Centre was represented by Dave McCarter, Peter Jedicke, Read More …
Cloudy skies and rain greeted 50 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, August 25th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Collin Knight gave 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation “Cryovolcanism on Enceladus” and fielded questions. There were 43 visitors in the lecture room for the first presentation and 8 for the Read More …
Hazy skies greeted 127 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, August 18th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Graduate student Viraja Khatu made 2 presentations of her digital slide presentation “Chaotic Creatures in the Universe: Supermassive Black Holes in Action!” and fielded questions. RASC London Centre members Lynn Jones was “crowd manager,” and counted Read More …
Partly cloudy skies greeted 34 visitors, including students and several staff members, from the Summer Academic Writing Clinic for incoming first-year students, for evening observing at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, August 9th, 2018, 8:30—10:30 p.m. Professor Jan Cami presented the digital slide presentation on “Astronomy and Space Research at Western” and fielded questions. The Read More …