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Cloudy skies with some occasional light snow flurries greeted 5 visitors (4 students and one teacher) from the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School Grade-9 class for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, March 1st, 2016, 6:00 p.m. Graduate student Kendra Kellogg made 2 digital slide presentations, beginning with the presentation “Mars” Read More …
Cloudy, later partly clearing skies greeted 10 visitors from the Space Society of London—including the Society’s President, undergraduate student Ian Mulholland—for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Monday, February 29th, 2016, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks presented the digital slide presentation “Big Bang” and fielded questions.
Cloudy skies and cold weather greeted 14 visitors (10 children and 4 adults) from the Ingersoll Calvinist Cadet Corp for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Thursday, February 25th, 2016, 7:00 p.m. Graduate student Laura Lenkic presented the Exploring the Stars digital slide presentation “The Basics” and fielded questions. Laura followed this with Read More …
Clear skies with some high hazy clouds greeted 40 visitors (21 children and 19 adults) from the Association for Bright Children and the Kids Learning Connections for Exploring the Stars at Western University’s Cronyn Observatory, Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016, 6:00 p.m. Graduate student Shannon Hicks made the digital slide presentation “Big Bang” and fielded questions. Read More …
Mostly cloudy skies greeted some 33 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Public Night, Monday, February 22nd, 2016, 7:00 p.m. They were welcomed by graduate student Dilini Subasinghe and, since there was no slide presentation, were directed upstairs into the dome.